OAKLAND, Calif. -- - MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, CJ Abrams hit an RBI triple and the Washington Nationals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Saturday. Gore (2-0) tossed five scoreless innings, throwing 90 pitches and striking out the last five batters he faced.

MacKenzie Gore tied a career high with 11 strikeouts, CJ Abrams hit an RBI triple and the Washington Nationals beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Saturday. Gore (2-0) tossed five scoreless innings, throwing 90 pitches and striking out the last five batters he faced. Kyle Finnegan recorded his fifth save of the season.

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Washington Nationals (5-8, fourth in the NL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (6-8, third in the AL West) Oakland, California; Saturday, 4:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: MacKenzie Gore (1-0, 4.09 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Athletics: Joseph Boyle (1-1, 8.22 ERA, 2.22 WHIP, 10 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Nationals -132, Athletics +111; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals take on the Oakland Athletics after Jesse Winker had four hits on Friday in a 2-1 loss to the Athletics. Oakland has gone 2-6 at home and 6-8 overall. The Athletics have a 3-0 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents. Washington has a 3-4 record in road games and

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Lawrence Butler hit the game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning and had a solo home run to power the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 walk-off win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Max Schuemann scored the winning run in his major league debut after entering as the automatic runner on second base to begin the 10th inning. The 26-year-old utility man was called up on Thursday to replace injured outfielder Brent Rooker.

The Washington Nationals (5-8) and Oakland Athletics (6-8) will clash on Saturday at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, with first pitch at 4:07 PM ET. The Athletics (+111 underdog on the moneyline to win) play at home against the Nationals (-132). The Washington Nationals will give the start to MacKenzie Gore (1-0, 4.09 ERA), who is looking for win No. 2 on the season, and the Athletics will counter with Joseph Boyle (1-1, 8.22 ERA). Yesterday, the Athletics claimed a 2-1 win over the Nationals, with Michael Kelly (1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K) earning the win for the Athletics.

Washington Nationals (5-8, fourth in the NL East) vs. Oakland Athletics (6-8, third in the AL West) Oakland, California; Saturday, 4:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: MacKenzie Gore (1-0, 4.09 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Athletics: Joseph Boyle (1-1, 8.22 ERA, 2.22 WHIP, 10 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK : LINE Nationals -132, Athletics +111; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals take on the Oakland Athletics after Jesse Winker had four hits on Friday in a 2-1 loss to the Athletics. Oakland has gone 2-6 at home and 6-8 overall. The Athletics have a 3-0 record in games when they have more hits than their opponents. Washington has a 3-4 record in road games and

Lawrence Butler hit the game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning and had a solo home run to power the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 walk-off win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Max Schuemann scored the winning run in his major league debut after entering as the automatic runner on second base to begin the 10th inning.

Lawrence Butler hit a game-winning single with one out in the 10th inning to go with an earlier home run as the Oakland Athletics defeated the visiting Washington Nationals 2-1 on Friday night. Athletics pitcher Paul Blackburn remained unscored upon through three starts and Oakland won despite managing only three hits on offense. Washington's Jesse Winker homered to lead off the ninth inning to tie the score. Blackburn worked 6 1/3 innings.

Lawrence Butler hit the game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning and had a solo home run to power the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 walk-off win over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Max Schuemann scored the winning run in his major league debut after entering as the automatic runner on second base to begin the 10th inning. The 26-year-old utility man was called up on Thursday to replace injured outfielder Brent Rooker.

Athletics fans supporting a boycott of their team's scheduled move to Sacramento and eventually Las Vegas could be facing a dilemma. What if the A's are actually good? Lawrence Butler supplied both runs with a mammoth home run and a run-scoring single in the 10th inning Friday night in a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals at the Coliseum. It was the fifth win in six games for the A's, who at 6-8 bear no resemblance at the moment to the team that began with a 1-6 homestand to open the season.

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It's not so much the three digits on the radar gun that are impressive as the fact that it looks so effortless for Mason Miller. If Miller played for any other team than the Oakland-turned-Sacramento-someday Las Vegas Athletics, he'd be all over SportsCenter. As it is, Miller's high-velocity conversion from promising starter to closer is starting to gain momentum as a league-wide story. The Athletics completed a six-game road trip in Detroit and Texas winning both series and Miller getting his first-two saves with his four-seam fastball and wipeout slider.

JP Sears carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and combined with three relievers on a one-hitter, Seth Brown homered to supply the game's only run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 on Thursday. Sears (1-1) allowed leadoff walks in the first, second and fifth innings before Adolis García ended the no-hit bid by lining a one-out single to left field in the seventh on an 0-2 sweeper.

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The theme over the course of the first few series of the 2024 season appeared to have been “picking up right where they left off” for the Texas Rangers. Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Adolis Garcia were all making great plays and hitting like October never ended. Meanwhile, Nathan Eovaldi and Dane Dunning were pitching like two hurlers determined to get a taste of that championship adrenaline again with Cody Bradford even shining as an early-season surprise. No one would have guessed that those good vibes would be derailed by the homeless Athletics, tentatively still from Oakland, especially not after they finished with baseball's worst record in 2023 where they were buried in the basement of the AL West.

The theme over the course of the first few series of the 2024 season appeared to have been “picking up right where they left off” for the Texas Rangers. Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Adolis Garcia were all making great plays and hitting like October never ended. Meanwhile, Nathan Eovaldi and Dane Dunning were pitching like two hurlers determined to get a taste of that championship adrenaline again with Cody Bradford even shining as an early-season surprise. No one would have guessed that those good vibes would be derailed by the homeless Athletics, tentatively still from Oakland, especially not after they finished with baseball's worst record in 2023 where they were buried in the basement of the AL West.

Attendance will be sparse Friday night when the Athletics return home for the first time since owner John Fisher took part in a press conference touting the move of his franchise to a Triple-A ballpark in Sacramento. While Fisher and president Dave Kaval deserve all the scorn heaped upon by an angry fan base, it's a familiar look for the Coliseum. It's always been the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum although it's had a number of sponsorship agreements — Network Associates, McAfee, O.co, Ring Central. Although it outlived its usefulness years ago, the Coliseum still has a few redeeming qualities.

Attendance will be sparse Friday night when the Athletics return home for the first time since owner John Fisher took part in a press conference touting the move of his franchise to a Triple-A ballpark in Sacramento. While Fisher and president Dave Kaval deserve all the scorn heaped upon by an angry fan base, it's a familiar look for the Coliseum. It's always been the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum although it's had a number of sponsorship agreements — Network Associates, McAfee, O.co, Ring Central. Although it outlived its usefulness years ago, the Coliseum still has a few redeeming qualities.