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After losing two in a row to the Angels, the A's had to be thinking that a three-game road swing through Seattle would cure their clinching blues. After all, they've won fifteen in a row against the M's. But they turned out to be wrong. The A's lost again, 10-9, in extra innings. Even worse, the A's were up by three in the bottom of the ninth only to watch Houston Street blow the save as the Mariner's rallied to send the game to extra innings. more ›

Before a disappointingly small, but vocal and ultimately happy crowd at the Coliseum Wednesday night, the A's fought off a series sweep at the talons of the Toronto Blue Jays. Nick Swisher led the way with two hits, one of which was a monster home run to rightfield, and Jason Kendall, whose bat may have finally arrived from Pittsburgh, added two hits and two RBI of his own. Joe Blanton went six innings and gave up three hits and a run, maintaining the excellent starting pitching the A's have seen this season: if you're keeping score, or counting on SFist to do it for you, that's two good starts each for Blanton and Haren, and one apiece for Saarloos and Harden. And although Huston Street gave up the first run of his career -- and Octavio Dotel, maddeningly enough, his first of this season -- to give Blanton's win to Kiko Calero, the bullpen continues to impress. more ›

New SFist Jake gets us up to speed on what the A's have in store for us this season. more ›