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MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics are playing extremely well -- they've won 22 of their past 29 games - but their building isn't in the best of shape. On Sunday, the Oakland and Seattle players both had to shower in the...

3B Josh Donaldson (strained right hamstring) was out of the lineup Friday night against the Mariners. He came out of Thursday's 3-2, 18-inning win against the Yankees after the 15th inning when his hamstring cramped. Donaldson said he felt "better" Friday...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Jesse Chavez turned in the best outing in his A's career, and perhaps his best as a big leaguer, working 5 2/3 innings of relief in the A's 18-inning victory over the Yankees on...

Part 2 : continues.... ----------------------------------------------- MLB Note - Chicago Cubs Jackson, Edwin RHP Edwin Jackson won his second straight start Friday by allowing one run on five hits and three walks while striking out seven over six...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The last time Oakland played a marathon game, 19 innings against the Los Angeles Angels on April 29, they wound up with three players on the disabled list as a result - outfielders...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH As the A's have racked up the wins in the past several weeks, much of the damage has come against left-handed pitchers. On Tuesday, CC Sabathia of the Yankees became the fifth left-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Yoenis Cespedes, the Athletics' biggest offensive threat, came out of Tuesday night's game with a left hamstring strain. Cespedes appeared to be in discomfort after trying to beat...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics have a tough decision to make about Sean Doolittle, their once reliable left-handed setup man. In four of his past five outings he has surrendered two or more runs,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's were 4-1 on the trip, 13-2 on their 17-game, 17-day stretch and 18-3 since mid-May. Then Saturday and Sunday came, and the A's slowed down. They totaled nine hits in the two...

The Sports Xchange By Brian Hedger, The Sports Xchange Danks pitches like old self, White Sox win CHICAGO -- John Danks took the mound again for the Chicago White Sox and looked like himself against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday. After missing the...

The Sports Xchange By Brian Hedger, The Sports Xchange White Sox 4, Athletics 1 By Brian Hedger, The Sports Xchange CHICAGO -- John Danks took the mound again for the Chicago White Sox and looked like himself against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The late-game relief for the A's can match up with any other team's. The Ryan Cook-Josh Donaldson-Grant Balfour combination is hard to beat. Start with the ERAs. Cook: 1.93....