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Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports Oakland looks to snap four game road skid and even series with Pirates The Oakland Athletics look to snap a five game losing streak against the NL Central leading Pittsburgh Pirates today at PNC Ball park. The A’s send RHP James Kaprielian to the mound with Shane Langeliers behind the plate. Esteury Ruiz will bat leadoff and start in CF, … [Read more...] about Athletics v. Pirates Game Thread

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Oakland has lost five-straight overall and 15-straight on the road. The Oakland Athletics will try to snap a 15-game road losing streak Tuesday night when they continue a three-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The A’s had plenty of chances in the opener, but were instead saddled with a 5-4 loss dropping their season … [Read more...] about James Kaprielian, A’s look to snap streak against the Pirates

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Oakland is swapping out infielders again. The Oakland Athletics announced a roster move ahead of Tuesday’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The A’s recalled infielder Kevin Smith and have optioned Nick Allen back to Las Vegas. The A's have recalled INF Kevin Smith from Las Vegas and optioned INF Nick Allen to Las … [Read more...] about Athletics recall Kevin Smith, option Nick Allen to Las Vegas

Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports MLB news round up Hello, all! Happy Tuesday to everyone! A morsel of good news! Jason Burke of SI.com reported that odds for the Vegas move have dropped to “50-50”, which, yay! So now it has gone from a “done-deal” to this. Shocking. But not really considering who the owner is. The owner, John Fisher, has struggled to get a new ballpark … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Vegas now “50-50”?

Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports At least it was close? Oakland continues to stumble. The A’s lost a close one against a surprising Pirates team 5-4 and continued to look lost as a group on the whole. The A’s gave their starter JP Sears a quick lead right away. Who else but Esteury? Ruiz came in on a Ryan Noda bloop single in the first inning to give Oakland a quick … [Read more...] about A’s drop fifth in a row as they fall to Pirates 5-4

Neville E. Guard-USA TODAY Sports Sears on the mound hoping to end this losing streak New week, new chance for positive results. Oakland goes from Miami to Pittsburgh to take on the Pirates hoping to snap a 4-game losing streak and get back to winning! Left-hander JP Sears is getting the nod today in a day game. The A’s have, in a considerate word, struggled in day … [Read more...] about A’s begin fresh series against surprising Pirates

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports Feels like a good day to snap the losing streak It’s game time. The A’s are about to take on the Pirates in the first of three games in Pittsburgh. JP Sears is taking on fellow youngster Johan Oviedo. Sears has been rolling but so has Oviedo. Every run is going to matter today. Which has been a problem recently but maybe today’s the day they … [Read more...] about A’s vs. Pirates game thread

Lance Iversen-USA TODAY Sports MLB news roundup Happy Monday, Athletics Nation! The A’s had another ridiculously bad road series over the weekend. Let’s forget about that for a moment and turn our attention to something that is ridiculous on purpose, in a fun way. On Saturday, former A’s Cy Young Award winner Barry Zito made a surprise start for the Savannah Bananas, … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Barry Zito gets first start with Savannah Bananas

“I caught 4 out of 5 pitches! That’s good, right?” | Photo by Eric Espada/Getty Images You would figure that a team with 12 wins on June 4th would have its fair share of concerns. On pace for a record number of losses, the 12-49 A’s are probably best defined by the following stat — and let’s face it, while it’s hard to shock anyone with a stat when a team has been this … [Read more...] about “Uh-Oh”s Galore After 61 games