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--SS Hiro Nakajima is playing better defensively than he did during spring training according to reports, manager Bob Melvin said Saturday. Nakajima's rehab assignment at Triple-A Sacramento ends next week, and Melvin said he does not know what decision...

The Sports Xchange 05/19/2013 MLB Note - Houston Astros Harrell, Lucas NEXT: Astros (Lucas Harrell 3-4, 5.11) at Pirates (Jeff Locke 3-1, 3.15) ----------------------------------------------- MLB Note - Houston Astros Elmore, Jake --INF Jake Elmore...

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 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...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH What exactly is wrong with Oakland slugger Yoenis Cespedes? Apart from the sour stomach that knocked him out of Monday's game, that is. A day after what Cespedes called "an upside...

The Sports Xchange By Eric Gilmore, The Sports Xchange Rangers 6, A's 5 (10 innings) OAKLAND, Calif. -- Adrian Beltre and Mitch Moreland launched solo home runs in the top of the 10th inning off reliever Chris Resop, powering the Texas Rangers to a 6-5...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Rangers at Athletics The Texas Rangers have finally snapped their skid in Oakland and look to win the series from the Athletics in Wednesday's finale of the three-game set. Texas had lost five straight games in Oakland - and...

Rangers finally break their Oakland skid OAKLAND, Calif. -- They took 10 innings to do it and gave manager Ron Washington's heart a workout in the final moments Tuesday night, but the Texas Rangers finally found a way to beat the Oakland A's at the O.co...

Athletics 5, Rangers 1: Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss hit back-to-back homers as host Oakland snapped Texas’ four-game winning streak. A.J. Griffin (4-3) matched a season high with eight strikeouts and didn’t walk anyone in seven innings. He...