Sean Doolittle

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...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH What exactly is wrong with Oakland slugger Yoenis Cespedes? Apart from the sour stomach that knocked him out of Monday's game, that is. A day after what Cespedes called "an upside...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Rangers manager Ron Washington kept calm and stuck with his reliable closer even as Joe Nathan pitched himself into serious trouble. Nathan delivered for his toughest save of the year after Adrian Beltre hit a tiebreaking...

Athletics 5, Rangers 1: Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit back-to-back homers as host Oakland snapped Texas’ four-game winning streak. A.J. Griffin (4-3) matched a season high with eight strikeouts and didn’t walk anyone in seven innings. He...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 5, Rangers 1 Athletics 5, Rangers 1: Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit back-to-back homers as host Oakland snapped Texas' four-game winning streak. A.J. Griffin (4-3) matched a season high with eight strikeouts and...

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...

The Sports Xchange By Scott Johnson, The Sports Xchange A's 4, Mariners 3 SEATTLE -- The Oakland Athletics found some long-lost power on Saturday night and needed every bit of wattage to put an end to a five-game skid. Three solo home runs provided...