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Game #115: A’s at Reds Game Thread
This morning, the Athletics will face the Cincinnati Reds one final time, looking to avoid a sweep and finally snap their losing streak. Winning baseball games has proved elusive for the A’s over the past two months, as they have endured a free-fall down the standings. Right-hander Mason Barnett will get the start for the […]
Elephant Rumblings: Starting Pitching Targets This Offseason?
Good morning A’s fans! The Athletics began the year strong and were in first place in the AL West longer than many analysts and baseball people expected. The squad got there on the strength of their lineup and a few key early runs from their pitching. It looked like the club could hang around for […]
A’s Losing Streak Continues with 3-2 loss to Reds
The Athletics faced the Cincinnati Reds in the middle game of this three-game interlegaue series. Once again, A’s starter Jacob Lopez turned in a quality start and gave his team a chance to win, only to receive no help from the bullpen and a struggling offense in a 3-2 loss, the Green and Gold’s seventh […]
Game #114: A’s at Reds Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics opened their first series after the trade deadline with their sixth straight loss, falling 5-4 to the Cincinnati Reds after another bullpen collapse. This time, left-hander Hogan Harris—one of the team’s most reliable relievers this season—took the loss after throwing two wild pitches in the same at-bat, allowing the game-tying and […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Future Outlook
Last night, the Athletics opened their first series after the trade deadline with their sixth straight loss, falling 5-4 to the Cincinnati Reds in yet another embarrassing performance from one of MLB’s biggest laughingstocks. Speaking of the deadline, it came and went with the A’s as quiet as a mouse. While other teams were wheeling […]
A Seemingly Rock Bottomless Glass
Just when you think it can’t get any worse…A comically pathetic 8th inning turns a possible actual win into just another disheveled loss and the “free fall” stats keep mounting. It’s hard to believe that on June 19th the A’s were 38-38, winning percentage that would earn them a spot 1.5 games out of 1st […]
A’s Fall To Reds 5-4
The Athletics dropped their sixth straight game on Tuesday evening, dropping the series opener late to the Reds 5-4. Ginn rolls early It was J.T. Ginn on the bump tonight making his first start off the IL due to a blister issue. Based off how he was pitching early you’d be hard pressed to see […]
Game #113: A’s at Reds Game Thread
The A’s are set for their first post-Trade Deadline matchup this evening, in Cincinnati to take on the Reds in the first of three games. The Athletics had a quiet deadline but so did the Reds. The calendar has turned and now it’s time to start playing some winning baseball again and be the spoiler […]
A’s roster moves: Kurtz & Springs to IL, Ginn activated, Muncy recalled
The A’s made a flurry of roster moves on Tuesday afternoon before their series with the Reds gets underway. The club placed first baseman Nick Kurtz on the injured list, as well as left-handed starter Jeffrey Springs. Taking their places on the active roster will be infielder Max Muncy and right-hander J.T. Ginn, who is […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Make One Minor Trade This Deadline Season
Welcome to another week A’s fans! Yesterday was the Trade Deadline in baseball as playoff teams finish off their shopping lists for the final push towards October. Our A’s were not in the buyers category this year thanks to their lackluster 45-67 record but there’s always moves that can be made. Well the A’s had […]
MLB Trade Grades: A’s Have Quiet Trade Deadline
While nearly every other MLB team made moves at the 2026 MLB trade deadline to boost its present and future, the Athletics sat on the sidelines, unwilling to shake up a roster that is staring down a fifth straight losing season. Entering the deadline, it felt like the A’s were not going to do much, […]
A’s Shut Out By Tigers 11-0
Another tough day at the park as the squad was shut out out our Detroit rivals 11-0. A rough season continues to go more and more south. It was lefty Gage Jump on the bump in this one. He entered this one coming off a strong start last time out when he went six shutout […]
Game #112: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
