Jack Cust News

Young injured his ankle while chasing down a double by Jack Cust in the fourth inning on Monday night.

The word was Jack Cust was coming and with a pair of homers on Friday night, the prognosis proved on target.

Pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki hit a game-winning two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Friday night.

On the inside, Gio Gonzalez may want to show the Chicago White Sox they made a mistake by trading him in January.

In a pennant race or out, a walk-off victory still produces chills, and the A's forged their moment Friday night.

See? They're not so bad after all! The A's ensured that they wouldn't close the year on a 58-game losing streak by beating the host Tigers 4-2 Friday night.

But as anyone who follows the team knows, a three-run lead is too much for Oakland to overcome these days.

Instead, Gallagher's next start will be pushed back several days, beyond Monday's off day, to perhaps Aug.

And on Thursday, there were rumblings that several teams had put in waiver claims on A's closer Huston Street .

For the second straight season Hunterdon County's Jack Cust has hit 20 major league home runs, his 20th of this season coming on Friday night at Fenway Park in Boston, a shot that hit over the "Green Monster" ...

Petit took reliever Andrew Brown 's spot on the roster. Brown said he has had a sore shoulder for about a month.

A's starting pitcher Sean Gallagher headed straight for the video room after Monday's 6-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre.

Offense and wins have been hard to come by for the A's after the All-Star break.

Remember those soft summer Bay Area nights when you could go to a ballgame on either side of the bay and pretty much be assured of seeing at least one gargantuan blast? Remember splash hits? Bleacher scrambles? ...

As an A's fan, I can definitely say it's been great to see all these great pitchers developed through the system, staring with Tim Hudson and Mark Mulder and continuing with Barry Zito, Joe Blanton, Dan Haren, ...

Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki homered and Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler set the major league record for scoreless innings to start a career in the Athletics' 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

The margin for error is oh-so-slim for an A's pitcher these days. Greg Smith did not pitch a poor game in Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, but his mistakes were of the glaring variety.

Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki homered and Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler set the major league record for scoreless innings to start a career in the Athletics' 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki homered and Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler set the major league record for scoreless innings to start a career in the Athletics' 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.

Jack Cust and Kurt Suzuki homered and Oakland reliever Brad Ziegler set the major league record for scoreless innings to start a career in the Athletics' 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.