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The Giants Were 65 and 95, and I've Never Been More Excited About Next Year

An A plus farm system, five top 100 prospects, Josuar Gonzalez hitting .351 at 18 and Bryce Eldridge already here. Why 2027 finally feels different.

Mike Krukow Is Retiring, and I Don't Know How to Say Goodbye

Thirty seven seasons in the Giants booth, three parades, a disease he never let beat him. Sunday is Kruk's last game, and we're losing a good one.

The Bay Bridge Series, Season by Season

One hundred and sixty regular season games since 1997, two games between them, four ballparks, and the 1989 World Series nobody finished on time.

Bryce Eldridge Is Him, and I'm Done Being Careful About Saying It

A two run homer in the first and a double in the eighth in a 10 to 3 win at St. Louis. He is 21, he is hitting .327 over his last 30 games, and he has the best OPS of any 21 year old in baseball.

The Padres Came Into Our Ballpark and Took All Three

Padres 6, Giants 4 finished a three game sweep at Oracle Park. Devers hit 36 and 37, Logan Webb gave up six on Sunday, and San Diego has won seven straight.

The Giants Are 62 and 86, and Rafael Devers Has 36 Homers Nobody Mentioned

Two weeks left, 28 and a half back, and the only things worth watching are Devers finishing a season nobody saw and Bryce Eldridge hitting like a hitter.

The Bullpen Gave It Back Twice and Devers and Eldridge Won It Anyway

Giants 5, Cardinals 4 in eleven innings at Oracle Park. Logan Webb went six, the ninth got away again, and Shay Whitcomb walked it off after Devers and Eldridge kept dragging us back.

Two Swings and Landen Roupp Was All We Needed

Giants 2, Cardinals 1 at Oracle Park. Bryce Eldridge and Christian Koss went deep in back to back innings, Landen Roupp threw six shutout innings on two hits, and the ninth got scary anyway.

Cesar Perdomo Gave Us Six Shutout Innings and the Eighth Took It Away

Mets 4, Giants 2 at Citi Field. Six scoreless from a kid in his second big league appearance, Jung Hoo Lee's two run single, and then two homers off Carson Seymour in the eighth.

Rafael Devers Is Carrying a 58 Win Team on His Back

Giants 9, Mets 5, six home runs at Citi Field. Devers hit two more and is batting .420 with 9 homers and 21 RBI since 24 August.

Two Hits. The Giants Got Two Hits in Pittsburgh and I Watched Every Pitch

Pirates 5, Giants 2. Blade Tidwell walked five, six Pittsburgh arms combined on a two hitter, and the season is functionally over at 58 and 83.

Rafael Devers Hit Number 30 in the First Inning in Atlanta and I Would Like Some Apologies

Only the second Giant to reach 30 homers since Bonds in 2004, on a 57 win team, after a summer of being told he was soft and not a winning player.

Giants 7, Braves 3, and I Am Not Going to Pretend I Did Not Enjoy That

Anthony Molina goes five without a walk, the bullpen throws four scoreless, and a four run sixth buries Atlanta. Five wins in the last eight.

Bryce Eldridge Went 4 for 5 With 4 RBI and Suddenly the Giants Are Fun Again

Giants 7, Diamondbacks 2 in the nightcap and the doubleheader gets split. Four hits, four driven in, and the first Giants rookie since Buster Posey in 2010 to do it.

They Ran Ron Wotus at the Lineup Card. The Game Hadn't Started Yet.

Ron Wotus got ejected during the lineup card exchange before Game 1 of the doubleheader against Arizona. Not in the third. Not in the ninth. Before the first pitch.

Vitello Got Run Again, and This Time He Took Logan Webb With Him

Third inning, down four, and Tony Vitello got run for the fifth time this season. Jim Wolf threw Logan Webb out with him. Two days after the six run ninth, he did it again.

Bryce Eldridge Is Back, and Buddy Kennedy Is the One Who Paid for It

Eldridge came off the bereavement list Thursday and the Giants designated Buddy Kennedy for assignment to make room. Fourteen homers and a .346 on base at twenty one. Thirty games left and he is the only reason to watch.

Vitello Got Run in the First Inning on a Check Swing, and I Am Not Even Mad

Tony Vitello got tossed in the top of the first on Wednesday for yelling get it right at a check swing call on Eugenio Suarez. Fourth ejection of his rookie year as a manager, and honestly, good.

