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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's get to play the Houston Astros the next three games, and that's always welcomed news. The newest team in the American League is the worst team in the American League, dead...

C Derek Norris accounted for two of the four Oakland hits against the Rangers on Wednesday. Norris finished with a pair of doubles and is hitting .355 (11-for-31) in eight games at Texas. LHP Tommy Milone is scheduled to make his 10th start of the season...

Rangers 3, Athletics 1: David Murphy and Adrian Beltre homered in the first inning and Ross Wolf pitched five solid frames in his first major-league start as host Texas avoided a three-game sweep against Oakland. Wolf (1-0) had not pitched in the majors...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers 3, A's 1 ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the first inning and avoided a three-game series sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday...

The Sports Xchange By Michael Eldridge, The Sports Xchange Rangers avoid sweep with 3-1 win over A's ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the first inning and avoided a three-game series sweep with a 3-1 victory over the Oakland...

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's are juggling their infielders at Triple-A Fresno. As manager Bob Melvin said, "With our organization, where versatility is kind of a theme, it doesn't hurt." Here's what's going on: Hiroyuki...

MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH A model of stability for the first six weeks of the season, the club has had to make one change after another in the last week due to injuries. On Tuesday, the club announced that right-hander Nick Tepesch...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Dan Straily had been more about hype than substance. Now he's about substance, too. Straily pitched the game of his life Tuesday night, tossing seven scoreless innings to beat the...

The Oakland Athletics can further tighten up the American League West race if they can complete a three-game sweep of the host Texas Rangers with a win in Wednesday’s series finale. Oakland won the opener 9-2 before downing Rangers ace Yu Darvish 1-0 on...

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...

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,...

The Kansas City Royals have wasted a pair of superb pitching performances and, consequently, are staring at the possibility of a three-game sweep in the series finale against the host Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Luis Mendoza will take the mound for the...