Brett Anderson

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Chris Young returned to Oakland's lineup on Saturday, but the outfielder is still not contributing much, and another recent returnee, Coco Crisp, also hasn't caught fire since...

RF Yoenis Cespedes entered Sunday batting .198. Manager Bob Melvin, however, had no plans to remove him from the lineup. "He's fine," said the manager. "He's just an aggressive swinger. He's staying, because when he's in the lineup he takes the pressure...

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,...

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 A's Anderson has foot stress fracture The Oakland A's announced on Friday that left-hander Brett Anderson, who has not pitched since April 29, has a stress fracture in his right foot. He will be re-evaluated in four weeks, and the...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Athletics 2, Royals 1 Athletics 2, Royals 1: Josh Donaldson hit a tying homer in the seventh inning and Adam Rosales delivered a go-ahead blast in the eighth as host Oakland won the opener of the three-game series. Sean...

The Sports Xchange A's 2, Royals 1 OAKLAND, Calif. -- The last time Adam Rosales hit a homer, it wound up not counting after a replay flap at Cleveland on May 8. On Friday night at the Coliseum, Rosales knocked a clear homer over the wall in left field...

Rosales' 'no-doubter' lifts Athletics past Royals Oakland -- Kansas City starter James Shields made only two mistakes over the middle of the plate on Friday night at the Oakland Coliseum, and Josh Donaldson and Adam Rosales put both of them over the...

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...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Rangers 6, Athletics 2 Rangers 6, Athletics 2: Nelson Cruz belted a three-run homer and Lance Berkman knocked in a pair of runs as visiting Texas won for the sixth time in seven games. Texas starter Alexi Ogando (4-2) allowed...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Rangers 6, Athletics 2 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Right fielder Nelson Cruz hit a three-run home run and saved two runs with a diving catch Wednesday afternoon at the O.co Coliseum, leading the Texas...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Cruz stars with bat, glove as Rangers beats A's OAKLAND, Calif. -- Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz hit his team-leading 10th home run of the season Wednesday, a three-run blast in the fifth...