http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/players/luke_montz/58927 Recent articles about Luke Montz en-us Joe Saunders won his ninth straight decision at Safeco Field and Kendrys Morales hit a three-run homer, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 6-1 Sunday. Saunders (3-4) allowed one run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings with six strikeouts and three walks. He is 3-0 with a 0.94 ERA in four home starts this year, improving to 9-0 with a 1.72 ERA in 13 career appearances at Safeco. He is 0-4 with a 12.54 ERA on the road this season. Jason Bay also homered for Seattle, which has won three of its last four games and six of nine. Tommy Milone (3-5) lost for the fifth straight start, giving up five runs, six hits and three walks in five innings. This was the first time during the skid he failed to pitch into the seventh inning, and he has a 3.62 ERA over that span. Defending AL West champion Oakland (18-19) has lost six of seven and on Friday dropped below .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season. The A's start a series Monday at division-leading Texas. Morales hit his fou Sun, 12 May 2013 20:04:57 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/mariners_6_athletics_1/13602698 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/mariners_6_athletics_1/13602698 Mariners 6, Athletics 1 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/mariners_6_athletics_1/13602698 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Andy Pettitte had two odd moments on the mound over the last couple of weeks. These senior lapses have resulted in crucial runs allowed. Let’s begin with last Sunday’s start against the A’s …. Pettitte was facing Luke Montz leading off the 4th inning.  The score was 1-1.  From the windup, Pettitte pitched himself into a full count.  Montz then fouled off a couple of pitches, which led to the 8th pitch of the at-bat…. That is when Pettitte decided he would throw from the stretch.  Andy delivered a belt-high, 88 mph fastball down the center of the plate and Montz cracked it into the leftfield seats, giving Oakland the lead.  The Yankees would come back and tie the game, but eventually lose on an 8th inning homer by Josh Donaldson. Why throw that single pitch from the stretch, with no runners on base?  I’m not sure the question was asked and I’m not sure anyone even noticed. 3-2 count, nobody on, nobody out, pitching from stretch for the first time in the at-bat lift-off Then there was... Fri, 10 May 2013 17:12:14 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/andy_pettitte_getting_weird_in_old_age/13592594 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/andy_pettitte_getting_weird_in_old_age/13592594 Andy Pettitte Getting Weird in Old Age http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/andy_pettitte_getting_weird_in_old_age/13592594 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/7/d7685c84de6dfdc32daed3bf84e082979dfeb132/mini/Pettitte_throws_1f43.jpg CLEVELAND (AP) -- Zach McAllister and two relievers combined on a shutout and the Cleveland Indians scored an unearned run in the fifth inning for their eighth win in nine games, 1-0 over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. McAllister, Rich Hill and Chris Perez limited the highest-scoring offense in the majors to six hits and did not allow a runner to reach second base. McAllister (3-3) struck out four and walked one in 7 2-3 innings. The right-hander was pulled after John Jaso's two-out single in the eighth. Hill then retired pinch-hitter Luke Montz to end the inning and Perez pitched the ninth for his fourth save. Tommy Milone (3-4) lost a career-worst fourth straight start. The Indians managed only five hits, but two errors on the same play in the fifth led to the only run, which scored on Yan Gomes' sacrifice fly. Tue, 07 May 2013 21:53:48 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/indians_mcallister_and_2_relievers_blank_as_1_0/13571159 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/indians_mcallister_and_2_relievers_blank_as_1_0/13571159 Indians' McAllister and 2 relievers blank A's 1-0 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/indians_mcallister_and_2_relievers_blank_as_1_0/13571159 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Josh Donaldson hit Oakland's third home run of the game, a tiebreaking drive off Boone Logan in the eighth inning that lifted the Athletics over the New York Yankees 5-4 Sunday. Luke Montz and Yoenis Cespedes homered as Oakland took a 4-1 lead against Andy Pettitte, who struggled for the second straight start, but the Yankees rallied in the sixth against reliever Jerry Blevins. Preston Claiborne, a 25-year-old right-hander, followed Pettitte and retired six straight batters in his major league debut. But Donaldson homered into the left-field second deck with one out in the eighth against Logan (2-2). Sean Doolittle (2-0) pitched a perfect seventh, and Ryan Cook got out of a two-on, one-out jam in the eighth by striking out Jayson Nix and retiring Lyle Overbay on a flyout to deep center. Sun, 05 May 2013 16:40:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/athletics_5_yankees_4/13555346 