Columnist Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported Tuesday that the A’s are interested in Yankees farmhands Estevan Florial (outfielder), Jorge Mateo (infielder) and pitcher Domingo Acevedo. Mateo is considered a player who could also excel in center.
High-ranking #Athletics official scouted #Yankees Double-A club on Monday; this backs up @Joelsherman1's report of talks on Sonny Gray. @MLB
Mike Axisa of CBSSports.com reports that the Yanks, Brewers, Dodgers, Braves, Astros and Cubs also are in the market for pitching and all have top center field prospects. Matthew Paras of the Washington Times is reporting that the Nationals figure to be in on the Gray sweepstakes, as well.
Of course, it won’t take JUST a center fielder to pry Gray from the A’s. Oakland wants a center fielder to be PART of any package for the oft-injured right-hander.
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America’s favorite farm club – the Oakland Athletics – is at it once again.
Oakland already has traded relivers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson to the Washington Nationals. Now, the A’s are shopping ace Sonny Gray as the July 31 trade deadline approaches.
A photo of Gray was the lead shot on the back page of the New York Daily News on Friday morning, with a headline that asked: “Sonny Days Ahead?”
The New York Yankees, who trail the first-place Boston Red Sox by 3½ games and hold a one-game lead over the Minnesota Twins in the race for the American League’s second wild card, are in desperate need of pitching. Michael Pineda is out for the season with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament, and ace Masahiro Tanaka has been wildly inconsistent.
The Yankees, remember, pulled in a plethora of young talent last year when they dealt away relievers Andrew Miller and Aroldis Champman and outfielder Carlos Beltran before the deadline.
The Brewers, Astros, Braves and Indians also have shown interest in Gray, according to the Farber piece, which doesn’t name the players in which the A’s are interested.
However, a report in the New York Daily News by Mazzeo indicates the A’s are scouting Yankees prospects in Double-A Trenton, N.J. That could mean Oakland is interested in pitcher Domingo Acevedo, who has touched 103 mph on the radar gun, and infielder Jorge Mateo.
The Yankees obtained outfielder Clint Frazier (currently on the Yankees major league roster), infielder Gleyber Torres (who will require Tommy John surgery on his non-thowing elbow) and pitcher Justus Sheffield in last year’s deadline deals and the A’s interest could involve these players, as well.
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Veteran catcher Stephen Vogt was designated for assignment by the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, perhaps signaling the team’s intention to throw in the towel on the 2017 season.
John Hickey of the East Bay Times reports that move was a shocker inside the clubhouse to virtually everyone except Vogt, who’d seen his productivity and playing time decline.
“I could see it coming,” Vogt said. “There was the infrequent playing time in what would be good matchups for me.
“It’s something I understand, although I don’t like it. It’s definitely news that hit (wife) Alyssa very hard. Oakland is a place we love. It’s a place we watched our family grow. We had success here as a family and as a team. We’ve developed a lot of relationships that will last.”
Though the A’s have the worst record in the American League, they start play Thursday just 6½ games out of the second wild card slot – not an impossible deficit to make up in the season’s remaining three-plus months. Nevertheless, they would need to leapfrog nine teams to claim one of the junior circuit’s two wild card berths.
Vogt, who joined Oakland at the start of the 2013 season, was wildly popular in the A’s clubhouse. Former teammate Josh Reddick, now playing with the Astros, told Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle, “It’s kind of hard to imagine a clubhouse without him over there. Although I’m gone I feel like I’m still hurting with those guys over the move.”
I! I believe! I believe in! I BELIEVE IN STEPHEN VOGT! Love ya buddy! @SVogt1229
With several contenders in need of an upgrade at first base, A’s first baseman Yonder Alonso, already having established a new career high with 17 home runs, could be dealt before the July 31 trade deadline.
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A new stadium for the Oakland Athletics would generate more than $3 billion for the local economy over a 10-year period, according to a report released Wednesday by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute.
