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Vernon Wells didn't make any excuses. He just tipped his cap to Grant Balfour for striking him out to end the game, with the tying and winning runs on base, in the A's 5-4 win on Sunday. "He won that battle," Wells said. "I'm sure there will be...

Josh Donaldson hit Oakland's third home run of the gamet to power the Athletics over the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday.

Cover your sensitive ears when the A's Grant Balfour is on the mound. His is not a mouth for the faint of heart.

Josh Donaldson's eighth-inning triple drove in Josh Reddick for the winning run and Oakland Athletics overcame starter A.J. Griffin's early struggles for a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.

The Tigers need one. The Brewers thought they had one. The Cubs already have a new one. Some teams probably wish they had a different one. Closers are already melting down in rapid fashion. On Monday afternoon, with closer Jason Motte sidelined wi...

When you think of the best bullpens, you likely think of the Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves first and foremost. The two teams featured, by measure of ERA, the highest-quality bullpens in 2012 behind 24-year-old closers Aroldis Chapman and Craig K...

Oakland Athletics closer Grant Balfour had right knee surgery Thursday and is expected to miss four to six weeks.

Shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima made a point of walking across the clubhouse to greet pitcher Bartolo Colon.

2012 in review Record: 94-68 (92-70 Pythagorean) 713 runs scored (8th in American League) 614 runs allowed (2nd in AL) Big Offseason Moves Traded Cliff Pennington and Yordy Cabrera to Arizona for Chris Young. Re-signed free agent Bartolo Colon...

With 2012 about to come to a close, we thought we'd take one more look at the baseball season. We'll do so both in words and with heat maps-- visual images that may bring back a memory, or tell you something about the greatness of a particular mom...

If you were looking for drama, best to re-watch last night's Pac-12 championship game on DVR, because the Oregon State Beavers made sure their long-delayed showdown with FCS Nicholls State was anything but dramatic. The No. 15 Beavers (9-3) scored...

The Oakland Athletics exercised their $4.5 million contract option for closer Grant Balfour on Monday, while the AL West champions declined their half of a $10 million mutual option for shortstop Stephen Drew.

The Oakland A's didn't really know what to expect from Brett Anderson, who hadn't pitched in 20 days since suffering an oblique strain. But here's the one thing about Anderson: He can roll out of bed and throw the ball over the plate. He returned ...

You just can't count out the A's and their ability to keep their improbable season going.

Getty Images/Leon HalipDon Kelly's game-winning RBI warranted a celebratory hug from Prince Fielder.Don Kelly isn't the person you'd expect to come through in a big spot in the Detroit Tigers biggest game of the season. That's not his usual role. ...

The last few innings won't exactly go down as textbook October baseball, but the Detroit Tigers will happily take the 5-4 walk-off win over the A's, the 2-0 series lead and the plane ride to Oakland knowing they need to win only one of three games. ...