Local Roundup, 8/5: St. Francis football, cheer raising money with 49ers
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Healy's 20th HR, Gossett's start lift A's over Giants 6-1
Healy hit his 20th home run to end a monthlong power drought, Gossett pitched seven impressive innings and the A's beat the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Wednesday night.
Blach pitches, powers Giants to 11-2 win over A's
Blach pitched eight strong innings and hit a three-run homer and Jarrett Parker had three hits and three RBIs in his first game back from the disabled list as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Oakland Athletics 11-2 on Thursday night.
Stephen Curry heats up after slow start in pro golf debut
There was the animated, confident Steph that NBA fans know so well, the two-time league MVP finally feeling it and making the tough shots on the challenging course at TPC Stonebrae while competing in a tournament one step below the PGA Tour.
Samardzija shuts down A's as Giants snap 4-game skid, 10-4
Hunter Pence hit a three-run homer and Nick Hundley contributed a two-run shot to back Samardzija's stellar start, and San Francisco beat the Oakland Athletics 10-4 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
CIF census: Overall participation up; football, wrestling continue to lose student-athletes
Overall, student-athlete participation was at an all-time high for the fifth consecutive year, making a .78 percent leap to 785,357 participants.
Semien's grand slam helps lift Athletics past Giants, 8-5
Semien hit a grand slam off George Kontos in the sixth inning and Oakland held on to beat the San Francisco Giants 8-5 on Monday night, a few hours after shipping ace Sonny Gray to the New York Yankees in the second of two trades orchestrated by the A's f
Farmer's 2-run double in 11th lifts Dodgers past Giants
Kyle Farmer's two-run double in the 11th inning in his first major league at-bat lifted the Dodgers to their eighth straight win, 3-2 over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday night. Los Angeles players and coaches stormed the field in an unbridled celebrat
Alonso's HR in 12th powers A's past Twins, 6-5
Alonso homered in the bottom of the 12th inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.
Yankees acquire Sonny Gray for 3 prospects to boost rotation
Oakland received Jorge Mateo, a top shortstop-outfielder prospect at Double-A; right-hander James Kaprielian, the 16th overall pick in the 2015 amateur draft who is recovering from Tommy John surgery on April 18; and Dustin Fowler, an outfielder who ruptu