Inge continues to swing big bat on rehab

A's place McCarthy on DL with sore shoulder

Brandon McCarthy is back where he was a year ago -- on the disabled list with a troublesome right shoulder.

A's place Inge on DL with strained right groin

The Oakland Athletics have placed third baseman Brandon Inge on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right groin and recalled infielder Adam Rosales from Triple-A Sacramento.

Inge Is The New "iron Horse"

From Elias: Brandon Inge knocked in four runs in the A's win over the Tigers. Inge has knocked in four runs in four of his last five games. The only other major-league player with four games with at least four runs batted in over a five game span was Lou Gehrig in 1931. Gehrig knocked in an American League record 184 runs that season.

MLB- Brandon Inge Lou Gehrig amazing stat

From Elias: Brandon Inge became only the second player since RBI became an official statistic in 1920 with four 4+ RBI games over a 5-game span. The first was Lou Gehrig in August/September 1931.

Inge Slams Another One

From Elias: Brandon Inge's grand slam on Thursday night was his second in three games. Prior to Inge, the last Athletics player to hit two grand slams over a three-game span was Jimmie Foxx in September 1932.

Blue Jays' struggling Cordero loses closer's job

Francisco Cordero understands why he is no longer Toronto's closer. That doesn't mean he likes being demoted one bit.

Improbable Endings: In Rod We Trust / Brandon Beats Blue Jays

From Elias: Rod Barajas carried a .127 (8 for 63) batting average into the at-bat in which he hit a walk-off home run to lead the Pirates to a win over the Nationals on Tuesday. Later on Tuesday, in Oakland, Brandon Inge hit a game-ending home run against Toronto after carrying a .128 (6 for 47) batting average into the at-bat. In the modern era (1900 to date), only three other players have had a batting average under .130, at least 45 at-bats into a season, at the time of a game-ending home run: Jim Thome had a .125 batting average before a 2001 walk-off for the Indians. Howard Johnson had a .115 batting average before a walk-off home run in 1995 for the Cubs; and Kirby Higbe had a .113 batting average before a 1947 walk-off for the Pirates. Higbe at least had a small excuse-he was a pitcher who had only two other career homers.

Athletics agree to deal with ex-Tigers 3B Inge

Third baseman Brandon Inge has agreed to terms on a contract with the Oakland Athletics.