Amid an American League Division Series in which balls flew into the seats at Dodger Stadium, Astros right fielder Josh Reddick kept one in. His fourth-inning grab at the right-field fence denied a Matt Olson homer. It saved Zack Greinke a lone run during an 11-6 win in Game 4

Astros manager Dusty Baker waited until Thursday morning before announcing whether Zack Greinke would start Game 4 of their American League Division Series showdown against the A’s that afternoon. The arm soreness Greinke encountered earlier left a mystery whether the former Cy Young Award winner or rookie Cristian Javier would

Don’t ask the Astros if they could have envisioned this fourth consecutive trip to the American League Championship Series. Of course they could have. They probably expected it. That’s because this core group of players has accomplished so much over the past six seasons that it believes it can write

When Marcus Semien walked off the field at Dodger Stadium following the A’s elimination from the postseason in Thursday’s 11-6 loss to the Astros in Game 4 of the American League Division Series, he wondered if that might be the end of his time with Oakland. Semien, Oakland’s longest tenured

Frankie Montas gave the Athletics exactly what they needed for three scoreless innings on Thursday. But as his team learned the hard way, it’s more about how you finish than how you start, as the Astros overcame an early deficit once again to send the A’s to an 11-6 loss

The Astros entered the season with lofty expectations. They were coming off a season in which they were eight outs away from winning the World Series and returned an experienced position-player core and a couple of potential Hall of Famers at the top of the rotation. Nothing really went as

The A’s entered the postseason with everything they asked for. Dethroning the Astros in the regular season for their first American League West title since 2013, the A’s felt like they positioned themselves for a deep playoff run as the No. 2 seed in the AL. Adding extra incentive, that

Whether Zack Greinke signaled his pitch or not isn’t clear, but Athletics center fielder Ramón Laureano certainly hit it like he knew what was coming when he launched a hanging slider for a three-run homer to give Oakland an early lead in Thursday’s Game 4 of the American League Division

LOS ANGELES -- The home runs never stopped flying out of Dodger Stadium in the American League Division Series between the Astros and A's.

A’s manager Bob Melvin woke up Thursday morning surely expecting to write in a different second baseman in his lineup card for Game 4 of the American League Division Series against the Astros after Tommy La Stella left Wednesday's game with a right elbow contusion.

LOS ANGELES -- A's second baseman Tommy La Stella exited Oakland's 9-7 win in Game 3 of the American League Division Series on Wednesday in the eighth inning after being hit by a pitch on his right elbow from Astros left-hander Brooks Raley. La Stella was diagnosed with a right

The Astros will turn to veteran right-hander Zack Greinke in Game 4 of the American League Division Series on Thursday at Dodger Stadium, needing a win over the A’s to advance to their fourth consecutive AL Championship Series.

You didn’t think the A’s were going to go down without a fight, did you? Oakland, which ran away from the Astros in the American League West this year and won seven of 10 head-to-head meetings, is back in this AL Division Series after rallying from three runs down to

Ramón Laureano could feel the clock starting to wind down on the A’s season as the club’s bench grew more lifeless with each inning that passed by after blowing their second lead of the game. In a year where the A’s overcame so much, going out swept by their heated

Knowing there would be no tomorrow if they couldn’t pull out a victory in Game 3 of the American League Division Series, the Athletics unleashed closer Liam Hendriks for the final three innings of their 9-7 win over the Astros at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday.

Back in the day, the Athletics had the Bash Brothers, but Wednesday they went with a full family affair as five different players hit home runs in a 9-7 victory over the Astros in Game 3 of the American League Division Series.

The Astros went into the seventh inning Wednesday hoping to leverage their bullpen to sweep the A’s out of their American League Division Series. Now, as manager Dusty Baker surveys the damage from Oakland’s 9-7 win in Game 3 to extend the best-of-five series, he has to figure out how

Nine outs away from punching their ticket to the American League Championship Series, the Astros have suddenly found themselves in a fight with the A's, whose bats came alive in Game 3 at Dodger Stadium.

The A's were nine outs from elimination Wednesday afternoon, and center fielder Ramón Laureano had just finished an impromptu dugout pep talk in which he said ... "I can't repeat some of it," third baseman Chad Pinder would say later.

For a club that is on the brink of elimination, the A’s certainly are not showing any signs of panic. Arriving for batting practice early Wednesday morning ahead of Game 3 of the American League Division Series against the Astros at Dodger Stadium, the A’s kept things loose. Some members

Astros manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday veteran right-hander Zack Greinke was told by a doctor there was nothing wrong structurally with him after coming down with arm soreness in recent days. Still, Baker wouldn’t say if Greinke would be available to pitch if the American League Division Series stretches beyond

The Astros are one win away from reaching the American League Championship Series for the fourth year in a row. Just like we all expected, right?

Sean Manaea was ready for redemption. Instead, he ran into a hot Astros offense and now the Athletics find themselves with their backs to the wall in the American League Division Series after a 5-2 loss on Tuesday at Dodger Stadium. Manaea wanted nothing more than to put a rough

The A’s went into the American League Division Series full of confidence against an Astros club they had dethroned for the AL West title in the regular season, and through the first four innings of the series, they looked the part. Since then, however, Houston is once again looking like

Maybe it was ill-advised to doubt the Astros at any point coming into the playoffs. Even after they limped into the postseason with a punchless offense and an untested pitching staff in which Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole were nowhere to be found, Houston clearly isn't ready to take Octobers