The report takes into consideration three factors: construction spending, day-of-game spending by attendees and ballpark operations spending. Never mind that the A’s haven’t even made a choice on a site for a proposed stadium.
According to a Phil Matier and Andy Ross column in the San Francisco Chronicle, the A’s have narrowed their search for a new home in Oakland to three locations, but are leaning toward a 13-acre site that is currently home to the Peralta Community College District headquarters.
Wonder if the A’s make a play for the lot outlined in pink. Separated from Peralta site by an old railroad right of way (yellow line). pic.twitter.com/BpBtt1ppgB
Matier and Ross go on to point out that the Peralta site, just west of Laney College, is within walking distance of the Lake Merritt BART station, but that challenges remain.
“For one, Peralta Chancellor Jowel Laguerre says Laney’s faculty and students would probably put up a fight.” … And “Mayor Libby Schaaf, whose support is vital, likes a different site. She’s pushing for the team to relocate to Howard Terminal, north of Jack London Square.”
Working on a “how to fit a park into Peralta site” post. For those wondering about freeway proximity, there is Busch, 25 ft from I-55 ramp. pic.twitter.com/Yhp95kn9QI
The current site of the Mausoleum, er, Coliseum remains in the running.
Veteran scribe Ray Ratto of Comcast Sports Bay Area – always happy to play the cynic – isn’t buying the pie-in-the-sky projections.
“The thing that struck me is not that (A’s president Dave Kaval) said it,” Ratto said on Wednesday’s edition of NBC Sports Bay Area’s ‘The Happy Hour.’ “Because vice presidents and owners say that nonsense all the time. It can’t be proven and most of the time it’s an absolute and abject lie. But it’s that so many people around here just took at it value … A’s will make $3 billion with new stadium. Really? How? ...
“Why would you do that when what you really need to do is keep expectations low for a while?”
The Coliseum, which opened in 1966, has been beset by problems that come with age. Most notably: faulty plumbing that caused sewage to back up into the dugouts at various times during recent seasons.
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How good a season is Oakland Athletics Yonder Alonso having?
Good enough to draw interest from the visiting New York Yankees.
The Bronx Bombers, shifting from their long-held strategy of buying up the best talent on the free-agent market, have focused on youth and homegrown talent in recent years.
It’s paid off, with youngsters Aaron Judge and Gary Sanchez taking the Big Apple by storm the past two seasons.
But the Yanks have run into injury problems lately and it appears 24-year-old first baseman Greg Bird, who injured his ankle in spring training and was scheduled to rejoin the team perhaps in Oakland, has suffered a setback.
If New York wants to keep this feel-good season rolling, it needs more production out of the first base position. According to the New York post, the Yankees may have an interest in the 30-year-old Alonso, who is having a breakout season with 17 home runs, 37 RBIs and an impressive .306/.398/.645 slash line.
However, according to foxsports.com, Alonso is interested in signing a long-term deal with the Athletics.
According to Murphy: (New York) makes the most sense. Short porch. Short porch. Short porch. Short porch. Chris Carter and Rob Refsnyder(!) are the current first basemen on the depth chart while Greg Bird continues the shuttle from bench to disabled list. Short porch. The Giants could keep most or all of Belt’s salary for this season so the Yankees stay under the cap, and with the Yankees’ almost ~$100 million in salary coming of the books for 2018, Belt’s $8.4 million jump in salary for ages 30-33 will not push them to the luxury tax limit and they get a reliable player who can brutalize that sweet, sweet short porch.
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With the sixth pick in the 2017 MLB Amateur Draft, the Oakland Athletics selected 6-foot-2, 205-pound outfielder Austin Beck out North Davidson High School in Lexington, N.C.
As John Hickey points out in the East Bay Times, it was 25 years ago this month that Derek Jeter was drafted in the first round by the New York Yankees with the sixth overall pick.
