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Game #112: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
Series finale on tap. Can the A’s avoid being swept at home against a fellow deadline seller? It’s lefty Gage Jump on the bump this afternoon, and here’s how the lineup behind him looks: As for Detroit, they’re sending their own young arm in Keider Montero. He’s off to a good start to his career […]
A’s Late Comeback Not Enough in 8-6 Loss to Tigers
The Athletics took on the Detroit Tigers, looking to even the series and force a rubber game tomorrow afternoon. The A’s succumbed to their fourth straight defeat, 8-6, in another game where they had a chance to win with better pitching. Perkins Struggles Early Detroit jumped in front immediately against A’s pitcher Jack Perkins. The […]
Game #111: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics opened this three-game series against the Detroit Tigers with another loss, falling 13-1 in a game that remained close until the A’s bullpen imploded over the final two innings. The team’s latest blowout home defeat capped a miserable 5-19 July, all but ending the A’s hopes of making a meaningful push […]
Fustercluck 2026: The Real Reasons For A Disappointing Season
Injuries provide a reasonable cover especially when they are clustered so dramatically, and the A’s certainly had a double-triple-quadruple whammy when they lost Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom, Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, and Shea Langeliers, in overlapping stretches in which often several have been out at the same time. Without a doubt these injuries, […]
A’s Smacked By Tigers 13-1
The Athletics dropped their third straight game on Friday night, falling to the Detroit Tigers 13-1 in embarrassing fashion in front of the Sacramento home crowd. Not a lot of positives from tonight’s contest. Would you believe the A’s actually had a lead this evening? The squad was on the board early thanks to a […]
Game #110: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
The club welcomes a new club to town as the Detroit Tigers arrive to Sacramento for a three-game weekend series that’ll surely be overshadowed by the Tarik Skubal trade rumors. Both clubs are out of contention at this point so it makes sense but hell, we still got some baseball to play folks. Our A’s […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Welcome Tigers To Town
We made it everyone. Happy Friday! The club wrapped up its series with the Boston Red Sox last night with another close loss. It was a competitive series and if some things had gone a bit differently they could have been the ones to take three of four instead of being the ones losing three […]
Late Collapse Costs A’s Chance at Series Split
The Athletics closed out this four-game series against the Boston Red Sox on a warm summer night in West Sacramento. It was déjà vu all over again for the A’s, as they carried a late lead only to watch another reliever blow the save in a 5-4 loss that prevented them from salvaging a series […]
Game #109: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics dropped the third game of this four-game series against the Boston Red Sox in frustrating fashion. The A’s had the game-winning run just 90 feet away in the ninth inning, but failed to bring it home, eventually falling 4-2 in ten innings. As a result, the “Green and Gold” must quickly […]
Signs Of Hope And Signs Of Hopeless
I will forgive you if you are feeling a bit testy about the A’s fortunes, current and future, at the moment. A season that was publicly billed as an expected contending year has seen the A’s fall off a cliff again despite being in an AL West whose standard is being set by the 55-53 […]
Elephant Rumblings: Which Players Will The A’s Trade?
Good morning A’s fans! The trade deadline is nearly upon us and with the Athletics where they are in the standings it’s time for them to begin getting rid of anything not nailed down. That means it’s time to start saying our likely goodbyes to guys like Jeff McNeil and Jeffrey Springs, two veterans on […]
Red Sox Edge A’s 4-2 in Extra-inning Heartbreaker
The Athletics faced the Boston Red Sox in the third game of a four-game series at Sutter Health Park. The Red Sox won 4-2 in ten innings, giving them a chance to claim the series with a victory in the finale. The back-and-forth game featured missed opportunities from both teams, as the A’s were unable […]
Game #108: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics evened this series against the Boston Red Sox, winning the second game 4-3 in a contest that came down to the final out. The Red Sox came within a few feet of hitting a second consecutive home run with two outs in the ninth inning, but A’s center fielder Henry Bolte […]
Elephant Rumblings: Pre-Deadline Check-in
Happy Wednesday A’s Fans! Last night, the Athletics snapped a three-game losing streak by holding on to defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-3. That sets up an enticing final two games tonight and tomorrow as the two historic American League franchises wrap up their four game series. The A’s prolonged struggles, coupled with numerous injuries, […]
A’s Squeak by Red Sox 4-3
The Athletics snapped their four-game losing streak on Tuesday night, beating the visiting Boston Red Sox 4-3 on a warm Sacramento evening thanks to a strong outing from their emerging ace. Lefty Gage Jump was on his game tonight as he was looking for a bounce back performance. He limited the Red Sox to just […]
Game #107: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
A day after dropping a close series opener to Boston, the A’s get another bite at the apple as they look for the win against the Red Sox here on a warm Tuesday night in Sacramento. The club has left-hander Gage Jump set for the start, his third of the second half already. His first […]
Elephant Rumblings: Injury Updates
Welcome to Tuesday A’s fans! The squad began the year with a clean bill of health over the first couple of months of the season. Since then they’ve been absolutely ravaged by injuries with just about every starter spending time on the IL at one point or another. Injuries are apart of the game but […]
Grand Slam Sinks A’s Against Red Sox
The A’s got a great pitching performance from their starting pitcher tonight. Unfortunately one swing of the bat was enough for the surging Red Sox to get past the Athletics tonight in the series opener in Sacramento. The Athletics struck first tonight and it didn’t take long. Facing left-hander Payton Tolle for the Red Sox, […]
Game #106: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
The squad is back in Sacramento for some much-needed home games after a tough road trip featuring two series losses. Things don’t get any easier for the A’s though as they’ll welcome a surging Boston Red Sox squad that recently went on a massive winning streak. Maybe they’ve used up all their juice and the […]
Elephant Rumblings: Without Langeliers, Where Do The A’s Go?
Welcome to a brand new week A’s fans! The club had a tough road trip, going 2-4 in six games in Arizona and Minnesota. That’s dropped them to 44-61 heading home. That’s the second-worst record in the American League (ahead of only the Los Angeles Angeles) and tied for fifth-worst in the entire sport. Such […]
A’s Lose Finale (And Series) To Twins 11-8
The Athletics dropped their 61st game of the season on Sunday afternoon in Minnesota, falling to the Twins 11-8 in the series finale and ending the road trip on a low note. Not the way the club wanted things to go today. It was left-hander Jeffrey Springs on the bump this afternoon possibly making one […]
Game #105: Athletics at Twins Game Thread
The A’s may have dropped yesterday’s contest but thanks to their win on Friday night they have a chance to secure their first series win since almost two months. Will they be able to finish off the Twins and escape Minnesota with a pair of wins? Before we get to the game, we got some […]
Twins Shut Out A’s 2-0 to Even Series
The Athletics matched up against the Minnesota Twins in the second game of their three-game series, looking to build on their series-opening victory. This game played out the inverse of Friday night’s contest, as the A’s struggled with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss that sets up Sunday’s series finale to be the […]
Game #104, Athletics at Twins Game Thread
Yesterday, the Athletics snapped their two-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series. This evening, the A’s seek to make it two straight wins and clinch the road series. Transaction Time Before the game, the A’s made a couple transactions: The “Big Amish” is back, […]
Parity (Mediocrity) Could Make For An Interesting Trade Deadline
Thanks in part to the 3rd wild card and mostly to the bizarre mediocrity of most of the teams in 2026, here we are 9 days before the trading deadline and only 8 of the 30 teams are not at least within 4 games of a wild card spot. This is what happens when a […]
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