… homered and drove in three runs in the 9-4 win. Other players considered for the award include Cespedes' Oakland teammate Jonny Gomes, Cleveland's Michael Brantley, Minnesota's Josh Willingham, Kansas City's Alcides Escobar, Seattle's Felix …

… home run and three RBI as the Oakland Athletics capped a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins with a 9-4 win on Sunday. Jonny Gomes was 3-for-4 with a two-run home run and three runs scored while Chris Carter and Seth Smith each hit a solo home …

… Parker's offerings. The right-hander yielded nine hits and received a boost from Oakland's suddenly formidable offense. Jonny Gomes, Chris Carter and Seth Smith also connected for the A's, who racked up 24 runs and nine homers in the sweep after …

… and three RBIs, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 9-4 on Sunday to complete a three-game series sweep. Jonny Gomes, Chris Carter and Seth Smith also homered for the A's, who have won nine of 11 to climb back into the wild-card …

Jonny Gomes' grand slam helped the Oakland Athletics overcome a career-high 15 strikeouts from Francisco Liriano and beat the Minnesota …

Jonny Gomes crushed a grand slam and knocked in five runs and A.J. Griffin earned his first major league victory as the Athletics …

… The Philadelphia Phillies lose their 10,000 game, 10-2 to St. Louis. The franchise, born in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers and later called the Blue Jays in the mid-1940s, fall to 8,810-10,000. 2008 — Justin Morneau slides home just …

… and put the recent call-up Carter at first. The mild lineup shuffle helped create quite the power surge, the night after Jonny Gomes hit a grand slam to beat Francisco Liriano. De Vries, who pitched five scoreless innings against the A's in his Target …

… When you're below it, certainly it's nice to get to it, but then you have to raise the bar and not settle on .500." Jonny Gomes had an offensive outburst in Friday's triumph for Oakland as he crushed a grand slam and knocked in a total of five …