Devers Hit His 29th Homer Today and Nobody Said a Word About It

Three straight games with a home run, 29 on the year, and he leads this club in homers and RBI by a mile. Then somebody tells me he isn't a winning player.

Bryce Eldridge Is on the Bereavement List. Take the Week, Kid.

The Giants put Bryce Eldridge on the bereavement list on Monday. Nobody's said why and nobody has to. He'll be away about a week, and every other thing about this season can wait.

They Blew a Six Run Lead in the Ninth and the Game Isn't Even Over

Nine to three going to the ninth, then Eugenio Suarez hit a grand slam. The same Suarez the manager got himself ejected screaming about in the first inning. I'm done being polite about this season.

Fire Tony Vitello. The Way He Runs This Bullpen Is a Travesty.

Reds 10, Giants 9 after a six run ninth. Twenty four saves in forty four chances. The same organization ran the fourth best bullpen in baseball last year. One thing changed.

Giants 5, Reds 0: Shutout at Oracle

Two in the first, a Rafael Devers three run homer in the second, then six pitchers combined on a five hit shutout. 53-78.

Red Sox 5, Giants 4: Swept at Fenway

San Francisco led 3-0 before Matt Wilkinson allowed four runs in the fourth. Boston finished the sweep. 52-78.

Red Sox 3, Giants 2: Vitello Gave Away Another Ninth

Two nothing into the ninth at Fenway. Blade Tidwell threw five and two thirds scoreless, Vitello ran a spent Dylan Smith back out, and Sam Hentges gave it all back. 52-77.

Guardians 5, Giants 2: Eleven Strikeouts, Series Won Anyway

Guardians 5, Giants 2: Gavin Williams struck out eleven, Willy Adames hit a 418 foot two run homer, and San Francisco still left Cleveland with the series.

Giants 1, Guardians 0: One Run Was Enough for Once

A two out Bericoto ground ball scored the only run. Houser and Dylan Smith threw seven scoreless, Smith striking out five in two. 52-74.

Josuar Gonzalez Is the Best Giants Prospect in a Generation

A switch-hitting shortstop out of San Cristobal who walks more than he strikes out, runs like a scalded cat, and has already been ranked seventh in all of baseball. Finally, something to be excited about.

Barry Bonds: The Loudest Bat San Francisco Ever Saw

762 home runs, 73 in a single season, seven MVPs. The most feared hitter in baseball history wore orange and black.

Guardians 8, Giants 1: Eldridge Homered and Nothing Else Happened

One run in Cleveland, and it was a 405 foot solo shot from a 21 year old. Jo Adell drove in six by himself. Whisenhunt gave up nine hits in four. 51-74.

Vitello Called It Junior High Baseball. Posey Says He Is Back.

He is right about what he watched, and that is the problem. The man describing junior high baseball ran the game, and he is confirmed for next season.

Rockies 13, Giants 7: Devers Hit His 25th and It Did Not Matter

A seven to six lead going to the sixth. Then seven unanswered to the worst team in the National League, in our building, on a Sunday, in front of thirty two thousand people who paid to watch it.

Giants 7, Rockies 1: Logan Webb Is the Consummate Pro

Six innings, four hits, no walks, seven strikeouts, eighty pitches, and a six-run fourth behind him. The one man in that clubhouse who has never mailed in an August. 51-72.

Giants 4, Astros 1: Carson Whisenhunt Was Worth the Wait

Five and two-thirds of one-run ball from the kid, a Bryce Eldridge homer off Hunter Brown, ten outs from the bullpen with nobody past first, and win number fifty. 50-70.

Astros 2, Giants 1: Six Shutout Innings, One Drop, One Bad Back

Adrian Houser gave us six shutout innings on seventy-three pitches, a rookie dropped a routine fly ball in the seventh, and Willy Adames left with back spasms. 50-71.

Tigers 3, Giants 1 (F/10): We Wasted Eight Innings of Logan Webb

Eight innings, four hits, no earned runs, and the offence handed him one run on an infield single. Lost it in the tenth. Twenty games under .500.

