Lookout Landing (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Lineup Oakland Athletics @ Seattle Mariners 09/26/08 7:10 PM PDT Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Travis Buck - LF Ichiro Suzuki - RF Cliff Pennington - 2B Yuniesky Betancourt - SS Ryan Sweeney - RF Raul Ibanez - "LF" Jack Cust - DH Jose Lopez - 1B Kurt Suzuki - C Jeremy Reed - CF Carlos Gonzalez - CF Tug Hulett - DH Bobby Crosby - SS Miguel Cairo - 3B Daric Barton - 1B Luis Valbuena - 2B Jeff Baisley...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Daric Barton's RBI pinch single in the eighth inning Saturday gave Oakland an 8-7 win over Seattle. His hit snapped a 7-7 tie, scoring Carlos Gonzalez from third base with one out in the bottom of the eighth, extending Seattle's losing streak to nine games. Barton, who did not start because of a non-baseball related injury, was batting for left fielder Aaron Cunningham....
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Daric Barton singled home Carlos Gonzalez with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Oakland Athletics held on to edge the Seattle Mariners, 8-7, in the second of a three-game series at McAfee Coliseum.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
OKLAHOMA CITY As the River Cats watched their opponent finish batting practice Monday, the casual atmosphere supported what many surrounding the Triple-A championship have believed since the game was reinstated three years ago. Carlos González was named co-MVP of the PCL Championship Series against Oklahoma City.
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Carlos González, the A's center fielder who was recently reunited with the River Cats, has been all over the place. He has been a pitcher, a right fielder, a first baseman, a catcher. He might have hung around home plate during his teens, he said, if major league baseball didn't campaign so aggressively against left-wingers.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Many rookies go through rough patches. Carlos Gonzalez's 2-for-39 tailspin has cost him a major-league job, at least for a while. The A's optioned the outfielder to Sacramento on Thursday to make room on the roster for Ryan Sweeney, who came off the disabled...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
The Oakland Athletics reinstated outfielder Ryan Sweeney from the 15-day disabled list and optioned outfielder Carlos Gonzalez to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Rookie outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who is 2 for his past 39, was not in the starting lineup Wednesday. "It's nice to have a day off sometimes to think about what they're doing and relax," Gonzalez said. Manager Bob Geren said that with Gonzalez struggling,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Many rookies go through rough patches. Carlos Gonzalez's 2-for-39 tailspin has cost him a major-league job, at least for a while. The A's optioned the outfielder to Sacramento on Thursday to make room on the roster for Ryan Sweeney, who came off the disabled...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Rookie outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, who is 2 for his past 39, was not in the starting lineup Wednesday. "It's nice to have a day off sometimes to think about what they're doing and relax," Gonzalez said. Manager Bob Geren said that with Gonzalez struggling,...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
One A's player relatively unaffected by the team's postbreak slide is rookie center fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who extended his hitting streak to six games Sunday and made a sensational over-the-shoulder catch on a ball Placido Polanco hit to the warning track...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
One A's player relatively unaffected by the team's postbreak slide is rookie center fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who extended his hitting streak to six games Sunday and made a sensational over-the-shoulder catch on a ball Placido Polanco hit to the warning track...
Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
This list was originally published January 2nd, 2008. THIS IS NOT A NEW LIST. THIS IS AN OLD LIST!!!!!!! 1) Carlos Gonzalez, OF, Grade B+ .293/.351/.439 for Triple-A Sacramento, .265/.302/.407 for Oakland. He should improve. 2) Daric Barton, 1B, Grade B+ ,218/.319/.311 for Oakland. Proof that plate discipline isn't everything. He needs to watch out because there are other 1B prospects on his heels....
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Daisuke Matsuzaka, who seemed to scuffle in the early going of the game, has settled down and retired nine consecutive batters. After giving up a lead-off triple in the second to Carlos Gonzalez (who recorded the first triple of his career), Matsuzaka went on to mow down the next nine in a row, ringing up seven strikeouts after striking out the side in the fourth. Through four innings, Matsukaza has...
Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
Jed Lowrie just chased A's starter Dallas Braden from the game by hitting the first triple of his career over the head of Oakland center fielder Carlos Gonzalez, who also tripled for the first time in his career in the second inning but wound up getting stranded on base. Lowrie's hit scored Mike Lowell (double to center) and Jason Bay (single to left) to give the Sox a 2-0 lead and prompt A's manager...
