Logan O'Hoppe homered and had a tiebreaking RBI single as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Athletics 7-5 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win. Kenley Jansen gave up pinch-hitter Seth Brown’s RBI single in the bottom of the ninth but struck out Tyler Soderstrom to get his 10th save and hand the Athletics their seventh straight loss. Yoán Moncada had a tying three-run homer in the fifth to tie it 4-4 before O'Hoppe's RBI single put the Angels ahead for good.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Athletics Game Preview

Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer, Nolan Schanuel also went deep and the Los Angeles Angels beat the skidding Athletics 4-3 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series. Kenley Jansen struck out Tyler Soderstrom for the final out with a runner on second. Coming off a surprising three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium, the Angels (21-25) have won four in a row to start a seven-game trip. The Athletics (22-26) have lost six straight and 10 of 12, falling to 8-14 at Sutter Health Park.

The Athletics have reinstated J.T. Ginn in the starting rotation, and to clear a spot on the 26-man roster, the team announced that they have optioned righty Anthony Maldonado back to Triple-A Las Vegas. Maldonado was promoted to the big-league roster on Friday as an extra reliever when the A's sent starter Osvaldo Bido to Triple-A, and designated Jason Alexander for assignment. The move to send Maldonado back to Las Vegas was more or less expected as he was there to help get the staff through the weekend. The 27-year-old made his A's debut on Friday, coming into the game with the A's already trailing WIlmer Flores and the San Francisco Giants 7-1 at that point.

Giants announcer Jon Miller knows who the Athletics really belong to, whether this was intentional or not.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wilmer Flores drew a bases-loaded walk on the ninth pitch from Mason Miller with two outs in the 10th inning to bring home Willy Adames and send the San Francisco Giants to a 1-0 win against the Athletics on Saturday night. Miller (0-2) intentionally walked Mike Yastrzemski to bring up Flores with the game on the line a night after the Giants slugger hit three home runs with a grand slam and drove in eight runs in a 9-1 win.

Shortstop Jacob Wilson played just 13 games at the Oakland Coliseum last season, then the Athletics moved out, denying the Bay Area a true chance to watch one of baseball's most exciting prospects. At least now the Giants are hosting him – and the Athletics — this weekend for his Oracle Park debut. “I definitely like the outfield stuff — the Coke bottle and stuff it's known for,” Wilson said before Friday's opener. The Giants' ballpark is not entirely new to him.

Shortstop Jacob Wilson played just 13 games at the Oakland Coliseum last season, then the Athletics moved out, denying the Bay Area a true chance to watch one of baseball's most exciting prospects. At least now the Giants are hosting him – and the Athletics — this weekend for his Oracle Park debut. “I definitely like the outfield stuff — the Coke bottle and stuff it's known for,” Wilson said before Friday's opener. The Giants' ballpark is not entirely new to him.

The Athletics are back in the Bay area. More than a year after announcing intentions to leave their long-time home in Oakland to play at a minor league facility in Sacramento while a new stadium in Las Vegas is being built, the A’s made the journey south to face the San Francisco Giants in a three-game series that began Friday. For Athletics general manager David Forst, that meant a trip across the Bay Bridge that used to take 20 minutes turned into a 90-mile afternoon drive.

Wilmer Flores drove in seven runs and Logan Webb was excellent in the San Francisco Giants' win over the Athletics on Friday at Oracle Park.

The tears that flooded the Coliseum last Sept. 26 have given way to grim resignation as the Athletics return to the Bay Area without a city officially attached to their nickname. The A's begin a three-game series against the Giants Friday night at Oracle Park but it will lack the fervor of the final game in Oakland before 46,889 fans against the Texas Rangers. There will be a smattering of green “Sell” T-shirts and “Oakland” gear.

The San Francisco Giants will take on the Athletics in MLB's inaugural Rivalry Weekend, leaving fans scratching their heads with more entertaining matchups with division rivals being in the cards for San Francisco. MLB went for more geographical rivalries than historical ones, with San Francisco's biggest rival, the Dodgers, taking on the Angels and the San Diego Padres facing the Seattle Mariners.

Athletics at San Francisco Giants Game Preview

Shohei Ohtani homered twice in a thrashing of the Athletics, but was on the wrong end of another rare feat when he struck out against a position player during an eventful 19-2 Los Angeles Dodgers victory.

At some point during his start Friday night, right-hander Logan Webb expects to hear a familiar battle cry as the San Francisco Giants begin a three-game series at Oracle Park against the now-relocated Athletics. “You're always going to hear 'Let's Go Oakland' chants,” said the Giants ace, a Rocklin native who grew up an A's fan. The series this weekend marks the first time the A's have returned to the Bay Area since the John Fisher-owned franchise left Oakland after 57 years after last season and moved, at least temporarily, to Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento.

The tears that flooded the Coliseum last Sept. 26 have given way to grim resignation as the Athletics return to the Bay Area without a city officially attached to their nickname. The A's begin a three-game series against the Giants Friday night at Oracle Park but it will lack the fervor of the final game in Oakland before 46,889 fans against the Texas Rangers. There will be a smattering of green “Sell” T-shirts and “Oakland” gear.

Shohei Ohtani had quite a game on his bobblehead night. Then Jhonny Pereda struck him out. The Athletics' backup catcher faced Ohtani in the eighth inning Thursday night. Pereda gave up three straight hits against the bottom of the Dodgers' order.

Shohei Ohtani homered twice and drove in six runs on his bobblehead night, and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Athletics 19-2 on Thursday night to remain unbeaten in their last six series. After losing the opener 11-1, the Dodgers outscored the Athletics 28-5 over the final two games while improving to 17-4 at home, best in the majors. The 19 runs are their most ever against an American League opponent. The Dodgers batted around in the third, when Hyeseong Kim singled in a run, Ohtani went deep to left-center and Andy Pages added a 416-foot, three-run shot with two outs for a 13-2 lead.

Not a great way to end the series

Tony Kemp is calling it a career. The veteran utility player announced his retirement on social media Thursday after nine seasons in the majors. The 5-foot-6 Kemp hit .237 with 35 home runs and 184 RBIs in 739 games for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles. Kemp broke in with the Astros in 2016, three years after the club selected him in the fifth round of the 2013 amateur draft out of Vanderbilt.