Roupp Showed Up Vitello on the Mound, and That One Moment Explains This Whole Season

He walked three straight, glared at his manager, shook his head and waved him back toward the dugout. Vitello called him the exact kind of guy you want to coach. That is the entire problem.

The 2026 Giants Season, Game by Game

The 2026 Giants season in order: the July collapse, the deadline selloff, and every recap and column we published along the way.

The Giants Roster and Depth Chart After the Deadline

A position-by-position look at the Giants roster after the 2026 deadline: who is left, who plays every day, and where the depth genuinely ran out.

Oracle Park and McCovey Cove: How the Ballpark Actually Plays

How Oracle Park actually plays: the dimensions, the wind, McCovey Cove, splash hits, and why it suppresses home runs more than almost any park in baseball.

Candlestick Park: The Wind, The Catch, and the End of the Stick

Fifty-five years on the windiest point in San Francisco, one earthquake, the Beatles’ last concert, and the site today.

Where the Giants Rebuild Actually Stands After the Selloff

After the 2026 deadline selloff, what the Giants roster actually is, what came back, and what has to happen in 2027 for any of it to matter.

Giants 5, Tigers 2: Devers Hit His 24th and Nobody Is Talking About the Year He Is Quietly Having

Two-run shot in the first, Adames went deep in the fifth, Jung Hoo Lee cleared the bases in the second. Devers has 24 homers, 27 doubles and 64 RBI and it has gone almost unmentioned.

The Giants Got Marcelo Mayer for a Reliever Who Walks Everybody. Explain That One, Boston.

The fourth overall pick in 2021, twenty-three years old, five years of control, for Erik Miller, a middle reliever who walked sixteen percent of the hitters he faced. On paper this is a robbery.

Rangers 6, Giants 0: Eleven Left On Base, Zero for Eight With Runners in Scoring Position

Shut out by a pitcher making his first start since September 2024. Eleven runners stranded. Nineteen games under .500 for the first time all season.

Heliot Ramos Is a Yankee: The Rest of the Selloff We Have Not Talked About

Ramos to New York for two prospects, Erik Miller to Boston for Marcelo Mayer, Mahle to Atlanta. Five trades in a day, and we shipped the one player we actually developed.

Rangers 5, Giants 4: Vitello Sat Eldridge, Eldridge Tied It Off the Bench, and They Lost Anyway

Bryce Eldridge never started, then tied the game with a pinch-hit two-run single in the ninth. Ezequiel Duran's second double of the night dropped on the warning track and Texas walked it off. 48-66.

Arraez Is Gone: The Best Hitter We Had Is a Phillie Now

Arraez and Kilian to Philadelphia for Ramon Marquez and Marty Gair. The National League batting leader, the only at-bat in this lineup I trusted, is on a plane east.

Robbie Ray to the Padres: Of Course It Is the Padres

Nothing is official yet, but the word is out. A Cy Young winner on an expiring deal, headed to the team that just swept us out of Petco. I asked for the teardown. It still stings.

Padres 5, Giants 4: Swept in San Diego, and the Deadline Is Tomorrow

Landen Roupp walked four in a four-run second, the Giants cut it to one three separate times and never got even, and San Francisco left Petco Park 0-3. They are 47-65 and 21-37 on the road.

Monday's Deadline Is the Only Interesting Thing Left About This Season

Forty-seven and sixty-four. Ramos on the block, Lee reportedly staying, Arraez and Ray on expiring deals. If Posey does not tear it down Monday, he never will.

Tony Vitello Has No Idea What He Is Doing With This Lineup, and Bryce Eldridge Batting Leadoff Is the Proof

Sixty different batting orders in seventy-seven games. Eight different leadoff hitters. And now the 21-year-old middle-of-the-order bat is hitting first. This is why they never get in a groove.

Padres 6, Giants 5: Basabe Tied It Off a 103-MPH Fastball, and the Ninth Threw It Away

A guy playing his third game of the season drove in four, the Giants tied it in the eighth against a man throwing 103, and then gave it right back. 47-64, and 21-36 on the road.

Padres 7, Giants 0: Two Hits. Two. That Is the Whole Night.

Carson Whisenhunt could not get out of the fourth and the lineup managed two hits in nine innings. The good feeling from Thursday lasted exactly a day.

