| | | | | Saarloos steps in for ace, leads A's | | MINNEAPOLIS ? Thanks to Kirk Saarloos, the struggling Oakland Athletics managed to take something positive out of Monday night?s game against the Minnesota Twins. Saarloos pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings after Justin Duchscherer left with a hip injury and the A?s held on for a 3-2 win. Photo caption: Oakland?s Justin Duchscherer had to leave the game with an injury during the A?s win over ... | | Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, Tue Aug 19 03:13:34 PDT 2008 | | | | Saarloos steps in for ace to lead A?s to win | | Oakland Athletics third baseman Jack Hannahan, right, and Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer watch the throw go into the dugout as Mauer takes third base after driving in a run in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. Mauer went in to score on the throwing error. | | Williston Herald, Tue Aug 19 09:30:09 PDT 2008 | | | | Tar Heels recruit 7 in baseball | | North Carolina's incoming crop of baseball newcomers was finalized at Friday's midnight signing deadline when shortstop Matt Harrison and right-hander Jimmy Messer, who were selected in the major league draft, elected to join the Tar Heels' program and did not sign professional contracts. Messer, a South Caldwell High star, was a 44th-round pick by the Oakland A's, while Harrison went in the ... | | The Charlotte Observer, Mon Aug 18 05:17:22 PDT 2008 | | | | A's, Giants hitting woes bordering on historic | | DEPRESSING TIMES call for a pick-me-up. And if, with six weeks to go, any one thing has been written in stone about Bay Area baseball in 2008, it's this: Nothing gets the dauber down like watching the A's and Giants swing the bats. | | Contra Costa Times, Sat Aug 16 21:14:32 PDT 2008 | | | | Same old story as A's reach new depths | | This is not a reprint, it just reads like it. The A's failed to score more than two runs for the sixth time in the last eight games and submissively fell to the Chicago White Sox 13-1 on Sunday afternoon in front of 28,843 fans at the Coliseum. The A's... | | San Francisco Chronicle, Mon Aug 18 00:32:29 PDT 2008 | | | | A's Gonzalez battered by White Sox | | Rookie Gio Gonzalez was rudely reintroduced to his former organization as the White Sox lit him up for seven earned runs, including three home runs, in just 31 3 innings en route to a 13-1 victory over the A's before 28,843 sun drenched fans at McAfee Coliseum. | | Contra Costa Times, Sun Aug 17 20:59:32 PDT 2008 | | | | A's Barton slumping, trying to stay positive | | OAKLAND - Daric Barton doesn't even look at the stats anymore.It is part of what he calls "learning how to deal with failure." The A's first baseman, considered a Rookie of the Year candidate when the season began, now tries to ignore the .207 next to his name. | | The Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Sat Aug 16 18:31:59 PDT 2008 | | | | Run of zeroes finally ends for A's rookie Ziegler | | Oakland A's reliever Brad Ziegler, the last feel-good story left in the Bay Area this summer, finally gave up a run. The season-long, career-opening streak of 39 innings ended Thursday on Tampa Bay center fielder B.J. Upton's run-scoring double. | | USA Today, Fri Aug 15 15:09:26 PDT 2008 | | | | SVHS alum Everidge continues power surge for A's AA Midland, Texas league all-star | | After his eye-popping power surge of of six at-bats, four runs, four hits, three home runs and 10 RBIs in late May, the Valley's Tommy Everidge has continued to improve his offensive numbers across the board playing first base for the Oakland Athletics' minor-league Midland RockHounds in the Double-A Texas League. | | Sonoma Index-Tribune, Mon Aug 18 18:33:40 PDT 2008 | | | | A's, Gonzales pounded in loss | | There weren't many positives to draw from Gio Gonzalez's start Sunday against the Chicago White Sox, except for the fact that neither he nor his teammates will have to face baseball's best home run hitting team again this season. | | San Jose Mercury News, Mon Aug 18 05:11:24 PDT 2008 | | | | Quentin, Ramirez Lift ChiSox Over A's, 13-1 | | Carlos Quentin felt right at home in Oakland. Quentin hit his 34th homer and drove in four runs, Alexei Ramirez added a grand slam and the Chicago White Sox won a series in Oakland for the first time in eight years by beating the Athletics 13-1 Sunday | | CBS 5 Bay Area, Mon Aug 18 01:18:43 PDT 2008 | |
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