Chris Young (baseball, pitcher)

The Sports Xchange A's 2, Royals 1 OAKLAND -- Kansas City Royals starter Ervin Santana was his usual effective self against the Oakland A's on Saturday night, but one night after James Shields had an equally strong outing at the Oakland Coliseum and...

The Sports Xchange A's Milone overcomes rough beginning OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tommy Milone threw so many pitches in the first two innings that Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin feared he wouldn't make it far into the game. The A's left-hander not only kept...

The Sports Xchange 05/19/2013 MLB Note - Houston Astros Harrell, Lucas NEXT: Astros (Lucas Harrell 3-4, 5.11) at Pirates (Jeff Locke 3-1, 3.15) ----------------------------------------------- MLB Note - Houston Astros Elmore, Jake --INF Jake Elmore...

OF Chris Young's return from the disabled list was delayed one day because Young experienced lower-leg cramping in a rehab game with Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday. Young, placed on the DL on April 29 with a strained left quadriceps muscle, is expected...

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH With Brett Anderson's ankle a lingering problem, Dan Straily will remain in Oakland's rotation -- at least for now. Straily didn't make it out of the fifth inning on Wednesday, and his ERA has...

Rosales' 'no-doubter' lifts Athletics past Royals Oakland -- Kansas City starter James Shields made only two mistakes over the middle of the plate on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum, and Josh Donaldson and Adam Rosales put both of them over the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's will get three of their four injured players back this week, it appears. Manager Bob Melvin said on Sunday that Coco Crisp, who had initially been behind Chris Young in the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics' last view of the Rangers came on the final day of the 2012 season, when Oakland beat Texas to take the AL West title. On Monday, the teams face off again for the first...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Athletics at Mariners The Oakland Athletics ended a season-worst, five-game slide Saturday and hope their slump is over as they complete a three-game series against the host Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Oakland had dipped below...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH At the start of their current three-city road trip, the A's took two of three games at Yankee Stadium. Then they hit Cleveland, where the league's hottest team is playing, and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Arizona Diamondbacks - INSIDE PITCH Some wondered why the Diamondbacks would add another closer this winter when they acquired Heath Bell in a three-team trade for a bullpen that featured closer J.J. Putz and heir...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Josh Reddick put together his first consecutive at-bats with hits this season between his ninth-inning double Sunday and his third-inning single Monday. Reddick, though, was placed...