Jeter, who retired in 2014 as perhaps the most popular Yankees player in the last half century, had his No. 2 retired by the club and a plaque unveiled at Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park. The New York shortstop is eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2020 and he could become the first player voted in with 100 percent of the vote (Ken Griffey Jr. holds the record with 99.32 percent – 437 of 440 ballots).
So, did the Athletics draft the next Derek Jeter?
Prep OF Austin Beck, 6th pick to a's, has huge tools. Potentially a home run. A's obvs open to high school kids these days
Hickey says: “A study of the last quarter century of No. 6 picks suggests the A’s have a much better chance of getting nothing from having the sixth choice than they do of getting a star.
“The only genuine stars to come out of the sixth pick in the last 25 years are Jeter, the 1996 Rookie of the Year, and Zack Greinke, the current Diamondbacks starter who was drafted by Kansas City and who won the 2009 Cy Young Award when still with the Royals. Andrew Miller, while not a star, is a top-flight reliever who helped the Indians reach the World Series last season after a mid-season trade from the Yankees. And 27-year-old third baseman Anthony Rendon has twice hit 20 homers for Washington and is on pace for around 30 this season.
“Only 15 of the 25 picks have even made it to the big leagues, although the picks from 2014-16, including A.J. Puk, taken sixth by the A’s last year, haven’t had time to climb the ladder and make their way to the big leagues.”
Former Turlock High and Fresno State standout Steve Soderstrom was the No. 6 overall pick of the San Francisco Giants in 1993. He reached the big leagues in 1996, making three starts for the Giants and posting a 2-0 record with a 5.27 ERA.
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Major League Baseball will hand down its punishments to Oakland A’s outfielder Ramón Laureano and Houston Astros hitting coach Alex Cintrón for their roles in Sunday’s brawl. Cintrón will receive a 20-game suspension and Laureano a six-game suspension, per multiple reports.
Punishments were issued in response to a fight that broke out when, after Laureano was hit by a pitch, Astros hitting coach Cintrón began hurling fighting words at Laureano. The A’s outfielder tried to brush him off, but Cintrón’s comment about Laureano’s mother angered him, and Laureano charged the dugout.
Astros catcher Dustin Garneau, a former Athletic, wrapped Laureano up to prevent punches from being thrown.
The kerfuffle started when Laureano was hit by a pitch for the third time in the three-game series. He tried to explain to the inexperienced rookie pitcher, Humberto Castellanos, how to properly throw a slider so that it wouldn’t hit a batter. It escalated when Cintrón said something offensive.
“When it comes to social distancing during a pandemic I look like not a very smart guy,” Laureano said to reporters. “But you’re emotional, especially about when it’s about your mother.”
Per MLB’s new rules, coronavirus-related social distancing protocols mandate harsh punishments for physical contact with opposing teams: “Fighting and instigating fights are strictly prohibited. Players must not make physical contact with others for any reason unless it occurs in normal and permissible game action. Violations of these rules will result in severe discipline consistent with past precedent, which discipline shall not be reduced or prorated based on the length of the season.”
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Catcher Tyler Soderstrom is officially a member of the Oakland Athletics after signing with the team on Monday.
Soderstrom, who was taken with the 26th pick in the 2020 MLB Draft on June 10, will forgo his college eligibility at UCLA and begin his professional career.
Terms of the contract were not released but MLB.com reporter Jim Callis reported Soderstrom, a Turlock High graduate, signed for $3.3 million which was nearly $700,000 over the slot value for the pick ($2,653,400).
Callis also reported the signing bonus is the largest ever for a prep catcher in the bonus-pool era, which began in 2012.
The team announced Soderstrom will join their 60-man player pool and report to the alternate training camp.
The A’s released their player pool roster on Sunday but Soderstrom was not on the list as he had not yet signed.
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The A’s may not have to worry about paying rent at the Oakland Coliseum in the future. Instead, the team could be months away from dealing with mortgage payments on the property.