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/athletics_5_yankees_4/13555346 Athletics 5, Yankees 4 http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/athletics_5_yankees_4/13555346 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/5/d50a49c68b4a9e959c72c097c7b356351b91b8ae/mini/tampa-bay-rays-oakland.jpg The Yankees are looking for another series win today, as they face off against the Oakland A’s in the rubber match. Andy Pettitte gets the start against righty Dan Straily. Today marks the last game on the Yankees’ 10 game homestand; so far, they’ve gone 7-2. New York has a day off tomorrow before heading to Colorado to play the Rockies in a three-game series. Here are today’s lineups: Oakland Athletics (17-14) Adam Rosales SS Derek Norris C Jed Lowrie 2B Yoenis Cespedes CF Josh Donaldson 3B Nate Freiman 1B Luke Montz DH Seth Smith LF Michael Taylor RF RHP Dan Straily (1-0, 6.35 ERA) New York Yankees (18-11) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Jayson Nix 3B Lyle Overbay 1B Eduardo Nunez SS Chris Stewart C LHP Andy Pettitte (3-2, 3.86 ERA) Game Time: 1:05 pm EST – Yankee Stadium – Bronx, NY TV: YES Network Radio: WCBS 880, WADO 1280 Weather: Clear, 57° Sun, 05 May 2013 11:18:25 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/yankees_game_30_lineup_5513/13553924 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/yankees_game_30_lineup_5513/13553924 Yankees game 30 lineup: 5/5/13 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/yankees_game_30_lineup_5513/13553924 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Yankees welcome the Oakland A’s into town tonight to begin a three-game weekend set. So far, New York has gone 6-1 on their current 10 game homestand, and look to CC Sabathia this evening to continue the winning trend. Going for Oakland will be righty A.J. Griffin. The Yankees also welcome in some new faces to the clubhouse; infielder Chris Nelson was acquired from the Rockies on Wednesday, and righty-reliever Preston Claiborne was called up from Triple-A to take the injured Joba Chamberlain’s place on the roster. Here are the lineups for tonight: Oakland Athletics – managed by Bob Melvin (16-13) Adam Rosales SS Seth Smith LF Jed Lowrie 2B Yoenis Cespedes CF Josh Donaldson 3B Derek Norris C Nate Freiman 1B Luke Montz DH RHP A.J. Griffin (2-2, 4.65 ERA) New York Yankees (17-10) Brett Gardner CF Robinson Cano 2B Vernon Wells LF Travis Hafner DH Ichiro Suzuki RF Eduardo Nunez SS Lyle Overbay 1B Jayson Nix 3B Chris Stewart C LHP CC Sabathia (4-2, 3.35 ERA) Game Time: 7:05 pm EST – Yankee Stadium – B Fri, 03 May 2013 15:50:59 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/yankees_game_28_lineup_5313/13545587 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/yankees_game_28_lineup_5313/13545587 Yankees game 28 lineup: 5/3/13 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/yankees_game_28_lineup_5313/13545587 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The Oakland Athletics have purchased the contract of utility infielder Luke Montz from the Triple-A Sacramento squad. He takes the place on the active roster of veteran outfielder Coco Crisp. He is up to help provide bench help. Joining him will be right handed pitcher Dan Straily who is back up after spending one day in the minors as a spot on the active roster opened up with the A’s having to place Brett Anderson on the disabled list. Crisp is dealing with a left hamstring strain and his return is not known, although the organization is aiming for a mid-to-late May return. Anderson, who’s transaction is retroactive to April 30th should be out for about two weeks with a sprained right ankle.     The post Oakland Athletics Purchase Contract of Luke Montz, Other Notes appeared first on FFLockerRoom | NFL - MLB News | Fantasy Sports Advice | Sports Talk. Thu, 02 May 2013 11:54:57 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/oakland_athletics_purchase_contract_of_luke_montz_other_notes/13535651 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/oakland_athletics_purchase_contract_of_luke_montz_other_notes/13535651 Oakland Athletics Purchase Contract of Luke Montz, Other Notes http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/oakland_athletics_purchase_contract_of_luke_montz_other_notes/13535651 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The opportunities were there, but the A’s could not come up with the big hit Wednesday afternoon, stranding 13 base runners in their first loss of the season to the Angels. Oakland came up just short of their fourth consecutive come from behind victory, leaving the tying and winning runs on base in the bottom of the ninth of a 5-4 loss to Anaheim. “They were grinding pretty good. When you put a lot of guys on base sometimes you’ll leave some on,” said Bob Melvin. “At the end of the day, we had an opportunity to win, so they battled as hard as they do every day.” Tommy Milone pitched strong into the eighth inning, with three solo home runs disrupting his otherwise dominant outing. The crafty southpaw matched his career high with 10 strikeouts on the day and walked zero. “I felt good throughout the whole game, just a few bad