Sean Doolittle

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...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange A's top Yanks in 18 innings to complete sweep OAKLAND, Calif. -- What started as a pitching duel between Oakland A's right-hander Jarrod Parker and New York Yankees righty Hiroki Kuroda turned into...

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 Coco Crisp...

Talking baseball while wondering if Johnny Oduya and his teammates could get out of bed today. 1. No big-leaguer has been more impressive this week than Ian Krol, the left-hander from Naperville who has given the Nationals another big weapon in the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 5, Yankees 2 Athletics 5, Yankees 2: Brandon Moss belted a pair of home runs and Dan Straily tossed 6 2/3 strong innings as Oakland extended its home winning streak to 10 games. John Jaso singled, doubled and drove in...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Athletics 5, Yankees 2 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Some batting slumps are better than others. Oakland A's first baseman Brandon "all-or-nothing" Moss stands as proof. Moss had gone just 3-for-36 in his...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Moss homers twice to lead A's to 10th straight home win OAKLAND, Calif. -- Some batting slumps are better than others. Oakland A's first baseman Brandon Moss stands as proof. Moss had gone just...

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...

John Danks got dressed quickly after Saturday's 4-1 victory over the Athletics. "I have to get to the Hawks game," the White Sox starter said before pausing for the media. Danks' hurry to get to Game 5 of the Blackhawks-Kings Western Conference...