Ryan Cook (baseball)

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,...

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...

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. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed...

Athletics 2, Royals 1: Brandon Moss tripled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning and host Oakland notched its second consecutive 2-1 decision over Kansas City. Left-hander Tommy Milone (4-5) allowed one run in six innings to snap a five-start...

The Sports Xchange A's Milone overcomes rough beginning OAKLAND, Calif. -- Tommy Milone threw so many pitches in the first two innings that Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin feared he wouldn't make it far into the game. The A's left-hander not only kept...

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...

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...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Rangers 6, A's 5 (10 innings) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Adrian Beltre and Mitch Moreland launched solo home runs in the top of the 10th inning off reliever Chris Resop, powering the Texas Rangers to a 6-5...

Rangers finally break their Oakland skid OAKLAND, Calif. -- They took 10 innings to do it and gave manager Ron Washington's heart a workout in the final moments Tuesday night, but the Texas Rangers finally found a way to beat the Oakland A's at the O.co...