September 24, 2021 A's Chris Bassitt explains why he returned to mound after scary facial injury: 'We are the green and gold' Oakland Athletics pitcher Chris Bassitt returned to the mound Thursday to play the Seattle Mariners a month after he suffered facial fractures when he got drilled with a line drive.
September 23, 2021 Bassitt returns but Mariners beat A’s 6-5 for 4-game sweep Chris Bassitt pitched three scoreless innings less than a month after surgery to repair facial fractures, but the Seattle Mariners rallied against Oakland's bullpen for a 6-5 victory Thursday and a four-game sweep that damaged the Athletics' wild-card hopes.
September 23, 2021 Seager, France HR, Mariners top A's, move up in playoff race Seattle manager Scott Servais has said the Mariners might need a nice winning streak during the September stretch run to make a real postseason push.
September 22, 2021 Bassitt to start for A's, 5 weeks after being hit in head Athletics right-hander Chris Bassitt is set to return to the mound, just over five weeks after being hospitalized when he was hit in the head by a 100 mph line drive.
September 22, 2021 Mariners beat Athletics 5-2 to stay in AL wild-card chase Marco Gonzales pitched six uneven innings and won his eighth straight decision, and the Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 5-2 on Tuesday night, moving into a tie with the Athletics in a matchup of wild-card contenders.
September 21, 2021 Seager's three RBIs help Mariners stop A's 5-game win streak Kyle Seager had a two-run double in the decisive third inning among his three hits and three RBIs, Mitch Haniger added two doubles and the Seattle Mariners beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 on Monday night.
September 20, 2021 MLB teams' pursuit of the postseason comes down to final 2 weeks of season There are two weeks remaining in the MLB regular season. and the American and National League divisional and wild-card races are hotly contested battles that might not be decided until Oct. 3.
September 19, 2021 Ohtani strkes out 10, A's beat Angels 3-2, stay in WC race Shohei Ohtani struck out 10 but went winless in consecutive starts on the mound for the first time since June, and the Oakland Athletics rebounded from a bullpen meltdown to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 10 innings Sunday.
September 19, 2021 Kaprielian, A's beat Angels 3-1 to keep pace for wild card James Kaprielian pitched two-hit ball over six innings, Matt Olson hit his 36th home run and the Oakland Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 Saturday night.
September 18, 2021 A's keep pace in wild-card race with 5-4 win over Angels The Oakland Athletics committed three errors in the first two innings, stranded 10 runners through the first six and didn’t have an extra-base hit all night at the Big A.