pitches.” said Milone. “Both of them were supposed to be in, and I left them out over the plate,” Milone added about the pitches resulting in Mike Trout and Mark ... Wed, 01 May 2013 21:56:41 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/as_comeback_attempt_falls_just_short_in_loss_to_angels/13531979 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/as_comeback_attempt_falls_just_short_in_loss_to_angels/13531979 A’s Comeback Attempt Falls Just Short in Loss to Angels http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/as_comeback_attempt_falls_just_short_in_loss_to_angels/13531979 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Mark Trumbo hit a home run for the third consecutive day, Howie Kendrick and Mike Trout also homered and the Los Angeles Angels ended a four-game losing streak, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday. C.J. Wilson (3-0) remained undefeated despite walking a season-high five hitters. He allowed two runs on six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Wilson struck out five and stranded six Oakland runners in scoring position. Josh Donaldson, Nate Freiman and Luke Montz each had an RBI double for the A's, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Adam Rosales also drove in a run. Tommy Milone (3-3) gave up four runs on seven hits over seven innings. He did not walk a batter and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts. Milone has lost three consecutive starts. Kendrick gave the Angels a 1-0 lead when he homered over the center field fence with two outs in the second. Donaldson and Freiman hit back-to-back doubles to give the A's a 2-1 lead in the third but J.B. Shuck singled in a run to tie it in the fif Wed, 01 May 2013 19:44:13 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/angels_5_athletics_4/13531289 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/angels_5_athletics_4/13531289 Angels 5, Athletics 4 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/angels_5_athletics_4/13531289 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/a/d/ad4997f0c7380b28eeb6f1bca96fa5cdf25dba06/mini/6525526.jpg OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Mark Trumbo hit a home run for the third consecutive day, Howie Kendrick and Mike Trout also homered and the Los Angeles Angels ended a four-game losing streak, beating the Oakland Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday. C.J. Wilson (3-0) remained undefeated despite walking a season-high five hitters. He allowed two runs on six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Wilson struck out five and stranded six Oakland runners in scoring position. Josh Donaldson, Nate Freiman and Luke Montz each had an RBI double for the A's, who had a three-game winning streak snapped. Adam Rosales also drove in a run. Tommy Milone (3-3) gave up four runs on seven hits over seven innings. He did not walk a batter and matched his career high with 10 strikeouts. Milone has lost three consecutive starts. Kendrick gave the Angels a 1-0 lead when he homered over the center field fence with two outs in the second. Donaldson and Freiman hit back-to-back doubles to give the A's a 2-1 lead in the third but J.B. Shuck singled in a Wed, 01 May 2013 19:26:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/trumbo_homers_again_in_angels_5_4_win/13531229 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/trumbo_homers_again_in_angels_5_4_win/13531229 Trumbo homers again in Angels' 5-4 win http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/trumbo_homers_again_in_angels_5_4_win/13531229 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/8/48356ef8e3bae3daa0f16012dc73528e11428247/mini/6533812.jpg The A’s on Wednesday placed Coco Crisp and Brett Anderson on the 15-day disabled list. Both Crisp and Anderson left Monday’s marathon game with injuries. Crisp with a strained hamstring, while Anderson’s sprained ankle from April 19 was still bothering him as he pitched in extra innings. Crisp leads the the team in runs, extra base hits and homers. Anderson, the team’s opening day starter, is playing below expectations with a 1-4 record and a 6.21 ERA in six games. In response to the DL moves, the A’s called up pitcher Dan Straily and catcher Luke Montz from Triple-A. [via CSNBA] Wed, 01 May 2013 18:21:38 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/coco_crisp_brett_anderson_sent_to_15_day_dl/13530971 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/coco_crisp_brett_anderson_sent_to_15_day_dl/13530971 Coco Crisp, Brett Anderson sent to 15-day DL http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/coco_crisp_brett_anderson_sent_to_15_day_dl/13530971 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/f/9fec85ae12b67130956829ce6235cdccb3ff9d00/mini/boston-red-sox-oakland.jpg The Oakland A’s made a pair of roster moves Wednesday prior to their 12:35pm start at the Oakland Coliseum, sending starting pitcher Brett Anderson and center fielder Coco Crisp to the disabled list and recalling pitcher Dan Straily and catcher Luke Montz from the Sacramento River Cats. Crisp, batting .283 with five homers and eight stolen bases, injured his left hamstring in the 