The Giants Are Playing Their Best Baseball of the Season, and the Brewers Series Just Proved It

3-2 over the last five games, with two wins over the MLB-best Brewers including a 16-3 rout. This is the best the Giants have looked all year.

Giants 16, Brewers 3: The Offense Finally Erupted, and It Was Glorious

Seventeen hits, a seven-run sixth, and Daniel Susac's first two career homers bury the MLB-best Brewers. Ramos and Arraez add four hits apiece, Webb wins. Giants take the series, improve to 46-62.

Brewers 8, Giants 2: Landen Roupp Never Found It, Bryce Eldridge's Homer Was the Only Answer

Roupp can't escape the fourth, Logan Henderson is nearly untouchable, and Milwaukee piles up 13 hits. Eldridge's eighth-inning homer is the only answer. Giants fall to 45-62.

Giants 3, Brewers 0: Tyler Mahle and Grant McCray Shut the Best Team in Baseball Down

Tyler Mahle throws six shutout innings, Grant McCray's two-run homer does the rest, and the Giants blank the 66-win Brewers at Oracle Park. Giants improve to 45-61.

Angels 4, Giants 3: Mike Trout Ruins the Sweep, Whisenhunt Gets Rocked

Trout goes 4-for-4 with two homers off him, Arraez's two-run ninth falls one out short, and the Giants fall to 44-61 after taking the first two of the series.

Giants 7, Angels 6 (F/10): Devers Does It Twice, and the Bullpen Nearly Ruins It Again

A first-inning homer, a tenth-inning walk-off single, and a blown two-run lead in between. Giants snap a five-game skid and move to 43-60.

Royals 5, Giants 4: We Finally Took a Lead, and It Lasted Half an Inning

Landen Roupp struck out seven over six, the Giants went ahead 3-2 in the seventh, and Kansas City answered with three. Swept, five straight, 42-60.

Royals 3, Giants 2: We Are Now Losing the Quiet Ones Too

Five hits, two runs in the fifth, and a bullpen inning that gave it all back. Mahle falls to 2-9, the Giants lose a fourth straight and sit at 42-59.

Bryce Eldridge Keeps Impressing, and He Is the Only Future This Giants Team Has

A 21-year-old hitting .275 with a .368 on-base percentage, a .490 slug, 10 homers and 30 walks in 57 games. He is not a prospect anymore, he is the franchise first baseman.

103 Wins and Nothing to Show For It: The 1993 Giants and the Race That Forced Baseball to Invent the Wild Card

One game behind Atlanta with 103 wins and no playoff spot. The owners voted in the Wild Card that same September, one year too late for the best Giants team most of us ever saw.

The Giants Lost the Series in Seattle, and the Fresh Start Lasted Exactly One Game

Eldridge homered 407 feet, Ramos drove in a run, and the Giants led 2-0 after one. Then Ray lasted four innings, the bats managed five hits, and Seattle took it 6-3 and the series 2-1.

The Giants Blew a 3-0 Lead to the Mariners, and I Am Sick of Writing This Column

Webb allowed two hits into the seventh, Devers and Adames homered, and it still ended Mariners 4, Giants 3 in ten. Cole Young's three-run homer and a walk-off sac fly. Same sickening story.

Adames Grand Slam Powers Giants Past Mariners 7-0 to Open the Second Half

Willy Adames crushed his seventh career grand slam, Bryce Eldridge went deep, and Landen Roupp tossed seven shutout innings as the Giants blanked Seattle to start the second half with a statement.

Giants at the All-Star Break: 41-55, a Lost First Half, and a Rookie Manager Learning on the Job

Fourth in the NL West, 20.5 back, exactly where the doubters put a first-year college manager and a flawed roster. The honest first-half breakdown, Vitello's rookie half, and the reset coming August 3.

Casey Schmitt Is Having an All-Star Breakout Season, Even If the All-Star Game Didn't Notice

19 home runs, a .278 average with a .494 slug, a 118 wRC+, and top-20 NL production at four different positions. The best story on a bad Giants team, and the All-Star roster missed it.

Tyler Mahle Finally Won a Game, and Casey Schmitt Made Sure It Counted

Seven innings of one-run ball from Mahle for his first win since April 22, a tiebreaking three-run homer from Schmitt, and a 4-2 win over Colorado at Oracle Park.