Series finale on tap. Can the A’s avoid being swept at home against a fellow deadline seller? It’s lefty Gage Jump on the bump this afternoon, and here’s how the lineup behind him looks: As for Detroit, they’re sending their own young arm in Keider Montero. He’s off to a good start to his career […]
A’s Late Comeback Not Enough in 8-6 Loss to Tigers
The Athletics took on the Detroit Tigers, looking to even the series and force a rubber game tomorrow afternoon. The A’s succumbed to their fourth straight defeat, 8-6, in another game where they had a chance to win with better pitching. Perkins Struggles Early Detroit jumped in front immediately against A’s pitcher Jack Perkins. The […]
Game #111: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics opened this three-game series against the Detroit Tigers with another loss, falling 13-1 in a game that remained close until the A’s bullpen imploded over the final two innings. The team’s latest blowout home defeat capped a miserable 5-19 July, all but ending the A’s hopes of making a meaningful push […]
Fustercluck 2026: The Real Reasons For A Disappointing Season
Injuries provide a reasonable cover especially when they are clustered so dramatically, and the A’s certainly had a double-triple-quadruple whammy when they lost Zack Gelof, Tyler Soderstrom, Jacob Wilson, Nick Kurtz, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, and Shea Langeliers, in overlapping stretches in which often several have been out at the same time. Without a doubt these injuries, […]
A’s Smacked By Tigers 13-1
The Athletics dropped their third straight game on Friday night, falling to the Detroit Tigers 13-1 in embarrassing fashion in front of the Sacramento home crowd. Not a lot of positives from tonight’s contest. Would you believe the A’s actually had a lead this evening? The squad was on the board early thanks to a […]
Game #110: Tigers at Athletics Game Thread
The club welcomes a new club to town as the Detroit Tigers arrive to Sacramento for a three-game weekend series that’ll surely be overshadowed by the Tarik Skubal trade rumors. Both clubs are out of contention at this point so it makes sense but hell, we still got some baseball to play folks. Our A’s […]
Elephant Rumblings: A’s Welcome Tigers To Town
We made it everyone. Happy Friday! The club wrapped up its series with the Boston Red Sox last night with another close loss. It was a competitive series and if some things had gone a bit differently they could have been the ones to take three of four instead of being the ones losing three […]
Late Collapse Costs A’s Chance at Series Split
The Athletics closed out this four-game series against the Boston Red Sox on a warm summer night in West Sacramento. It was déjà vu all over again for the A’s, as they carried a late lead only to watch another reliever blow the save in a 5-4 loss that prevented them from salvaging a series […]
Game #109: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics dropped the third game of this four-game series against the Boston Red Sox in frustrating fashion. The A’s had the game-winning run just 90 feet away in the ninth inning, but failed to bring it home, eventually falling 4-2 in ten innings. As a result, the “Green and Gold” must quickly […]
Signs Of Hope And Signs Of Hopeless
I will forgive you if you are feeling a bit testy about the A’s fortunes, current and future, at the moment. A season that was publicly billed as an expected contending year has seen the A’s fall off a cliff again despite being in an AL West whose standard is being set by the 55-53 […]
Elephant Rumblings: Which Players Will The A’s Trade?
Good morning A’s fans! The trade deadline is nearly upon us and with the Athletics where they are in the standings it’s time for them to begin getting rid of anything not nailed down. That means it’s time to start saying our likely goodbyes to guys like Jeff McNeil and Jeffrey Springs, two veterans on […]
Red Sox Edge A’s 4-2 in Extra-inning Heartbreaker
The Athletics faced the Boston Red Sox in the third game of a four-game series at Sutter Health Park. The Red Sox won 4-2 in ten innings, giving them a chance to claim the series with a victory in the finale. The back-and-forth game featured missed opportunities from both teams, as the A’s were unable […]
Game #108: Red Sox at Athletics Game Thread
Last night, the Athletics evened this series against the Boston Red Sox, winning the second game 4-3 in a contest that came down to the final out. The Red Sox came within a few feet of hitting a second consecutive home run with two outs in the ninth inning, but A’s center fielder Henry Bolte […]
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