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BY RICK PORCARO The A’s bats brought them from behind twice, but their bullpen failed them when they needed it most, allowing five runs in the 11th inning as Oakland fell to the Angels 12-7 Wednesday afternoon at the Coliseum, allowing Los Angeles to take the three game series. ©DANIEL …

BY RICK PORCARO The Giants squandered two leads and a quality start from Madison Bumgarner, falling to the Atlanta Braves 5-4 in 13 innings Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Atlanta’s Austin Riley follows the path of his two-run game tying home run in the eighth inning against the …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Andre Iguodala’s walk-off strip steal from Damian Lillard with four seconds remaining sealed a Golden State comeback from 17 points down at the start of the second half, as the Warriors stole a 114-111 win from Portland to take a commanding 2-0 series lead in the best-of-seven …

BY RICK PORCARO The Giants beat the rain and the Blue Jays Wednesday afternoon, defeating Toronto 4-3 in Shaun Anderson’s Major League debut on the strength of a sixth inning home run by Brandon Crawford.  ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Shaun Anderson delivers a pitch against the Blue Jays in his Major League …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Steph Curry and Klay Thompson combined for 62 points, leading the Golden State Warriors to a 116-94 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the opening game of the NBA’s Western Conference Finals Tuesday night at Oracle Arena. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Steph Curry of the Warriors drives to …

BY RICK PORCARO Ramón Laureano’s bloop single against the Indians A.J. Cole in the bottom of the ninth inning led the A’s to their second consecutive walk-off victory against Cleveland Saturday on a sun-splashed afternoon at the Coliseum by a score of 3-2. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Ramón Laureano of the A’s …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Cincinnati Reds rode Derek Dietrich’s two run first inning home run, and Tanner Roark threw six shutout innings to salvage the final game of their three game series with the A’s by a 3-0 score Thursday afternoon at the Oakland Coliseum. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Cincinnati’s Eugenio Suarez …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER The Warriors survived a third quarter injury to Kevin Durant to hold off the Houston Rockets 104-99 in a nail-bitter Wednesday night. The victory gave Golden State a 3-2 lead in the best of seven semi-final series, moving them within a game of advancing to the Western …

BY DANIEL GLUSKOTER Kevin Durant continued playing on another level, scoring 35 points, 24 in the second half, to lead the Warriors past the Houston Rockets 104-100 in a hotly contested game Sunday afternoon at Oracle Arena in the opener of the Western Conference semifinals. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Kevin Durant drives …

BY RICK PORCARO The New York Yankees took advantage of lapses by Giants pitching for the second game in a row, jumping on Derek Holland for five runs in the fifth inning before holding on for a 6-4 victory. ©DANIEL GLUSKOTER Gary Sanchez (24) is greeted at home plate by …