Despite having a six-game home winning streak come to an end Sunday, the Houston Astros saw plenty to like in the performance of Chas McCormick, who posted his third multi-hit game since being recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land. The Astros (77-66), who will host the Oakland Athletics (62-82) in a three-game series starting Tuesday, scuffled with outfield production during the 79 games All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker was away with a shin injury. McCormick was central to those struggles, and was even optioned for a brief spell, but he's batting .409 in six games since his return to the roster last week, including a three-hit game Sunday. "He's starting to believe that it's in there, and that's what you want," Astros manager Joe Espada said.

Despite having a six-game home winning streak come to an end Sunday, the Houston Astros saw plenty to like in the performance of Chas McCormick, who posted his third multi-hit game since being recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land. The Astros (77-66), who will host the Oakland Athletics (62-82) in a three-game series starting Tuesday, scuffled with outfield production during the 79 games All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker was away with a shin injury. McCormick was central to those struggles, and was even optioned for a brief spell, but he's batting .409 in six games since his return to the roster last week, including a three-hit game Sunday. "He's starting to believe that it's in there, and that's what you want," Astros manager Joe Espada said.

Meanwhile, long-suffering but resilient A's fans enjoyed one of their final parking-lot tailgate parties before the team abandons the East Bay for a city of easy marks ready to part with plenty of taxpayer cash (see: California Golden Seals, 1976; Oakland Raiders, 1981 and 2019; Golden State Warriors, 2019). A little personal baseball background will help with this story, so here we go.

A low-budget T-Bird commemoration of the 1974 Oakland A's… and an amazing Country Squire.

Mason Miller's impact this season has gone beyond the mound – and the Athletics' closer is getting recognized for it. On Monday, Major League Baseball named Miller as one of the AL West nominees for the 2024 Roberto Clemente Award. It is handed to a player who represents the sport and Clemente himself on and off the field through character, community presence and philanthropic efforts. Clemente, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates for his entire career, was the first Latin American player to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Managers Mark Kotsay of the Oakland A's and A.J. Hinch of the Detroit Tigers got a chance to sit down and talk inside the Coliseum on Sunday before their two clubs played each other. The two former Major Leaguers shared memories and told stories about the 57-year-old stadium, which will host its final big league game later this month. “It's a special place, because it's the first time I ever called myself a big leaguer,” said Hinch, who made his MLB debut in Oakland as the A's catcher on April 1, 1998, “and there's only one place that I'll ever feel that way, and that's here.”

Trey Sweeney had four hits, including a home run, Ty Madden struck out seven and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Trey Sweeney had four hits, including a home run, Ty Madden struck out seven and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday. The Tigers, looking to make a late rally in the AL Wild Card race, took two out of three in Oakland and are two games above .500. The A's, who will play their home games in Sacramento next season ahead of a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028, drew 11,250 fans. Madden (1-0) and Beau Brieske combined to take a no-hit bid into the fifth, with Madden recording his first career win after Brieske served as an opener in the first.

Oakland Athletics second baseman Darell Hernaiz (2) is unable to catch the throw from catcher Shea Langeliers as Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani steals second during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024, in Oakland, Calif.

Trey Sweeney had four hits, including a home run, Ty Madden struck out seven and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 9-1 on Sunday. The Tigers, looking to make a late rally in the AL Wild Card race, took two out of three in Oakland and are two games above .500. The A's, who will play their home games in Sacramento next season ahead of a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028, drew 11,250 fans. Madden (1-0) and Beau Brieske combined to take a no-hit bid into the fifth, with Madden recording his first career win after Brieske served as an opener in the first.

In the Detroit Tigers' final game at Oakland Coliseum, rookies Ty Madden and Trey Sweeney delivered to bring the team within 3½ games of MLB playoffs.

Managers Mark Kotsay of the Oakland A's and A.J. Hinch of the Detroit Tigers got a chance to sit down and talk inside the Coliseum on Sunday before their two clubs played each other. The two former Major Leaguers shared memories and told stories about the 57-year-old stadium that will host its final big league game later this month. “It's a special place, because it's the first time I ever called myself a big leaguer,” said Hinch, who made his MLB debut in Oakland as the A's catcher on April 1, 1998, “and there's only one place that I'll ever feel that way, and that's here.”

Managers Mark Kotsay of the Oakland A's and A.J. Hinch of the Detroit Tigers got a chance to sit down and talk inside the Coliseum on Sunday before their two clubs played each other. The two former Major Leaguers shared memories and told stories about the 57-year-old stadium that will host its final big league game later this month. “It's a special place, because it's the first time I ever called myself a big leaguer,” said Hinch, who made his MLB debut in Oakland as the A's catcher on April 1, 1998, “and there's only one place that I'll ever feel that way, and that's here.”

Detroit Tigers right-hander Beau Brieske will serve as the opener Sunday for the ninth time this season. The Tigers (72-71) wrap up a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics (62-81) at 4:07 p.m. Eastern time at Oakland Coliseum. The Tigers and A's have split the first two games of the series. Catcher Dillon Dingler; infielders Andy Ibanez and Ryan Kreidler; infielder/outfielder Matt Vierling; and outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below. Sunday Tigahs ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/oXQrOsOr9v — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) September 8, 2024 Right-hander J.T. Ginn (0-0, 4.30 ERA) will pitch for the Athletics. The Tigers will use Brieske (2-4, 4.414) as the

The Detroit Tigers will look for a series win on Sunday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics as another team bids farewell to the cavernous old Coliseum that the A's intend to depart at season's end. The A's took the first game of the three-game series 7-6 in 13 innings on Friday as the teams surged offensively after concluding nine innings tied at 2-2. In the first two games, the teams had no trouble getting runners on base. Riley Greene (four), Colt Keith (two), Zach McKinstry (two), Parker Meadows (two) and Jace Jung (two) have combined for 12 hits in the series for the Tigers (72-71).

The Detroit Tigers finish up their series against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday with another opener kicking things off.

The Detroit Tigers finish up their series against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday with another opener kicking things off.

Detroit fell behind in the fifth inning after an RBI single from Kyle Mccann. The Tigers would do well to get out of the inning only letting up one run. In the seventh inning, it was Dillon Dingler who would beat the throw to first base and score a run to tie the game at one-all. Tigers win 2-1 against the Athletics and will play in their final game of the series on Sunday.

Brant Hurter pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Saturday. Detroit moved back over .500 after losing three of its previous four games. The Tigers (72-71) haven't had a winning season since they went 86-75 in 2016. Looking to rally in the race for the third AL wild card, Detroit bounced back nicely after losing 7-6 to Oakland in 13 innings on Friday night.

Brant Hurter pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Saturday. Detroit moved back over .500 after losing three of its previous four games. The Tigers (72-71) haven't had a winning season since they went 86-75 in 2016. Looking to rally in the race for the third AL wild card, Detroit bounced back nicely after losing 7-6 to Oakland in 13 innings on Friday night.