Facing a $122 million budget shortfall this year, the Oakland City Council authorized negotiations to sell the city’s half of the 155-acre Coliseum property to the A’s, multiple sources confirmed to the Bay Area News Group on Monday.
In a closed session meeting last Thursday, the council reversed its thinking on how to deal with its share of the Coliseum and is ready to oblige the A’s wishes to own and develop the site, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
In a lawsuit filed last October by the City of Oakland that was ultimately withdrawn at the behest of Major League Baseball, the city tried to block Alameda County’s sale of its 50 percent share of the Coliseum site to the A’s for $85 million. The A’s, who haven’t given up hopes to build a privately financed stadium at Howard Terminal, still want to redevelop the Coliseum complex to generate revenue for its prospective new home near Jack London Square.
The A’s, who didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the negotiations with the City, were originally set to close on their $85 million purchase of the county’s share of the Coliseum by next week. However, the effects of COVID-19 pushed back that date to Oct. 5, when terms of the deal become final.
Now, instead of working with the city to develop the Coliseum site, the A’s are set to enter talks with the city to make the Coliseum their own.
It took a global pandemic and a crippling local economy for the City of Oakland to realize it could no longer wait to help dig itself out of a financial hole.
Besides, said Oakland City Councilman Noel Gallo, the city is losing money fast at the Coliseum.
“There’s no baseball or activity at the Coliseum, no activities at Oracle, and we’re investing $6.5 million to keep them both safely open,” Gallo said. “Considering where we are today with the coronavirus and where the city is financially … the reality is the Oakland A’s still keep knocking on the door and we wanted to open up negotiations.”
Included in Oakland’s city budget shortfall is the $1.2 million in annual rent money the A’s still owe. The A’s, citing the fact they couldn’t play at the Coliseum due to the coronavirus, have deferred their rent payment.
In order to own the land, the A’s would likely need to pay at least the same $85 million they paid to the County, Gallo said.
“The Oakland A’s have a great interest in the Coliseum site,” Gallo said. “We may just compromise. You help us develop the Coliseum and we’ll help you with Howard Terminal.”
Council President Rebecca Kaplan indicated there are certain terms the City needs in any Coliseum land deal.
“Any ultimate decision about the Coliseum would come to open session. If and when we do have a full proposal before us – I would insist that it include affordable housing,” Kaplan said.
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A Fresno State alumnus will help lead the Oakland A’s efforts to find and operate a new baseball stadium.
Clovis native Chris Giles, the former vice president of sales and strategy for the San Francisco 49ers, was named Oakland’s new chief operating officer in the midst of the A’s trying to identify a new stadium location.
Giles will oversee organization-wide strategy and the daily operations for the club’s revenue-generating functions, including sales, marketing, partnerships, public relations and community engagement.
Giles earned his bachelor’s degree from Fresno State in 2004, then worked four years on Wall Street before earning a Master of Business Administration from Cal.
He became a candidate with the A’s based on his three years working with the 49ers and helping open Levi’s Stadium in 2014. He also oversaw sales and marketing efforts for Super Bowl LI, which was held at Levi’s Stadium.
According to the A’s, Giles “was instrumental in the opening of Levi’s Stadium.”
Giles initially came aboard with the 49ers as their director of business operations then spent his last year as the NFL team’s vice president of sales and strategy, where he managed a $190 million annual profit budget between the 49ers and Levi’s Stadium, his Linkedin page states.
Giles, who graduated from Buchanan High in 2001, returns to the pro sports industry after quitting his job with the 49ers back in November 2015 to pursue music full-time.
“The job was great in that it gave me the financial means to take some time off and focus on things that I find important,” Giles said in a Clovis Independent story that ran in February 2016. “I figured if I didn’t try to do the music thing now, there would probably never be another time.”
Giles record three songs, which are available on iTunes.
The A’s have been searching for a new stadium for years, with their efforts intensifying since last year when John Fisher took over as the club’s controlling owner.
