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"We didn't pitch well enough to win," Geren said. "We've got to keep runs off the board and put some on." The Royals pulled out the first game, 5-4, in 10 innings when Joey Gathright's one-out single to left ...

The A's 11-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday featured some bizarre happenings, and Rajai Davis was at the center of a couple of them in the eighth inning.

Jeff Gray was in the midst of the Triple-A playoffs when he got the call he'd been waiting for -- despite perhaps not expecting -- for most of his adult life.

Phoenix-born lefty Dallas Braden makes his ninth start of the season tonight when the Oakland Athletics open a three-game weekend series with the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.

Dave Trembley will get another chance to coax a winning season out of the Baltimore Orioles in 2009.

When this season began, the A's boasted the veteran duo of Alan Embree and Keith Foulke handling setup duties in the bullpen.

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Joey Gathright hit a run-scoring single in the 10th inning, helping the Kansas City Royals open a doubleheader with a 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics in front of a sparse crowd Thursday night.

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Mike Sweeney was happy to join the A's on Tuesday in Kansas City, his baseball home for 12 seasons.

Billy Butler homered and drove in four runs to lead Kansas City past Oakland 5-2 on Tuesday night in a game between teams that combined for 40 losses in August.

' season ended Wednesday when the Oakland Athletics transferred the designated hitter from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day one.

In Year Two this season, the new owners of the Vancouver Canadians believe they made further strides in carving out a niche for the club on the summer sports scene.

Manny Ramirez homered and drove in three runs and the resurgent Los Angeles Dodgers closed in on Arizona in the NL West with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Tuesday night.

For the second straight year, the Oakland Athletics enter the final month of the season with virtually no shot at making the playoffs.

Minor League slugging sensation Kila Ka'aihue will be spending September with the Kansas City Royals.

Royals update: The A's went 10-20 in August, their worst record in that month since 1993.

Two of the six players the A's acquired for Dan Haren were on display Sunday at McAfee Coliseum.

Bobby Crosby and Emil Brown both scored on a throwing error by Minnesota closer Joe Nathan in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Twins 3-2 on Saturday night.

Minnesota Twins' Justin Morneau is greeted at home by Nick Punto after hitting a three-run home run against the Oakland Athletics in the sixth inning of an MLB baseball game, Sunday, Aug.