San Francisco Chronicle
McCarthy said he was glad he could get deep into the game, not go just three or four innings and kill the bullpen, and manager Bob Melvin said he wasn't going to let him go more than 80 pitches. "I was hoping for five innings...McCarthy is trying to...
SF Gate
Nine consecutive defeats chafed all of the A's players, and about two hours before the game, reliever Grant Balfour let loose with a torrent of profanity. "I hate losing!" he said amid some less publishable words...The A's ended their lengthy losing...
Wichita Eagle
Royals right-hander Luke Hochevar might never have a better chance than Saturday to end his career-long miseries against Oakland. After all, the Athletics entered the day having lost nine in a row while scoring just 12 runs in doing so. Then again...
International Herald Tribune
Three errors, a wild pitch and a passed ball each played a part in runs for Oakland. Even when Kansas City appeared to get someone across the plate, the run was wiped out by a phantom tag by the A's catcher. The result was a 9-3 defeat that snapped...
Contra Costa Times
The A's snapped their nine-game losing streak with a 9-3 victory Saturday over the Kansas City Royals...Having been shut out in six of their previous 16 games, they scored more runs Saturday than they had in their previous six games combined. They...
Japan Times
Alexei Ramirez drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out infield single in the eighth inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the Seattle Mariners 7-4 for their ninth straight win on Friday. The White Sox scored three times in the eighth, helped by a...