Nick Kurtz and Brent Rooker each homered and drove in a pair of runs on Sunday to help the Athletics post a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds in West Sacramento.
Ex-Giant Michael Conforto contributed a two-RBI, pinch-hit single to a four-run fifth inning as the Dodgers secured a second consecutive road win over the San Francisco Giants with a 10-2 thumping Sunday afternoon.
The San Francisco Giants, winners of 13 of their last 17, head into a late, pivotal series against their division rival Los Angeles Dodgers eight games behind.
A week after a report surfaced alleging Steve Ballmer tried to circumvent NBA salary-cap rules, commissioner Adam Silver on Wednesday stated if any wrongdoing is found, he will exercise his “very broad powers.”
Lawrence Butler’s walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth gave the host Athletics a 5-4 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday in West Sacramento.
Adames and Bailey hit home runs, Peguero and Walker pitched out of late jams, and the San Francisco Giants made it two straight over the visiting Diamondbacks with a 5-3 victory on Tuesday.
Two of the top 10 winners in the history of the Diamondbacks will meet head-to-head for the first time when Zac Gallen and Robbie Ray duel as Arizona host the Giants on Tuesday night.
Koss and Ramos each drove in two runs in the sixth inning, Lee collected three hits, and the Giants outlasted the visiting Diamondbacks 11-5 in the opener of a three-game series Monday night.
The Boston Red Sox begin their only stretch in Sacramento this season, with ace Garrett Crochet expected to kick off the three game series on Monday night.
Two teams that have saved some of their best baseball for September go head-to-head Monday night when the Arizona Diamondbacks and host San Francisco Giants open a three-game series.
Travis d’Arnaud drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a ground-rule double as the Athletics fell 4-3 victory to the Angels on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
Athletics manager Mark Kotsay said his team is in the midst of a “perfect storm” of how things can go wrong all at once. They'll look to bounce back against the Phillies.
