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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Oakland Athletics slugger Mark Canha grew up a Giants fan and felt bad about flipping his bat after hitting a home run at AT&T Park, to the point where the Northern California native took to Twitter to issue an apology. Then he took it all back. Canha's go-ahead home run in the seventh inning was the difference as Oakland continued its late-game success, rallying to beat San Francisco 4-3 on Saturday night. "He's a fiery guy," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He likes to try to fire the guys up and himself for sure. Everybody has their certain celebrations. It's not looked at like years ago when it was looked at a little bit differently." Stephen Piscotty and Marcus Semien had Continue to Article

July 15, 2018 2:09:am EST

Jul 15 (OPTA) - Box score from San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics on Saturday Oakland 4, San Francisco 3 Oakland ab r h rbi bb so avg Semien ss 5 0 2 0 0 2 .255 Piscotty rf Continue to Article

July 15, 2018 1:19:am EST

SAN FRANCISCO — Mark Canha wanted bragging rights over his childhood friends. By driving in the decisive runs against the team he grew up rooting for, he made sure that he’ll be able to rub the sweet taste of victory into their faces for at least one day. Canha, who grew up in San Jose, lifted the A’s to their 20th victory in 26 games Saturday, blasting a pinch hit two-run homer in the seventh that clinched a 4-3 win over the Giants in the second game of the Bay Bridge Series at AT&T Park. “It might be my favorite (home run) to date,” Canha said. “I came to this park as a kid a lot. It’s just going to be fun to go brag to my Giants friends.” Prior to the series, Canha acknowledged that he loves Continue to Article

July 15, 2018 1:16:am EST

With the good half of the bullpen rested in Friday’s contest and the mop-up half cycled out, the Oakland A’s (53-42) look to even up the Bay Bridge Series against the San Francisco Giants (50-42). Tonight, former and current A’s legend Brett Anderson takes the mound against former A’s legend Jeff Samardzija. Anderson gave up just three hits in five scoreless innings against the Indians last week, but it took him 96 pitches despite just three strikeouts. Samardzija is also on his second start after missing the month of June with a right shoulder injury. Both clubs enter tonight’s contest with around a one-in-five chance of making it to the postseason, according to FanGraphs. The A’s are five games Continue to Article

July 15, 2018 1:00:am EST

Jul 14 (OPTA) - Box score from San Francisco Giants vs Oakland Athletics on Friday San Francisco 7, Oakland 1 Oakland ab r h rbi bb so avg Semien ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .253 Canha cf Continue to Article

July 14, 2018 1:34:am EST