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The Oakland Athletics promoted left-handed pitcher Jesus Luzardo on Monday. Luzardo, 22, is regarded as one of the best prospects in baseball. Luzardo has pitched in only 11 games (nine starts) this season across three levels due to injuries. Continue to Article

September 09, 2019 6:56:pm EST

The Oakland Athletics activated center fielder Ramon Laureano from the 10-day injured list on Friday. The 25-year-old missed five-plus weeks with a stress reaction in his right shin. Before going on the injured list July 31, Laureano told reporters the shin had bothered him since the team's season-opening series against the Seattle Mariners in March when the two games were played on turf in the Tokyo Dome. Continue to Article

September 06, 2019 5:25:pm EST

Reynaldo Lopez allowed one hit and struck out 11 en route to recording his first career complete game as the visiting Chicago White Sox breezed to a 7-1 win over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday afternoon. Welington Castillo belted a two-run homer to highlight his three-hit, three-RBI performance and Adam Engel and Yolmer Sanchez each drove in a pair for the White Sox, who salvaged a split of their four-game series. Kevin Plawecki had an RBI double with two outs in the second inning for the Indians, who have lost five of their last seven games overall and nine of the 16 meetings with Chicago this season. Continue to Article

September 05, 2019 4:10:pm EST

Matt Chapman hit a three-run homer, and Seth Brown drove in two runs with a pair of triples Tuesday night, helping the host Oakland Athletics overcome Mike Trout's 44th home run in a 7-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of a three-game series. Mike Fiers ran his unbeaten streak to 21 starts despite serving up home runs to Trout and Albert Pujols, benefitting from four innings of one-run relief by the Oakland bullpen in a game that was tied 5-5 in the middle of the sixth. Brown's second triple came in the bottom of the sixth, scoring Mark Canha to put Oakland on top for good at 6-5. Continue to Article

September 04, 2019 1:56:am EST

Mike Minor rebounded from a pair of rocky outings to pitch 7 1/3 innings as the Texas Rangers posted a 7-0 win over the New York Yankees, who failed to score a run for the first time in 14 months. The start of Monday's game was delayed almost three hours because of rain as the Rangers won for the fourth time in six games and ended the Yankees' modest two-game win streak. New York, who trailed 4-0 after seven innings before rallying to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Saturday, saw their 220-run scoring streak snapped. Continue to Article

September 02, 2019 10:09:pm EST