| | | | | A's pitching staff is showing wear and tear | | Pitching powered Oakland's solid first half. When compared with the team's awful hitting since the break, the A's pitchers still look pretty good. That outlook might be changing, however. On Tuesday night, Oakland got smoked 13-2 by the Twins, with rookie... | | San Francisco Chronicle, Wed Aug 20 00:49:36 PDT 2008 | | | | A's pitching staff showing wearand tear, Gallagher rocked by Twins | | - Pitching powered Oakland's solid first half. When compared with the team's awful hitting since the break, the A's pitchers still look pretty good. That outlook might be changing, however. On Tuesday, Oakland got smoked 13-2 by the Twins, with rookie right-... | | San Francisco Chronicle, Tue Aug 19 22:32:22 PDT 2008 | | | | Duke ousted as A's dupe Twins | | 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 | | Vallejo Times-Herald, Tue Aug 19 08:13:13 PDT 2008 | | | | 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 to help lead A's past Twins 3-2 | | Kirk Saarloos pitched 3 2-3 shutout innings after Justin Duchscherer left with a hip injury and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 3-2 on Monday night. Mark Ellis homered and Kurt Suzuki had two RBIs for Oakland, which got a nice effort from Saarloos after he was called up from Triple-A Sacramento earlier in the day to bolster a struggling A's bullpen that was 1-5 over its last 18 ... | | Lexington Herald-Leader, Mon Aug 18 20:58:06 PDT 2008 | | | | A'S TAKE DOWN TWINS | | MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ? 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 32/3 shutout innings after Justin Duchscherer left with a hip injury and the A's held on for a 3-2 win. | | The Monterey County Herald, Tue Aug 19 02:04:07 PDT 2008 | | | | A's Saarloos ready to start or relieve | | Kirk Saarloos' stellar work in the rotation for Triple-A Sacramento earned him a promotion to the A's roster earlier this week. Though the A's called him up to bolster the bullpen, Saarloos may find himself drawing more starting duties if Justin Duchscherer is forced to miss any time after aggravating his right hip in Monday's win over the Minnesota Twins. | | San Jose Mercury News, Wed Aug 20 05:26:26 PDT 2008 | | | | Quentin, Ramirez Each Drive in Four as Chicago Tops A's | | Carlos Quentin hits his 34th homer and drives in four runs, Alexei Ramirez adds a grand slam and the White Sox win a series in Oakland for the first time in eight years by beaeting the A's 13-1 on Sunday. | | Washington Post, Sun Aug 17 17:04:34 PDT 2008 | | | | At plate and on mound, A's no match for Twins | | What has already been a long season for Oakland just keeps getting longer. Kevin Slowey had a career-high 12 strikeouts and Brian Buscher matched his career best with five RBIs in the Minnesota Twins' 13-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night. | | AP via Yahoo! News, Tue Aug 19 20:09:37 PDT 2008 | | | | A's go down meekly against Twins in 13-2 loss | | Things turned ugly fast for the A's on Tuesday night at the Metrodome as the Minnesota Twins jumped on starter Sean Gallagher quickly and proceeded to a 13-2 rout. | | San Jose Mercury News, Tue Aug 19 20:41:33 PDT 2008 | | | | A's look futile on two fronts | | MINNEAPOLIS ? There are no 96 mph heaters from Kevin Slowey. No bat-breaking sliders or splitters that feel like bowling balls to opposing hitters. JIM MONE Associated Press Minnesota's Denard Span, left, dives back safely ahead of a pickoff throw to A's first baseman Daric Barton in the first inning. | | The Sacramento Bee, Wed Aug 20 00:03:14 PDT 2008 | | | | Injury may give Saarloos chance to start for A's | | Though the A's called him up to bolster the bullpen, Kirk Saarloos may find himself drawing more starting duties, if Justin Duchscherer is forced to miss any time after aggravating his right hip in Monday's win over Minnesota. | | Contra Costa Times, Tue Aug 19 21:59:52 PDT 2008 | | | | A's Ellis calls 23-game, 24-day trip a 'joke" | | An A's official joked before Sunday's game that the team's upcoming schedule feels like a seven-city road trip. Oakland just happens to be the fourth stop. | | San Jose Mercury News, Mon Aug 18 05:11:34 PDT 2008 | | | | Oakland Athletics (57-67) at Minnesota Twins (70-54), 8:10 p.m. | | The Minnesota Twins picked a bad time to post a rare home loss to the Oakland Athletics. Now second in the American League Central, the Twins resume a three-game series with the visiting A's tonight at the Metrodome. Heading into Monday's opener, the Twins had won four straight and nine of their last 10 at home versus the Athletics. However, Minnesota dropped a 3-2 decision which coupled with ... | | Lexington Herald-Leader, Tue Aug 19 08:12:06 PDT 2008 | | | | At plate and on the mound, A?s are no match for Twins | | The Minnesota Twins' Denard Span dives safely back to first ahead of the throw to Oakland Athletics first baseman Daric Barton on a pickoff attempt by pitcher Sean Gallagher in the first inning of a baseball game. | | Williston Herald, Wed Aug 20 11:45:24 PDT 2008 | |
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