Ryan Cook (baseball)

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...

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...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 4, Mariners 3 Athletics 4, Mariners 3: Daric Barton, Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss hit solo homers as visiting Oakland defeated Seattle to snap a five-game losing skid. Jarrod Parker (2-5) took a one-hitter into the...

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...

The Sports Xchange By Scott Johnson, The Sports Xchange A's end five-game losing streak 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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH At the start of their current three-city road trip, the A's took two of three games at Yankee Stadium. Then they hit Cleveland, where the league's hottest team is playing, and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics got swept in four games at Cleveland after a 9-2 loss Thursday, but the team fully believed they'd tied up the third of the four games in the ninth inning on a homer...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Josh Reddick put together his first consecutive at-bats with hits this season between his ninth-inning double Sunday and his third-inning single Monday. Reddick, though, was placed...