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Going for the series win!

Good afternoon and welcome to Thursday baseball, the official 10th game of the young season as the A’s close out an absolutely thrilling 4-games series against the Boston Red Sox.

The A’s starting pitching has, of course, been lights-out at the Coliseum during this homestand, and we look for one more stellar home performance this afernoon, as Brett Anderson takes the mound in search of his second win. He’s also riding the A’s longest home stretch of scoreless pitching. Читать дальше...

In today’s MLB, a team is only as good as its bullpen and a bullpen is only as good as its weakest link, and Fernando Rodney is that link.

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Off night for A’s defense, bullpen in loss to Boston...
• Gallegos: A’s unravel in loss to Boston Red Sox despite solid outing by Marco Estrada...
• Slusser: Change in arm action makes A’s Lou Trivino better than ever...
• Gallegos: Alex Cora on A’s Ramón Laureano ‘I hate what he’s doing, but I’m proud’...
• Ostler: Center fielder Ramon Laureano is the A’s rocket man...
• McWilliams: It happened again: An inside look at the... Читать дальше...

Tonight’s game unfolded early in the same fashion as the first two games of the series. Shutout baseball from another Oakland starter and a timely home run from the offense.
Unfortunately, the A’s bullpen couldn’t keep the Red Sox silent as a 3 run Oakland lead eventually gave way to a 6-3 loss.

Game Preview + GameThread #1 | GameThread #2

A’s Got On The Board First
The A’s offense got something going in the bottom of the second inning, when Kendrys Morales (it still feels... Читать дальше...

Marco Estrada blanked the Red Sox through 4 innings and the A’s jumped out to an early three run lead (Nick Hundley RBI single in the second inning and Laureano with a two run home run in the fourth inning).

The A’s (5-3) face off against the defending champions Boston Red Sox (1-5) tonight in Game three of the four game series tonight from Oakland.

Billy Beane’s Athletics’ teams always seem to have the same archetypal players at certain positions.

What are you doing Xander, stop running on him.

Oakland A’s fans already know about Ramon Laureano’s throwing arm. We saw it when he became the first player in A’s franchise history to notch an outfield assist in both of his first two major league games. We saw it when he unloaded possibly the most incredible throw we’ve ever seen, good enough to top the MLB Network list of the best plays of 2018. He has an absolute Death Star superlaser in center field, and if he ever spiked the ball directly... Читать дальше...