San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
- Second baseman Mark Ellis remained shelved with a left hamstring strain and was replaced in the lineup by Donnie Murphy, leaving the A's with no infielders on the bench who could back up at second base, third base or shortstop. Manager Bob Geren said Ellis...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Mark Ellis isn't in the lineup after...
Home Run Derby (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Extra inning walk-off Home Runs rock. Yesterday, Mark Ellis provided some tenth-inning fireworks in Oakland as the A’s completed a sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. With the score tied, Ellis - who had entered the game riding a .024 average in May - tagged the left field foul pole for the win. The A’s moved to 22-14, tied for the most wins [...]
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis broke out of his offensive funk in a big way.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Mark Ellis watched his ball nick the foul pole and thought back to a game-winning homer Marco Scutaro hit last year off Mariano Rivera that...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Going into Wednesday's game, Mark Ellis wasn't doing much hitting and the A's weren't getting many extra-base hits. Everything else is going Oakland's way, though. So it stood to reason that Ellis would bang his first-ever game-winning homer off the foul pole...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Rally in eighth short-lived as team falls to last The second the ball left Mark Ellis' bat, Orioles reliever Lance Cormier knew it was landing somewhere in the left-field seats at McAfee Coliseum. His only hope was that it would hook to the left of the foul pole and go for a long strike, rather than a devastating walk-off home run.
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis stroked a two-out game-winning home run in the tenth inning to give the Oakland Athletics a dramatic 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis broke out of his offensive funk in a big way.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis watched his ball nick the foul pole and thought back to a game-winning homer Marco Scutaro hit last year off Mariano Rivera that went nearly to the same spot. He hit the first game-winning homer of his career Wednesday with two outs in the 10th...
Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis broke out of his offensive funk in a big way. Ellis hit his first game-ending home run with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the A's to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a three-game sweep and their fourth consecutive victory. The A's Mark Ellis, right, is greeted at home plate on his walkoff homer in the 10th inning.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis broke out of his offensive funk in a big way. Ellis hit the game-ending home run of his career with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a three-game sweep and their...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Ellis connected on a 1-0 pitch from loser Lance Cormier (0-1), a solo shot that hit the left-field foul pole and stayed fair. Ellis, batting seventh in Oakland's order for the second straight day, was in an 0-for-17 funk — after career-worst 0-for-18 stretch earlier this season — before he singled with two outs in the sixth. The home run was his third this year.
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Mark Ellis hit his first career game-ending home run with two outs in the 10th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a three-game sweep and their fourth straight victory.
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Oakland Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the Orioles today off a Mark Ellis 10th inning solo-homerun that literally kissed off the foul-side of the left-field pole. I am dead serious, that ball just barely clipped the pole as it passed it. And I mean BARELY. When things are going wrong, everything seems to go wrong. The [...]
