New York Yankees (89-64, first in the AL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (67-86, fourth in the AL West) Oakland, California; Friday, 9:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Yankees: Gerrit Cole (6-5, 3.97 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 87 strikeouts); Athletics: J.T. Ginn (0-1, 4.94 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 23 strikeouts) : LINE Yankees -198, Athletics +165; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics begin a three-game series at home against the New York Yankees on Friday. Oakland has gone 36-39 at home and 67-86 overall. Athletics hitters have a collective .304 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL. New York has a 47-31 record in road games and an 89-64 record overall. Yankees pitchers have a

With the season nearly through, there will be a few players on the Oakland Athletics roster that will be hitting free agency in a little over a week, and the team will have to decide whether or not to bring them back for the 2025 campaign. The first of those players is right-hander Ross Stripling, who has expressed over the course of the season that he would be open to returning to play for the A's in Sacramento, though we did not discuss his salary demands or what role he'd prefer on the club. This season with Oakland, Stripling has accrued a 2-11 record and a 6.08 ERA, with both the losses and the ERA being career worsts. The A's will likely need a veteran arm or two on the roster next season as well, and it could be difficult to lure other veterans to Sacramento, so taking a chance on Stripling could be in the cards.

CHICAGO (AP) — The Cubs are now all but mathematically eliminated from the postseason. Tyler Soderstrom homered and Zack Gelof hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, giving the Oakland Athletics a 5-3 win over the Cubs in the rubber match of the three-game series and their first series […]

Every baseball game begins with a blank scorecard. Since 1968, the Oakland A's have helped fill our scorecards, and our hearts, building connections that span generations. When the final out is recorded at the Coliseum in a week, those memories will stop being made, and that connection with future generations will officially be severed. The A's are just a sports team, and they'e hardly the first one to ever relocate.

CHICAGO -- — Tyler Soderstrom homered and Zack Gelof hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Wednesday, putting the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs. Chicago's loss clinched the NL Central title for the Brewers, their third in four years. Milwaukee became the first major league team to reach the 2024 postseason.

CHICAGO -- — Tyler Soderstrom homered and Zack Gelof hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Wednesday, putting the Milwaukee Brewers in the playoffs. Chicago's loss clinched the NL Central title for the Brewers, their third in four years. Milwaukee became the first major league team to reach the 2024 postseason.

Zack Gelof doubled home the go-ahead run and scored another in a two-run eighth inning, and the visiting Oakland Athletics sent the Chicago Cubs to the verge of playoff elimination with a 5-3 victory Wednesday afternoon. Tyler Soderstrom had two hits, including a homer, scored two runs and drove in a pair for Oakland (67-86), which completed the interleague portion of its schedule with a winning record (24-22). Despite 2 2/3 shutout innings from Justin Steele in a comeback effort, Chicago (77-75) dropped 6 1/2 games out of the final National League wild-card spot, pending later results, with just 10 games remaining.

MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – The Milwaukee Brewers are NL Central Division champions for the third time in the last four years following the Chicago Cubs 5-3 loss to the Oakland A's on Wednesday afternoon. The Brewers, who have now won the division title in 2021, 2022, and 2024 are the first NL Central team to win the division three times in four years since the St. Louis Cardinals won it three years in a row from 2013 to 2015. As it currently stands, the Brewers would see the sixth-seeded Arizona Diamondbacks in the first round, with the winner traveling to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers in the Divisional Series. That scenario could easily change over the next 48 hours as the Diamondbacks are currently

The Oakland Athletics have promoted 2024 third round pick Joshua Kuroda-Grauer to Triple-A Las Vegas according to his MiLB player page. The playing time may not be consistent this week with Darell Hernaiz serving as the club's shortstop, but this will be a good opportunity for Kuroda-Grauer to get a look at Triple-A pitching ahead of his first offseason.

Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ watches his home run ball fly during the third inning of Tuesday's loss to the Oakland Athletics at Wrigley Field. | Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images It was the fastest pitch hit for a home run in MLB's pitch-tracking era, which began in 2008. by: Tim Capurso Posted: Sep 18, 2024 / 11:04 AM CDT Updated: Sep 18, 2024 / 11:04 AM CDT SHARE Chicago Cubs outfielder Ian Happ had quite the performance in Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics, as the veteran collected three hits and two home runs in the losing effort. The second of Happ's home runs, which came in the ninth inning against Athletics hard-throwing relief pitcher Mason Miller, was a historic dinger. Facing

Shea Langeliers homered twice, including a towering solo drive that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers in left, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night. “The homers kind of come in bunches,” said Langeliers, who finished with three RBIs. Lawrence Butler also went deep for Oakland, which stopped a three-game losing streak. The skid included back-to-back losses to the MLB-worst White Sox.

Oakland Athletics (66-86, fourth in the AL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (77-74, second in the NL Central) Chicago; Wednesday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Brady Basso (1-0, 1.23 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Cubs: Justin Steele (0-0) : LINE Cubs -164, Athletics +138; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1. Chicago has a 39-34 record at home and a 77-74 record overall. The Cubs are 59-24 in games when they record eight or more hits. Oakland has a 30-47 record on the road and a 66-86 record overall. The Athletics have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .399. The matchup

Oakland Athletics (66-86, fourth in the AL West) vs. Chicago Cubs (77-74, second in the NL Central) Chicago; Wednesday, 2:20 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Brady Basso (1-0, 1.23 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 11 strikeouts); Cubs: Justin Steele (0-0) : LINE Cubs -164, Athletics +138; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics play on Wednesday with the three-game series tied 1-1. Chicago has a 39-34 record at home and a 77-74 record overall. The Cubs are 59-24 in games when they record eight or more hits. Oakland has a 30-47 record on the road and a 66-86 record overall. The Athletics have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .399. The matchup

The host Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics get one last chance to improve on impressive interleague records when they close out a three-game series Wednesday afternoon. The Cubs (77-74) took a costly loss in the second game of the series Tuesday night, falling 4-3 despite two home runs by Ian Happ. Oakland catcher Shea Langeliers matched that with a pair of long balls.

CHICAGO -- - Shea Langeliers homered twice, including a towering solo drive that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers in left, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night. "The homers kind of come in bunches," said Langeliers, who finished with three RBI. Lawrence Butler also went deep for Oakland, which stopped a three-game losing streak. The skid included back-to-back losses to the MLB-worst White Sox.

CHICAGO (AP) — Shea Langeliers homered twice, including a towering solo drive that cleared the Wrigley Field bleachers in left, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday night. Langeliers’ third multihomer game of the season and No. 5 for his career upped his season total to 28, extending his career best. Lawrence Butler also went deep...

Milwaukee Brewers fans were hoping to celebrate the team clinching the NL Central on Tuesday evening, Sept. 17.

Cubs left-handed ace Justin Steele will make his long-awaited return to the mound on Wednesday against the Athletics, as he is set to return from the team’s injured list, manager Craig Counsell told several reporters on Tuesday. The rest of the Cubs rotation will be pushed back one day with Steele’s return, Counsell said. Steele landed on the injured list...

CHICAGO -- - The White Sox won back-to-back games for the first time in nearly three months, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday behind home runs from Gavin Sheets and Bryan Ramos to end a streak of 20 consecutive series losses. A day after scoring in the ninth to win 7-6 and stop a 16-game home losing streak, the White Sox took a 3-0 first-inning lead and strung together wins for the first time since three in a row against Atlanta and Colorado from June 27-29. Chicago is 35-115 with 12 games left and is trying to avoid the post-1900 record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets. The White Sox are 20-58 at home, one shy of the post-1900 mark for home losses shared by the 1939 St. Louis Browns and 2019 Detroit Tigers.

This article is part of our MLB Picks series. The Cubs entered the season with an interesting roster and a new extremely well-compensated manager in Craig Counsell. Not impossible, but extraordinarily unlikely, especially since the Mets and Braves still play three times.