the A’s

The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas has been approved by Major League Baseball team owners in a 30-0 vote.

J.P. Crawford homered in the ninth and Jarred Kelenic hit a pair of RBI singles to support Luis Castillo’s eighth consecutive winning decision, leading the Seattle Mariners over the Oakland Athletics 7-2.

Vida Blue, a hard-throwing left-hander who became one of baseball’s biggest draws in the early 1970s and helped lead the brash A’s to three straight World Series titles, died Saturday, He was 73.

Rodríguez homered at home for the first time, a three-run shot to give Seattle an early lead, and the Mariners beat Oakland 7-6 on Monday night for their 13th straight win over the Athletics.

Salvador Perez hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the sixth inning, the Kansas City bullpen bailed out starter Jackson Kowar and the Royals rallied to beat Oakland 10-7.

Kyle Seager hit a two-run single and Marco Gonzales won his second straight decision, as the Mariners inched closer in the AL wild-card chase with a 4-3 win over the Athletics.

Matt Olson hit two of Oakland’s four homers, Chris Bassitt allowed one run in seven innings, and the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 4-1.

Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer and Kyle Tucker’s tiebreaking solo shot in the seventh inning lifted the Houston Astros to a 4-3 win over the Oakland Athletics.

Chris Bassitt allowed one run over seven innings and won his eighth straight game, as the A's beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Thursday for a split in the four-game series.

Sean Murphy hit a two-run homer, Mitch Moreland had a two-run single and the Oakland Athletics held off the Los Angeles Angels 8-5.