The A’s have played at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum since 1968 after the club moved there from Kansas City. The Coliseum has been open since 1966.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the club has narrowed their focus on three locations with the lead area appearing to be a 13-acre site near downtown Oakland that’s currently a community college district’s headquarters.
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Rickey Henderson can talk all day about Rickey Henderson.
On Monday, the Hall of Fame outfielder was given more reason to brag. The home of the A’s is now known as Rickey Henderson Field.
“My heart and soul are forever Oakland,” Henderson told the crowd before the game, before closing with, “Thank you, Oakland, and I love you.”
Here’s how social media reacted to Henderson’s honor:
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Behind the box scores of Oakland’s four-game sweep of the Royals in Kansas City, Mo.
2: Home runs in the series for Oakland’s Khris Davis and Ryon Healy.
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A’s left-fielder Coco Crisp took a home run away from Ji-Man Choi of the Angels on Thursday in Anaheim. Check out the video:
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What a difference a year has made for A’s right-hander Sonny Gray. Last season at this time, he was the staff ace and an American League All-Star. Now he’s struggling to find himself at 3-8 with a 5.16 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP.
He had a solid outing Wednesday in a tough-luck loss to the Twins. Perhaps it is something he can build on for the rest of the season. Here is a look at Gray’s 16 starts:
Date
Opponent
IP
H
ER
BB
SO
Dec.
ERA
April 6
White Sox
7
3
1
4
5
W
1.29
April 11
Angels
6.1
6
3
3
6
L
2.70
April 16
Royals
6
7
1
1
6
W
2.33
April 22
Blue Jays
7
6
3
3
7
W
2.73
April 27
Tigers
2
2
4
4
2
L
3.81
May 3
Mariners
7
11
7
1
6
L
4.84
May 9
Red Sox
3.2
8
7
2
2
L
6.00
May 15
Rays
5.2
6
3
2
4
ND
5.84
May 20
Yankees
3.1
6
4
4
3
L
6.19
June 5
Astros
5
5
1
1
5
ND
5.77
June 10
Reds
7.2
5
2
1
4
L
5.34
June 15
Rangers
6
8
5
1
3
ND
5.54
June 21
Brewers
6
7
1
1
7
ND
5.20
June 26
Angels
6
6
2
1
3
ND
5.03
July 1
Pirates
6
7
7
1
4
L
5.42
July 6
Twins
6
6
1
4
5
L
5.16
Compiled by Chris La Marr
Source: ESPN.com
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A faint sense of optimism surrounded the A’s last week. They had just won three of four games in consecutive series from the Angels and Giants. Josh Reddick and Rich Hill, their best starting pitcher during the first half of this season, had just returned from a broken thumb from strained groin, respectively.
Against their cross-bay rivals in particular, the A’s played like a team determined to put a disappointing first half behind them. But Game 82 on Sunday, numerically the opening of their season’s second half, only brought more frustration and another round of injuries.
The A’s lost 6-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates, failing to hold leads of 2-0 and 3-2, and were swept in a three-game series at the Coliseum. It was the A’s fourth consecutive loss and dropped them back to 12 games under .500 as they left for their final trip before the All-Star break, to Minnesota and Houston.
“We felt like with the Angels series and the Giants series, we were on our way to playing a lot better,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said. “And then we got derailed this series.”
Melvin denied that the A’s experienced a letdown after the Giants series, in which Oakland scored 34 runs and played in front of sellout crowds in three of four games. He attributed the A’s inconsistency this season to injuries.
“You get to a point where you feel like OK, now we have our guys back, we can get on a roll,” Melvin said. “We played two good series, and then we have more injuries. So it’s frustrating, but no more for me than anybody else.”
Before Sunday’s game, the A’s put catcher Josh Phegley on the 15-day disabled list because of a right knee strain and called up Triple-A catcher Matt McBride, who started against the Pirates. Phegley gave the A’s nine players on the DL – and they may soon have another.
