Josh Donaldson

The Sports Xchange By Art Spander, The Sports Xchange A's 4, Royals 3 OAKLAND - Yoenis Cespedes' leadoff home run in the eighth Sunday broke a tie and gave the Oakland Athletics a 4-3 win over the Kansas City and a sweep of the three-game weekend...

A's sweep Royals thanks to Cespedes' homer OAKLAND -- Someone wondered before the first pitch what Oakland Athletics' manager Bob Melvin was going to do about Yoenis Cespedes. The second-year major-leaguer from Cuba was hitting below the dreaded...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Brett Anderson has missed large chunks of the past three years with injuries and a new one might cost him the rest of this season. Anderson has a stress fracture in his right foot,...

Athletics 4, Royals 3: Yoenis Cespedes belted a tiebreaking home run to lead off the eighth inning and host Oakland completed a three-game sweep. Jed Lowrie had an RBI single and Josh Donaldson and Coco Crisp each plated a run with a sacrifice fly as...

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...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Royals at Athletics A lack of offense has been the main reason why the Oakland Athletics lost eight of 10 entering a three-game home set against the Kansas City Royals. The offensive struggles continued in the series opener,...

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...

Adam Rosales hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night. Sean Doolittle (3-0) pitched the eighth for the win in relief of Jarrod Parker as...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Josh Donaldson hit a tying homer in the seventh inning and Adam Rosales delivered a go-ahead blast in the eighth as host Oakland won the opener of the three-game series. Sean...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Adam Rosales hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night.         Sean Doolittle (3-0) pitched the eighth for the win...

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 Oakland has been in something of a free-fall since starting off the season 12-4 -- the A's are now 20-22 and seven games behind the Texas Rangers, a season-high. The A's, though, can...