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Chris Bassitt struck out 11 in his return from paternity leave, and Matt Olson had a solo home run among four hits Saturday night, leading the host Oakland Athletics to a 10-2 thumping of the Detroit Tigers. Jurickson Profar and Matt Chapman also homered for Oakland, which moved 1 1/2 games ahead of Cleveland in the battle for the second American League wild card. With the aid of a couple of extra days off for the birth of his daughter, Bassitt (10-5) remained unbeaten in his last seven starts. Continue to Article

September 08, 2019 12:31:am EST

Former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Chris Duncan, who helped lead the team to a World Series victory in 2006, died following a battle with brain cancer, the team announced Friday. The 38-year-old made his debut with the Cardinals in September 2005, setting a franchise rookie record with seven home runs a year later and appearing in 10 postseason games during the 2006 season. Duncan made three starting appearances in the World Series against the Detroit Tigers, ultimately helping the Cardinals win 4-1. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 3:25:pm EST

Willi Castro doubled home Dawel Lugo with the tiebreaking run in the top of the 11th inning Friday night, allowing the visiting Detroit Tigers to avoid a two-loss night with a 5-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics. The win came following a 7-3 A's win in the completion of a suspended game, with three relievers combining to shut out the Tigers over three innings more than three months after rain had halted a matchup Oakland was leading in the seventh inning at Detroit. The A's led the regularly scheduled game 4-0, but the Tigers forced extra innings with two late two-run rallies before pushing across the difference-maker against the seventh Oakland pitcher, Paul Blackburn (0-2), in the 11th. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 2:25:am EST

Chad Pinder homered, Mike Fiers earned his fourth victory or his 14th, however you want to look at it, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 7-3 on Friday night in a game that was suspended on May 19 because of the weather. "There were a lot of oddities," A's manager Bob Melvin said. Willi Castro hit a go-ahead double in the top of the 11th as the Tigers rallied from a four-run deficit to snap Oakland's three-game winning streak with a 5-4 victory in the regularly scheduled matchup. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 2:20:am EST

Christian Yelich smacked his 44th home run of the season and four pitchers combined on a three-hitter to lift the host Milwaukee Brewers to a 7-1 victory against the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. Brewers right-hander Zach Davies scattered one run and three hits with one walk and four strikeouts in five innings to earn the victory. Davies (9-7) yielded to Brent Suter, Junior Guerra and Ray Black, who teamed for four innings of no-hit, one-walk, three-strikeout relief. Continue to Article

September 07, 2019 1:48:am EST