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| The Oakland Tribune reports that Meyer will be demoted to long relief with Sean Gallagher returning to the starting rotation this week. |
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| Greg Smith threw seven shutout innings against the Orioles on Saturday night improving his record to 7-14. He only gave up three hits but he walked five. |
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| Jack Cust homered twice off of Orioles' pitchers on Saturday. His blasts accounted for three RBI in the A's 5-1 victory over Baltimore. |
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| MLB.com reports that Sean Gallagher threw 75 pitches in a rehab start with Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday, feeling no lingering effects of the shoulder fatigue that has kept him out of the rotation since Aug. 19. "I feel good," Gallagher said Saturday. "I felt good going out there and was able to locate my pitches and pitch how I wanted to pitch, and how I know I'm able to." |
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| Tropical Storm Hanna has washed out the first game of today's scheduled doubleheader between Oakland and Baltimore, according to the AP. |
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| After three Baltimore pitchers combined to issue six walks and hit a batter, the fourth pitcher of the inning, Randor Bierd, yielded Rajai Davis' first career grand slam. He had entered earlier in the eighth as a pinch runner for Jack Cust. |
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| Justin Duchscherer has been shut down for the season according to MLB.com. Duchscherer has been on the disabled list with a strained right hip since Aug. 19 -- the same hip the 30-year-old had surgery on last July. "He's not," Geren said matter-of-factly when asked when Duchscherer would throw again. "He's shut down. He's going to go to see [Dr. Byrd, who] did his surgery last year, to get reevaluated." |
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| The AP reports that the Oakland Athletics recalled right-hander Jeff Gray from Triple-A Sacramento on Friday to provide help to an overworked bullpen.
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| Dan Meyer had a rough outing on Thursday night as he was pounded for eight runs, seven earned, in the Athletics 9-6 loss to the Royals. Meyer allowed nine hits and two walks while recording just 10 outs. |
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| Rajai Davis had a hit, scored two runs, and stole a base on Thursday night from the leadoff spot for the Athletics. |
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| Ryan Sweeney had three hits and three RBI for the Athletics on Thursday night as he also scored two runs. |
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| Justin Duchscherer's injured hip flared up on him yet again on Thursday, and as a result he has been scratched from his next potential start on Saturday, according to MLB.com. |
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| Dana Eveland allowed four runs and 10 hits in six innings of work against the Royals on Thursday. He stuck out five and didn't walk a batter. |
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| Daric Barton was 2-for-4 with a home run in Oakland's loss against the Royals Thursday night. |
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| Frank Thomas will not return this season, as he was placed on the 60-day disabled list, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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| A's first baseman Daric Barton was one of the few successful Oakland hitters, going 3-for-3 with two RBI in the team's 5-2 loss to Kansas City. |
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| Joshua Outman was not at Raley Field on Monday when Triple-A Sacramento played its last regular season game, and he is expected to be recalled by the Athletics today, according to the SF Chronicle. |
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| Mike Sweeney has been activated from the disabled list and will join the Athletics, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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| Oakland pitcher Dan Meyer, recently optioned to the minor leagues, will return on Thursday to make a start against the Royals, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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| Frank Thomas could need surgery to deal with his right quad injury, and it does not look like he will return to the A's this season, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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| A's starter Justin Duchscherer was in line to pitch for the team on Saturday, but his ailing hip acted up on him during a recent side session, so his status is in doubt, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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| A's reliever Huston Street would like to regain his former role as closer, but Oakland manager Bob Geren said that will not happen, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. |
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