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Oakland, which is 16-17, lost 112 games last season and didn't pick up its 16th victory until a win at Milwaukee on June 10 in its 66th game. Now, the A's are on a roll. They drew 8,533 fans for ...
The A's had not won four straight since ending last season with a victory at Seattle followed by a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels. A's win 4th in row for 1st time this year, beat ...
Pinch-hitter Tony Kemp had a two-run single that put Oakland ahead in a six-run seventh inning, and the Athletics rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 on Sunday to finish a three-game sweep.
The A's would win 101 games (their first 100-win season since finishing 107–45 in 1931). However, they lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the American League Championship Series . In 1972, the A's won their first league pennant since 1931 and faced the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series .
The surge propelled the club to within two games of first place, but a prolonged funk saw the A's play roughly .500 baseball for the next month and a half. That ended with an unremarkable 2–1 loss in Oakland to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, August 12. [11] On August 13, the Athletics began their then-AL-record 20-game win streak.
The Athletics defeated the Minnesota Twins 3 games to none in the AL Division Series, and the Tigers defeated the Yankees 3 games to 1. The Tigers faced the National League champions St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series, but lost in five games. The Athletics had home-field advantage (despite the Tigers having a better regular season record ...
April 29 - The A's return home for a three-game interleague series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler Nevin homered for the second straight game, as Oakland defeated the Pirates 5-1. With the win, the A's have won four of their past five games. [43] April 30 - JJ Bleday hit two home runs, powering the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the Pirates.
The A's lost 112 games last season and 102 the year before that, and now are 18-21 heading into Friday's weekend series at Seattle. The A's are winning again, even if only a small crowd of ...