The Giants Bullpen Finally Held One: Erik Miller Slams the Door in a 3-1 Win Over the Rockies

The series opened with a sickening ninth-inning collapse, then the Giants won two straight. Trevor McDonald went seven, Willy Adames had three hits, and Erik Miller closed it without the bullpen blowing it for once.

Tony Vitello Was Not Ready to Manage in the Majors, and He Told Us So Himself

"I can't talk down to these guys." That one admission in his first week explains the whole season.

Giants vs Rockies, July 10: Ray Has to Bury Colorado, and Eldridge Is the Reason to Watch

The worst team in baseball is in town and Robbie Ray is going. Take care of business, and keep your eyes on the 6-foot-7 rookie splashing inside pitches into the Cove.

Rafael Devers Looks Wide Awake Again for the Giants

He went quiet for a few days, then drove another one out against the Rockies, his 19th of the season. The bat San Francisco paid for is back.

The Giants Blew Another One, and It Is the Same Sickening Story

Two outs from beating the worst team in baseball, Caleb Kilian gave it all back. Rockies 4, Giants 3.

103 Wins and No October: The 1993 Pennant Race and the Salomon Torres Gamble

The last great pennant race, Dusty Baker's final-day call on a 21-year-old rookie, and the 12-1 loss that ended it.

This Giants Season Is Over. Build Around Bryce Eldridge and Explain the Bullpen.

At 35-49 and 17 back, the year is done. The future is Eldridge, and Posey's no-leverage bullpen makes no sense.

The Giants Might Actually Have Something in Carson Whisenhunt

Two starts, two wins for the rookie lefty. Schmitt, Eldridge and Adames all went deep in an 8-2 win over the Rockies. For once, a reason to watch.

The Giants Woke Up the Worst Offense in Baseball, and It Cost Them

Toronto had scored two runs in 27 innings. Trevor McDonald and the Giants handed them nine in a 9-3 loss.

Dylan Cease Nearly No-Hit One of the Worst Giants Teams I Can Remember

Eight-plus hitless innings, a first-inning grand slam off Logan Webb, a 10-0 loss at home. This team is going nowhere.

Jeff Kent: The MVP Nobody Had to Like

The 2000 NL MVP, the best-hitting second baseman ever, and the man who feuded with Bonds and still made it work.

I Didn't Like the Tony Vitello Hire, and I'm Not Going to Pretend Otherwise

The Giants handed the manager job to a college coach with zero days of pro experience. Bold is not the same as smart.

Bochy's October Wizardry and the Core Four Bullpen

Lopez, Casilla, Romo, and Affeldt posted a 1.14 ERA across three title runs. Nobody managed a bullpen better.

Even-Year Magic: The Giants Dynasty of the Early 2010s

Three World Series titles in five years, in 2010, 2012, and 2014.

The Giants Keep Promising October. Oracle Park Is Still Waiting.

San Francisco keeps building teams that are fine. Fine does not fill the ballpark in September.

The A's Finished 64 and 98, the Kids Are Hurt, and I'm Still Checking the Box Score

Kurtz, Wilson, Rooker and Soderstrom ended 2026 on the injured list, De Vries had shoulder surgery, and the best young A's core in years is headed to Vegas.

Guardians 5, Athletics 3: Gelof, Then Nothing

Gelof homered in the first, then Joey Cantillo allowed two hits over six and the bullpen gave up the lead in Cleveland. Four straight losses. 61-93.

The Bay Bridge Series, Season by Season

One hundred and sixty regular season games since 1997, two games between them, four ballparks, and the 1989 World Series nobody finished on time.

Jack Perkins Threw Six and Two Thirds Scoreless and They Lost Anyway

Rays 2, A's 1 on a walk off. Perkins struck out eight and gave up nothing, the lineup managed four hits, and Kurtz, Rooker and Jacob Wilson are all on the 60 day list.

Two Walk Offs, One 19 to 1 Beating, and I Watched Every Inning

A's 8, Mariners 7 on a Lawrence Butler two run walk off homer. Donovan Walton won Friday in ten, and Saturday's 19 to 1 had Carlos Cortes pitching.

The A's Lost Their Whole Middle of the Order and Got Hot Anyway

Kurtz and Rooker on the 60 day, Langeliers and Soderstrom on the 10 day, the 29th ranked ERA in baseball, and seven wins in the last ten games.