Reliever Fernando Rodriguez left Sunday’s game in the eighth inning because of a right shoulder strain. Rodriguez seemed to feel discomfort after throwing a pitch to Jordy Mercer and motioned toward the dugout. Melvin and a trainer visited the mound, and Rodriguez departed after a brief conversation.
Melvin said Rodriguez was having an MRI after the game and the DL is possible.
The A’s trailed 4-3 at that point despite building two early leads for starter Daniel Mengden, who allowed four earned runs for the first time in five major-league starts. After Rodriguez’s exit, John Axford came in cold from the bullpen and surrendered two runs on three hits, including a two-run homer by David Freese, in 2/3 of an inning.
Oakland had squandered several scoring chances to that point. The A’s put men on second and third with one out in the fifth, but Josh Reddick flied out to left field, too shallow to score a run, and Danny Valencia flied out.
With runners on first and third in the sixth, the A’s sent up Stephen Vogt to pinch-hit against right-handed reliever A.J. Schugel. Vogt stung a line drive to first baseman Freese, who stepped on first to complete an easy double play with Jake Smolinski running on the full-count pitch.
In the seventh, singles by Tyler Ladendorf and Coco Crisp gave the A’s runners on first and third with nobody out. But Marcus Semien struck out, Reddick popped out in the infield, and Valencia struck out. As Reddick’s popup hovered over the infield, he slammed his bat to the ground in disgust.
“Back-to-back at-bats, less than two outs and runners in scoring position, I’ve got to do a better job of at least getting one of those runners in, if not all of them,” Reddick said. “It’s a big part of the game.”
Mengden held the Pirates scoreless for four innings before allowing a bases-loaded, two-run single to Gregory Polanco in the fifth. After issuing a leadoff walk in the sixth, Mengden induced a potential double-play grounder by Josh Harrison, but second baseman Ladendorf’s relay throw pulled first baseman Billy Butler off the bag.
Adam Frazier followed with a triple to score Harrison and later scored when Erik Kratz hit a chopper that deflected off Mengden’s glove for an infield single. Kratz was the last hitter Mengden faced and gave the lead to the Pirates, who recorded their first sweep of the A’s.
“We’ve been playing good baseball, and I think this series we just didn’t execute on both sides of the ball,” Mengden said. “We didn’t pitch very well when we needed to, and then when we had chances to score, we didn’t score. Things weren’t going our way this series.”
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Jefry Marte drove in Mike Trout with a game-ending sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels stopped a six-game losing streak with a 7-6 win against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Trout led off the ninth with a single against Liam Hendriks (0-1). With one out and the bases loaded, Marte’s fly ball to center field scored Trout easily from third.
Los Angeles trailed 6-2 after six innings, but Trout hit a two-run homer in the seventh and Marte had an RBI single in the Angels’ two-run eighth. Huston Street (3-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the win.
Coco Crisp hit a grand slam for Oakland with two outs in the fourth. Marcus Semien followed with his 14th homer against Hector Santiago.
It was Crisp’s first grand slam since 2007 and his seventh homer of the season. He went 5 for 9 in the series with six RBIs and six runs scored.
Before the Angels rallied, Sonny Gray was in line for his first win since April 22. The right-hander allowed six hits, struck out three and walked one.
Trout’s two-out drive to center against Fernando Rodriguez was his team-best 16th homer of the season and No. 156 for his career, moving him past Bobby Grich for seventh on the franchise list.
Santiago also pitched six inning and was charged with six runs and seven hits. He struck out six and walked four.
