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MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Many of the A's regulars are dragging after Thursday's 18-inning game and manager Bob Melvin is trying to get each of them some rest when possible.

On July 1, 2012, a sea of change started in the American League West. Oakland began to wrest control from the Rangers.

Oakland Athletics' Seth Smith hits a home run off Seattle Mariners relief pitcher Blake Beavan during the seventh inning of their baseball game, Sunday, June 16, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.

Following the A's marathon 18-inning win and sweep over the New York Yankees, the national media is finally starting to take notice of the Oakland A's and what they have accomplished over the past 12 months of baseball.

Athletics second baseman Eric Sogard high-fives teammates after scoring a run against the Yankees during the eighth inning at O.co Coliseum on Wednesday.

Nothing like a pair of firsts by the Mariners to start this road trip off. They got the first career home run by Mike Zunino to put them ahead to stay in the seventh inning.

Billy McKinney started his professional career Friday afternoon, standing in the left-handed batters box and took batting practice from A's manager Bob Melvin.

New York Yankees' CC Sabathia walks back to the mound after giving up a three-run home run to Oakland Athletics' Derek Norris, right, in the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Oakland, Calif.

Third baseman Josh Donaldson sees plenty of similarities between this Oakland team and the one that stunned the Texas Rangers on the season's final day last fall.

Rarely can a baseball game be summed up in two plays, but tonight has the good fortune of being one of those nights.

Jun 7, 2013; Chicago, IL, USA; Chicago White Sox catcher Tyler Flowers talks with starting pitcher Chris Sale against the Oakland Athletics during the fifth inning at U.S. Cellular Field.

For the second year in a row, the A's took a high-school position player with their first pick in the draft, selecting Plano West High School center fielder Billy McKinney 24th overall.

JUNE 06: Adam Rosales #17 of the Oakland Athletics smiles after crossing the plate after hitting the game-winning home run, a solo shot in the 10th inning, against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field on June 6, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois.

''You forget quickly, I was the 38th manager,'' he said, a tongue in cheek reminder of the end of the Ozzie Guillen era, when Cooper managed the Sox to a win and a loss in the last two games of the 2011 season.

Boston's David Ortiz hit a walk-off three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth to earn the Red Sox a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

Rosales' fourth homer of the season came off White Sox reliever Matt Thornton , a 1-1 pitch that was just fair to left field.

Coco Crisp was going to get one of these two games off, manager Bob Melvin said, so he decided on today and Yoenis Cespedes gets sort of a "half day" off, because he is DHing.

The White Sox offense was easy pickings for Bartolo Colon tonight. The big right hander kept pumping strike after strike and induced a lot of weak contact all night long.

Adam Rosales completes a double play in the fifth inning. The Oakland Athletics played the San Francisco Giants at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

Adam Rosales homered in the eighth for the A's to snap an 0-for-24 funk since he connected against Kansas City on May 17.