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Game Date:
08/19/2018
4:05pm EST
Lines:
Houston -1.5
Oakland +1.5
Total:
Over
7.5 (-105)
Under 7.5 (-115)
Community Picks: Houston 0% vs Oakland 0%
Houston and Oakland Thread
Team Tweets & News Articles
The Oakland Athletics were an average team two months ago, a dozen games behind the Houston Astros and closer to the bottom of the AL West than the top. Trevor Cahill pitched one-hit ball for seven shutout innings and the Athletics kept up their unlikely turnaround, tying Houston for the division lead by beating the Astros 7-1 Saturday. ''It's been a nice run for sure,'' A's manager Bob Melvin said. Continue to Article
August 18, 2018 8:21:pm EST
After trailing the Astros by 12 games exactly two months ago, the A's have pulled even. Oakland beat Houston 7-1 Saturday afternoon to improve to 74-49 and move into a first-place tie atop the AL West. Trevor Cahill was masterful, pitching seven shutout innings, allowing just an infield single and a walk, while striking out seven. Continue to Article
August 18, 2018 6:53:pm EST
Robinson Cano is back in the major leagues with the Seattle Mariners after serving an 80-game drug suspension. "It feels great to be back, especially the way the team is playing," Cano said before Tuesday night's game against the Oakland Athletics. Cano arrived in Oakland late Monday, woke up early Tuesday and was at the Coliseum taking batting practice underneath the outfield stands three hours before the scheduled first pitch. Continue to Article
August 14, 2018 9:12:pm EST
Without warning, the AL West has become a race once again: With Seattle’s four-game sweep of the division-leading Astros and Oakland taking two of three from the Angels, the Astros no longer have the stranglehold they once had on the division. As such, we enter Monday’s action with Houston leading the red-hot Athletics by just 2 ½ games in the West, with the Mariners only four games out of first. Continue to Article
August 13, 2018 1:02:pm EST
Ramon Laureano made an insane throw from the warning track in center field to first base on Saturday night against the Angels to complete the double play. Oakland A’s outfielder Ramon Laureano hasn’t been playing in the Major Leagues long — just four games, to be exact. In the bottom of the third inning on Saturday night in Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels left fielder Justin Upton hit a deep fly ball to left-centerfield. Continue to Article
August 11, 2018 11:14:pm EST
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