It’s been a stretch of struggles for Oakland, and no one on the A’s struggled more Sunday than Brandon Moss. The right fielder struck out four times in a 6-1 loss to the Seattle Mariners, the A’s sixth loss in seven games. At a time when everything seems to be going wrong for the A’s, Moss had the toughest day of them all. “I can’t feel much worse,” Moss said. “Four strikeouts on 14 pitches. You can’t do much worse. I guess I could have done it on 12.” Read More

Athletics left-hander Tommy Milone provided a textbook example of a hard-luck loss Tuesday night. Milone went seven strong innings and didn't allow an earned run, but took the loss as the Cleveland Indians turned two errors and a sacrifice fly into a 1-0 victory over Oakland. Read More

A’s slugger Yoenis Cespedes didn’t have a problem beating Hank Conger’s throw to second in the ninth inning. Stopping was the issue. The Cuban cleanup hitter slid past the bag and was tagged out, a gaffe that was magnified when Oakland put two men on base later in the same inning of a 5-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. Read More

The hottest lineup in the American League went cold for three days against the Tampa Bay Rays. Roberto Hernandez pitched six effective innings Sunday for his first win since he was known as Fausto Carmona, and the Rays completed a sweep of the A’s with an 8-1 victory. The A’s, who still lead the league in run production, batted .179 without a home run and scored only four runs in the three-game series. Read More