Scott Hairston News Archives

Getting no relief from their bullpen while Oakland's relievers were shutting down their offense, the Angels watched a three-run lead dissolve into a 4-3 loss -- their seventh in 10 games -- on Saturday night.

Oakland 1, Seattle 3 Monday, August 24, 2009 -- Adam Kennedy grounded out second to first.

Brett Tomko wore pinstripes at one point this season only to go out and beat them on Monday, tossing five scoreless frames in Oakland's 3-0 victory over the Yankees.

With only four weeks left until the fantasy postseason, now is the most important part of the fantasy baseball season.

Landon Powell homered in Oakland's four-run fourth inning, and the Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Wednesday.

Landon Powell hit a two-run homer while Scott Hairston added three hits and an RBI as Oakland doubled up Baltimore, 6-3, in the finale of a three-game series from Camden Yards.

Vin Mazzaro ended a personal eight-game losing streak and Cliff Pennington had his first career three-hit game as the Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals 9-4 on Friday night.

The past two times Orioles rookie right-hander David Hernandez had faced a team for the second time this season, he didn't fare well.

The Texas Rangers dumped pitcher Vicente Padilla Friday night just before their three-game series with the Angels.

The long ball has carried the Texas Rangers in their victories this season, and David Murphy supplied two homers as the offense-starved Rangers banged out 10 hits Wednesday night.

Cliff Pennington finished with three hits, including a two-run double in a five-run fourth inning that helped Oakland to a 9-4 win over Kansas City.

Adam Kennedy broke a tie game with a two-run homer in the sixth inning, as the Athletics used four longballs in total to beat AL West rival Texas, 7-5. Scott Hairston homered and drove in three runs, while Cliff Pennington and Kurt Suzuki added solo blasts for the A's, victors in the first three meetings of this four-game set.

When players pushed open the doors of the home clubhouse at PETCO Park on Saturday, the only vacant locker, a final reminder of the passing of the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline, belonged to the one player no one thought would be leaving yet.

Josh Beckett became the American League's first 12-game winner and the Boston Red Sox snapped out of a slump with 14 hits in an 8-3 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.