Jeff McNeil Hit a Ground Ball Sixty Feet and We Beat the Blue Jays

A's 6, Blue Jays 5 at Sutter Health Park. Henry Bolte reached four times, Dylan Cease got beat up, Andres Gimenez tied it in the ninth and Jeff McNeil ended it with the bases loaded.

Three Solo Homers Was the Whole Night and Toronto Took the Series

Blue Jays 4, Athletics 2 in 92 degree heat at Sutter Health Park. Kazuma Okamoto hit his thirtieth, and three solo homers were the only offense the A's had.

One Hit in Seattle, and Gage Jump Deserved a Lot Better Than That

Mariners 2, Athletics 0 at T-Mobile Park. Bryan Woo went eight on a Henry Bolte single, Gage Jump struck out seven in four and took the loss, and nobody got past first base.

The A's Have Five Hitters on the IL and deGrom Just Made the Leftovers Look Like a Rehab Start

Rangers 8, Athletics 1. One hit over seven innings against deGrom, a fourth straight loss, and Kurtz, Langeliers, Soderstrom, Wilson and Rooker are all hurt at once.

Twins 9, Athletics 6: Rally Falls Short

Jeffrey Springs took his twelfth loss, Minnesota piled up sixteen hits and led 9-1, and a four run ninth got the A's within three. 51-81.

A's 7, Astros 6: Down Six, Somehow Alive

Down 6-0 after four, Brian Serven's homer started a six run fifth and Max Muncy won it in the seventh. 51-80.

A's 4, Astros 3: Win Fifty, on a Wild Pitch and a Ground Out

Jacob Lopez struck out nine in six. Medina gave it back in the seventh. Then the tying run scored on a wild pitch and the winner on a ground out. 50-80.

Royals 6, A's 2: Swept in Four, and Seventeen of Twenty One

Royals 6, Athletics 2: Bobby Witt Jr. homered and scored three, Gage Jump gave up five runs in four innings, and Kansas City finished off a four game sweep.

Royals 9, A's 7: A Five Run Lead, Gone in One Inning

They led 5-1 in the eighth and Kansas City scored seven, John Rave clearing the bases. Second blown late lead in two nights. 49-78.

Royals 4, A's 3: A Two Run Ninth Inning Lead, Gone in Ten Minutes

A catcher interference, a bases loaded walk and a Bobby Witt Jr. single ended it. Eight innings of good pitching thrown away in front of 12,009. 49-77.

Rays 12, A's 4: Six Home Runs, Two of Them From a .216 Hitter

Taylor Walls had no homers all season and hit two. Nick Martinez threw a complete game with no walks. Twenty-two runs allowed in two nights. 47-73.

A's 4, Red Sox 3: A Series Win, Their First Since Mid-June

Max Muncy doubled off the Monster against Chapman in the ninth. Jeff McNeil got his 1,000th hit. Jacob Wilson set a major league record for shortstops.

The Athletics Roster and Depth Chart

A position-by-position look at the Athletics roster: the young core, the rotation, and which players are likely to still be here in 2028.

Oakland to Sacramento to Las Vegas: The Whole Timeline

The Athletics relocation timeline: leaving Oakland, the West Sacramento years, and the $2 billion Las Vegas ballpark tracking toward a 2028 opening.

Sutter Health Park: What It Is Like When MLB Plays in a Triple-A Yard

Sutter Health Park by the numbers: capacity 14,014, the dimensions, the wind, and why it produces the second-highest home run rate in Major League Baseball.

What the Bay Area Actually Lost When the A’s Left Oakland

The Oakland Athletics legacy: three straight titles in the 1970s, the Bash Brothers, the twenty-game streak, and what the Bay Area lost when they left.

The Oakland Coliseum: What It Was and What Happens to It Now

The 1966 opening, the Mount Davis mistake, the last game, and the $5 billion redevelopment of 112 acres.

Red Sox 13, A's 1: Fourteen Strikeouts, Two Hits, and a Ninth Straight Loss

Payton Tolle struck out 14 in six innings without a walk. Oakland had two hits all night. Boston had fifteen. The streak is nine and the record is 45-71.

