©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Evan Webster (89) and Cal’s defense was the story on Saturday, holding the 15th ranked Washington Huskies to just 13 first downs in the Bears 12-10 win at Memorial Stadium. Webster returned an interception 37 yards for a touchdown and the win improved the Bears record to 5-3. …
Read More »Warriors get rings, hold off Thunder, start quest for Three-Peat
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The two-time defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors returned to the Oracle court to grind out a 108-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder Tuesday night in their first meaningful game at home since Game 2 of The Finals against LeBron James and his former teammates with …
Read More »Warriors fall to Suns in ejection marred game, 117-109
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a game Monday night where referee Ben Taylor mistakenly thought that the Oracle crowd had paid their hard earned money to watch him officiate, the Warriors fell to the Phoenix Suns 117-109 in a match-up where Taylor took center stage ahead of the two-time defending NBA …
Read More »A’s take opener against Yankees in Playoff-like atmosphere
BY ANTHONY SOSA In what looked to be a possible preview of the AL Wild Card game, the Oakland Athletics defeated the New York Yankees 6 -3, in a Labor Day matinee Monday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum in the first matchup of a three-game series between the two clubs. …
Read More »Astros chase Manaea, power past A’s 9-4 to retain first place
BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER In a battle for first place with a playoff like atmosphere, the A’s jumped out to an early lead Sunday afternoon before succumbing to a barrage of home runs to the Houston Astros 9-4 before a crowd of 29,143 at the Coliseum. With the win, the Astros …
Read More »Gordon’s 12th inning homer leads Mariners 2-0 win over A’s
BY ANTHONY SOSA With the game knotted at zero in the bottom of the 12th inning, Dee Gordon lined a two-run home run over the right-field wall to give the Seattle Mariners a dramatic victory over the Oakland Athletics Wednesday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. Seattle avoided a three-game sweep …
Read More »Hundley hammers Pirates to back D-Rod’s gem, Giants get split
BY ANTHONY SOSA Dereck Rodriguez, yet again, pitched lights out and the Giants used some timely offensive production to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-3, Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park. The win earned the Giants a split of the four-game series. It was just their third win in their past 12 …
Read More »Astros complete sweep of Giants with clutch eighth inning homer
BY ANTHONY SOSA With an absolute pitcher’s duel blooming between Madison Bumgarner and Dallas Keuchel, Tyler White stole the show with a go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of eighth inning to seal a 2-1 Houston Astros victory over the San Francisco Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Park. The win …
Read More »A’s sweep Tigers to extend winning streak, pad wild card lead
BY STEVEN LUKE The Oakland Athletics finished off a three game series sweep of the Detroit Tigers Sunday afternoon with a 6-0 win. The bats came out to play and the pitching was spectacular for the sixth consecutive game as the A’s moved to 21 games over .500 on the …
Read More »Giants salvage a victory, avoid four-game sweep by Brew Crew
BY ANTHONY SOSA Facing a potential four-game sweep at home by the Milwaukee Brewers, the San Francisco Giants put on a strong offensive day at the plate and captured an 8-5 victory Sunday afternoon at AT&T Park. The Giants’ eight runs scored in the series finale were more than they …
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