Colby Thomas, Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz homered, rookie Jack Perkins had seven strikeouts in five solid innings and the Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angeles 10-3 on Friday night.

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics bring a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the Los Angeles Angels. The Athletics have a 55-69 record overall and a 25-36 record in home games. Athletics ...

This afternoon, the A's announced that they have designated veteran infielder Gio Urshela for assignment. The team recalled Brett Harris from Triple-A, and have claimed left-handed Jared Shuster to ...