Reds 3, A's 2: Nine Strikeouts, 87 Pitches, and Kotsay Went to the Bullpen Anyway

Jacob Lopez had solved the Reds. He came out in a tie game. Two singles and a sacrifice fly later it was over. Seventh straight loss, 45-69.

Reds 5, A's 4: They Led in the Eighth and Lost on Wild Pitches. Plural.

The tying run and the winning run both scored without Cincinnati putting a ball in play. J.T. Ginn's six-inning return from the blister, wasted. 45-68, and 0-5 since the deadline weekend began.

Tigers 11, A's 0: Swept, Shut Out, and Outscored 32-7 in Three Days

Gage Jump walked six and did not finish the fourth, Detroit added four in the eighth, and a position player pitched the ninth. Five straight losses, 45-67, and a weekend they were outscored 32-7.

The A's Free Fall Never Actually Stopped: 45-63, Fourth Place, and a Trade Deadline That Can't Come Soon Enough

Nine losses in a row was supposed to be the bottom. Instead the A's have gone 4-8 since, sitting 18 games under .500 with Monday's trade deadline arriving right on schedule.

Red Sox 4, Athletics 2 (10): Jacob Lopez Deals, the Offense Sleeps, Extras Bite Again

Lopez strikes out eight, Heim and Butler crush solo homers, and nothing else happens for ten innings. Monasterio's two-run shot in the tenth ends it. A's fall to 45-63.

Athletics 4, Red Sox 3: Brian Serven's Homer Holds Up, Tommy White Goes 4-for-4

Gage Jump goes six scoreless, Serven's two-run homer breaks it open, and Tommy White goes 4-for-4. Hogan Harris survives a two-run ninth. A's improve to 45-62.

Red Sox 4, Athletics 2: Ceddanne Rafaela's First Career Slam Beats a Costly No-Hit Bid

Jack Perkins carries a one-hit bid into the sixth before Rafaela's grand slam breaks it open. Soderstrom and Heim homer in the loss. A's fall to 44-61.

Twins 11, Athletics 8: Down 7-0 Before Springs Left Hurt, and the Hole Was Just Too Deep

Jeffrey Springs exits early with an apparent injury, Kurtz's three-run homer sparks a real comeback, but it falls short. A's drop the rubber match, fall to 44-60.

A's 2, Twins 0: Jacob Lopez Deals, Four Relievers Slam the Door

One hit allowed in five innings from Lopez, one more in four from the bullpen. Butler and Soderstrom drove in the only runs the A's needed. A's improve to 44-59.

Diamondbacks 15, A's 5: The Fifth Inning Went On Long Enough To Grow a Beard

Five Arizona homers, a seven-run fifth, and a reliever who gave up eight earned runs while getting two outs. Sacramento loses the series at 43-59.

The A's Stole One Back in the Ninth and Then Walked It Away in the Tenth

Jacob Wilson tied it with two outs in the ninth, Jonah Heim put them ahead in the tenth, and Luis Medina walked two with nobody out. Diamondbacks 6, A's 5.

The A's Out-Hit the Nationals and Lost 5-2, Because of Course They Did

One day after hanging 15 on Washington, the A's out-hit the Nationals 11-7, scored twice, and lost the series at home as Abrams and Crews went back-to-back in the fifth.

The A's Just Beat Somebody 15-1, and I Checked the Box Score Three Times to Be Sure

One night after the 23-4 humiliation, JT Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh, Wilson, Soderstrom and Cortes homered, and the 10-game losing streak is dead.

Nationals 23, A's 4: Oakland Opens the Second Half With an Embarrassing Blowout

Washington hung 23 runs in West Sacramento, Gage Jump got shelled, and Andres Chaparro homered twice. Soderstrom and Langeliers went deep for the only bright spots in a wipeout.

A's at the All-Star Break: 41-55, a Nine-Game Skid, and the Mirage I Warned You About

First place to fourth, eight games back, losers of nine straight into the break. The full first-half breakdown of the collapse, the Sacramento backdrop, and why the second half only gets uglier.

I Told You the A's Were a Mirage: Nine Straight Losses, 9-1 to the White Sox, and No Bottom in Sight

A 9-1 beating in Chicago drops them to nine in a row, 1-9 in their last ten, a 7.09 ERA and 41-53. This was always coming, and there is no reason to think it stops.

The A's Play in Sacramento Now, and That's the Whole Ugly Story