Against a pitcher the caliber of Cristian Javier, Oakland manager Mark Kotsay appreciated his club's patient approach to work counts and finally create some scoring chances. Jace Peterson hit a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth, Zack Gelof hit his first major league home run in the seventh and the Athletics snapped a nine-game losing streak to Houston by beating the Astros 4-1 on Saturday night. Seth Brown connected for his 10th homer in the eighth, his third straight year reaching double digits.
Jarren Duran and Alex Verdugo each had a two-run homer, and Masataka Yoshida had his sixth consecutive multi-hit game to lead the Boston Red Sox past the Oakland Athletics 10-3 on Saturday. Christian Arroyo and Duran both had three hits, Yoshida two and Duran scored three runs and drove in three for the Red Sox, who have won seven of eight.
The Guardians’ consensus top prospect, right-hander Gavin Williams, made his much-awaited major league debut Wednesday. Rookie catcher Bo Naylor singled for his first big-league hit, then scored the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a throwing error in Cleveland's 7-6 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Naylor snapped an 0-for-19 drought with a sharp single off Austin Pruitt (1-5) and came home on Steven Kwan’s one-out double.
The Tampa Bay Rays became the first team to 50 wins, and for the Oakland Athletics splitting a four-game series against baseball's best spelled success. Luke Raley hit a go-ahead solo homer with one out in the eighth, Manuel Margot connected earlier and the Rays beat the 19-win A's 4-3 on Thursday. Rays rookie top prospect Taj Bradley struck out the first six A’s batters in order and a career-high 11 in all, surrendering Seth Brown's tying two-run single in the fifth.