Hideki Matsui

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......

Manager Mike Scioscia said Monday afternoon that Angels right-hander Joel Pineiro "is like night and day from what we saw the last time we were here." Pineiro better be, or it could be a rough night for him and the......

Jered Weaver will attempt to win his career-high 17th game today when the Angels ace opposes the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a three-game series in the Oakland Coliseum. The Angels enter play three games behind the Texas Rangers in the American...

Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill in "Moneyball": Brad Pitt's "Moneyball" played to a hometown crowd for its U.S. premiere, bringing the red carpet show -- including stars Pitt, Jonah Hill, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and more -- to Oakland to screen the story of A'...

The road-weary Angels will turn to ace Jered Weaver in an effort to keep their slim playoff hopes alive Friday night, but their hitters will also have a difficult obstacle to overcome in Angel Stadium: Oakland left-hander Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez......

The Angels bullpen suffered a complete meltdown Sunday, failing to hold a three-run lead in the ninth inning in a loss to the Oakland Athletics, 6-5, in Angel Stadium. Closer Jordan Walden threw away a potential game-ending double-play grounder during.......

Mark Trumbo, who was pulled from Saturday night's game in the seventh inning because of right ankle discomfort, was penciled in to the lineup for Sunday's must-win game against the Oakland Athletics in Angel Stadium. But after the rookie first......

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...

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?...