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OAKLAND, Calif. — A few weeks ago, after slogging through seven games in Atlanta and New York and winning only twice, several of the more prominent Phillies players vowed they were better than they looked against their chief division rivals.

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OAKLAND, Calif. — Logan O’ Hoppe finished batting practice, greeted his parents, then made his way past the hoards of reporters in front of the dugout. Asked what the young catcher, making his first opening night appearance, expected his starting pitcher to do, O’Hoppe’s eyes lit up and he grinned.

Math is hard.

These guys just missed a life-changing baseball. Ugh.

What a catch. And what a beautiful landing.

OAKLAND, Calif. — With his star center fielder in the training room having been with an aching lower back and his starting pitcher, who is one of the best in baseball at throwing strikes, unable to find the strike zone and allowing the Oakland A’s to turn Seattle’s three-run lead…

Eloy Jimenez homered, Elvis Andrus delivered a two-run, tiebreaking double and Liam Hendriks closed it out for a stunning 5-3 victory Friday night.

OAKLAND, Calif. – The most uplifting news for the Oakland A’s on Thursday was the announcement that Tony Kemp had been named the team’s nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award, the third straight year he’s been given that distinction.

OAKLAND, Calif. – A’s left-hander Ken Waldichuk had a fairly solid outing Wednesday in his first career start at the Coliseum – with the exception of two loud at-bats by the Atlanta Braves.

The Oakland A’s suffered a gut-punch loss to the worst team in Major League Baseball.