Athletics secure 'B-' grade behind solid pitching and road success originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Last season, the Athletics were a fun team to watch. They had no problem on the offensive side of things, hitting home runs left and right.

Munetaka Murakami mashed a 431-foot grand slam nearly over the batter's eye in West Sacramento on a cathartic night for the offense.

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit his first career grand slam, Davis Martin gave up three hits over seven innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Athletics 9-2 on Friday night.

Max Muncy drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to lift the Athletics to a 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. Muncy’s fly to left field scored Jacob Wilson, who began the inning as the automatic runner at second base and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Denzel Clarke.

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Max Muncy drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 11th inning to lift the Athletics to a 7-6 win over the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. Muncy’s fly to left field scored Jacob Wilson, who began the inning as the automatic runner at second base and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Denzel Clarke.

Stanford athletics continues it dynastic run in the NCAA with a 50th straight year with at least one national title.

Eddie Nketia has recorded the fastest 100m time by an Australian in athletics history - albeit with an illegal tail-wind - after Gout Gout cost himself a sub 10-second time on Saturday. Nketia, who recently switched allegiances from New Zealand to Australia,