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The A’s beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 in Oakland on June 1 to run their winning streak to five games. They sat 5 1/2 games out of first at 25-29. They are 0-7 since, and sit in last place in the American League West, 12 1/2 games out of first. Here is a look at their seven-game skid:
Date/Opponent
Score
Turning point
Losing pitcher
June 3
at Houston
12-2
Houston scores seven runs in the first inning
Jesse Hahn
June 4
at Houston
6-5 (12)
Carlos Correa singles in the winning run in the 12th
Ryan Madson
June 5
at Houston
5-2
Correa’s RBI double puts Houston up for good in the seventh
Ryan Dull
June 7 at Milwaukee
5-4
Chris Carter hits his second homer of the day, a three-run shot, in the sixth
Sean Manaea
June 8 at Milwaukee
4-0
Chase Anderson no-hits the A’s into the sixth
Hahn
June 10 at Cincinnati
2-1
Adam Duvall scores the go-ahead run on Sonny Gray’s wild pitch in the seventh
Gray
June 11 at Cincinnati
2-1
Jay Bruce hits a two-run HR in the second and makes a run-saving catch in the ninth
Daniel Mengden
Compiled by Chris La Marr
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The 2016 Oakland Athletics’ season has been one of streaks and sweeps. The A’s beat the Twins 5-1 Wednesday, wrapping up a three-game sweep of visiting Minnesota. It was the fourth series sweep by the A’s. They have also been swept four times this season. Oakland has four winning streaks of three games or more and six losing streaks of three games or more. Here is a breakdown of the streaks and sweeps this season:
The sweeps
April 8-10: The A’s sweep a three-game series in Seattle, outscoring the Mariners 11-4. Oakland hits four homers and pounds out 25 hits.
April 11-13: The Angels sweep a three-game series in Oakland. A’s pitchers give up 14 earned runs in the series.
April 19-21: The A’s sweep three from the Yankees in New York. Oakland scores 15 runs on 32 hits.
May 2-4: The A’s drop three to Seattle at home, allowing 21 earned runs on 41 hits.
May 9-11: The A’s are hammered in a three-game set in Boston, losing by a combined score of 40-15.
May 16-18: Oakland bounces back with a three-game sweep of Texas at home, hitting six homers.
April 8-10: The first three-game winning streak comes in Seattle. The pitching staff allows just three earned runs.
April 11-15: The A’s lose three straight to the Angels and one to Kansas City at home. Oakland scores just eight runs during the skid.
April 16-22: Oakland bounces back to win six straight, starting with two against Kansas City at home. The A’s beat New York three times on the road and Toronto one time on the road.
April 23-25: The three-game slide starts with two losses in Toronto, before wrapping up with a loss to the Tigers in Detroit. The A’s are outscored 22-9 in three games.
May 1-4: A four-game slide starts with a home loss to Houston, and continues with three more home losses to the Mariners. The A’s blow an 8-4 lead against Seattle in the final loss of the skid.
May 7-11: The A’s lose five in a row on the road – two in Baltimore and three in Boston. They give up eight homers and 48 hits in Boston.
May 15-18: The A’s rip off a four-game winning streak, taking one from Tampa Bay on the road and three from Texas in Oakland. Danny Valencia hits four homers in the streak – three in a 7-6 win over Tampa Bay – and Khris Davis hits four – three in an 8-5 win over the Rangers.
May 28-June 1: The day after their losing streak hits three, Oakland starts its current five-game winning streak. The A’s take two in Detroit before sweeping a three-game set with Minnesota at home.
Compiled by Chris La Marr
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A statistical look at the Oakland A’s three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers:
1: The number of runs allowed by Oakland starter Sean Manaea in 6 2/3 innings in Monday’s 3-1 win by Oakland.
2.54: ERA for Wednesday’s winning pitcher, Rich Hill.
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Danny Valencia of the A’s is on some kind of a roll. He hit two home runs on Friday in a 6-3 win over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. He had a career day on Sunday, driving three homers, the last of which was a two-run shot in the ninth inning to lift Oakland to a 7-6 win over the Rays.
He also hit a solo homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fifth and drove in five runs. Valencia is on a 10-game hitting streak, during which he has a .405 average.
He joins Lorenzo Cain, Aaron Hill and Andrew McCutchen as the only major leaguers with three-homer games this season.
Here is a look at Valencia’s homers from Sunday’s game.
Bee Sports staff and The Associated Press
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