14th inning of Monday night’s 19-inning marathon win against the Los Angeles Angels. Anderson, 1-4 with a 6.21 ERA, originally injured his ankle against the Boston Red Sox. He made his next scheduled start against the Tampa Bay Rays, but was scratched from his most recent start Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. He was called upon to pitch in the 13th inning Monday night despite having been scratched earlier from the start and lasted 5 1/3 innings in relief. He re-twisted the ankle though and now finds himself shelved for the next two weeks. Dan Straily was originally on the opening day roster and made ... Wed, 01 May 2013 15:09:44 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/coco_crisp_and_brett_anderson_land_on_dl_dan_straily_and_luke_montz_called_up/13529579 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/coco_crisp_and_brett_anderson_land_on_dl_dan_straily_and_luke_montz_called_up/13529579 Coco Crisp and Brett Anderson Land on DL, Dan Straily and Luke Montz Called Up http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/coco_crisp_and_brett_anderson_land_on_dl_dan_straily_and_luke_montz_called_up/13529579 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/f/0f95d5ab18e96c5bd060d4a744f2e3b3fff891a3/mini/6637192.jpg After closing out the spring with a 4-3 win over the Giants, the A’s made their final cuts to arrive at their 25-man opening day roster. Among the roster moves made on Saturday, the A’s placed shortstop Hiro Nakajima on the 15-day DL retroactive to March 27, which had been expected. The team also sent reliever Pedro Figueroa and infielder Andy Parrino to Triple-A and reassigned non-roster invitees relievers Mike Ekstrom and Hideki Okajima and catcher Luke Montz to the minors. Here’s the A’s opening day roster, per Casey Pratt: Rotation: LHP Brett Anderson (opening day starter) RHP Jarrod Parker LHP Tommy Milone RHP A.J. Griffin RHP Dan Straily Bullpen: RHP Grant Balfour (closer) LHP Sean Doolittle RHP Ryan Cook LHP Jerry Blevins RHP Pat Neshek RHP Chris Resop RHP Evan Scribner Catchers: Derek Norris John Jaso Infielders: Brandon Moss Eric Sogard Jed Lowrie Josh Donaldson Scott Sizemore Nate Freiman Outfielders: Josh Reddick Coco Crisp Yoenis Cespedes Chris Young Seth Smith 15-day DL... Sun, 31 Mar 2013 02:16:52 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/as_finalize_opening_day_roster/13277032 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/as_finalize_opening_day_roster/13277032 A’s finalize opening day roster http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/as_finalize_opening_day_roster/13277032 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Josh Reddick hit a three-run homer off Jered Weaver in the first inning, Luke Montz and Yoenis Cespedes each had two-run drives in the second off the Angels' ace and an Oakland Athletics split squad blew a big lead before rallying for a 13-13 tie with Los Angeles on Saturday. Weaver gave up eight runs and six hits, walked two and did not strike out a batter in two innings. Left-hander Travis Blackley started for the A's and gave up three runs in the first on three hits, then settled down to give up just two hits in his two remaining innings. The A's and Angels combined for 33 hits and used 14 pitchers. Sat, 16 Mar 2013 22:07:52 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/angels_13_athletics_13/13161484 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/angels_13_athletics_13/13161484 Angels 13, Athletics 13 http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/angels_13_athletics_13/13161484 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/3/d/3d8c7c0e1da8f70f7441789b18ae0d91e4002cd3/mini/6619138.jpg There was a big, bad moon rising tonight over Principal Park about the time New Orleans' Luke Montz boomed a Randy Wells s(t)inker through the teeth of the brisk zephyr blowing in off the Des Moines River to break a 1-1 tie and launch the visitors to a 7-3 series-evening win. Wells actually lowered his Iowa ERA to 8.38 while allowing three runs in his rather ordinary five inning stint. He was touched for seven hits and walked two while needing 91 pitches to labor through his outing. Only once did he retire the side in order. He did score a run after drawing a walk himself before Anthony RBIzo doubled him home to put the I-Cubs in front in the bottom of the third. Rizzo had fanned on three straight breaking balls in the first. The first pitch to him in the third was another one which he pulled sharply foul. On the fifth straight one he saw he stayed back and lined it just fair inside the line at third. Brett Jackson was back in the lineup tonight and led off in the bottom of the ... Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:06 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/zephyrs_montz_drills_wells_deep/10725218 http://network.yardbarker.com/mlb/article_external/zephyrs_montz_drills_wells_deep/10725218 Zephyrs' Montz Drills Wells Deep http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/zephyrs_montz_drills_wells_deep/10725218 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/4/9/49447ac1a5e94e2dc7fba18c66cd1e3d6de6330b/mini/Chicago_Cubs_starting_a00f.jpg