Hideki Matsui

PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Lohse couldn't beat Roy Halladay twice in two weeks. Unhittable for a few innings, Lohse ran out of gas in the sixth and the St. Louis Cardinals blew an early lead against Halladay, losing 11-6 to the Philadelphia Phillies on...

On a night when Comerica Park celebrated Christmas in July, the Athletics took advantage of some gifts from the Tigers' bullpen to snap their six-game road losing streak. Hideki Matsui highlighted a four-run seventh with a go-ahead RBI single, one...

Jemile Weeks had two hits and drove in three runs, and Hideki Matsui homered to lead the Oakland Athletics to an 8-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.     Matsui's solo blast gives him a combined 499 homers in Japan and the U.S. and helped...

Kansas City pitcher Danny Duffy didn't see much need to celebrate his first victory in the major leagues. His teammates thought otherwise and gave the Royals rookie a milk shower. What else would you expect from the youngest team in the big leagues?...

Kansas City's Luke Hochevar was unhittable for five innings.   A single by Oakland's backup catcher and a controversial call on rookie Jemile Weeks' bunt changed all that and kept the Royals' right-hander winless in seven career starts against the...

Peter Bourjos' injured right hamstring tightened up after he did agility drills and ran wind sprints, and the Angels center fielder was placed on the 15-day disabled list Friday, retroactive to July 8. Utility player Alexi Amarista was recalled from......

Jered Weaver (12-4) gave up two runs and seven hits in 6 2/3 innings, and the Angels held on for a 4-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader at the Oakland Coliseum.......

Vernon Wells, who was scratched from the lineup Friday night because of a stomach ailment, is back in left field for the Angels for Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Oakland Athletics. Wells said he could not keep food......

Angels starter Joel Pineiro retired only one of the 10 batters he faced before he was pulled in the first inning Sunday, giving up eight runs -- seven earned -- and four hits and walking four in a 9-1 loss......

Seldom-used third-string catcher Bobby Wilson will make his first start since June 27 on Sunday when the Angels play the Oakland Athletics in the final game of a four-game series. Right fielder Torii Hunter, who played both games of Saturday's......

Rookie first baseman Mark Trumbo, hitless with four strikeouts in his last eight at-bats, and 20-year-old outfielder Mike Trout, who has two hits in his last 25 at-bats, will be on the bench for the start of the Angels' game......