BALTIMORE -- The A's lost a starter on the same day they gained one back. So it goes in a most bizarre season somehow bound for October.
As Trevor Cahill journeyed west to Oakland for an MRI on a strained back muscle, a now-healthy Brett Anderson returned to the mound -- for all of an hour, before his first visit from a team trainer.
It was a wonky throw with an undesirable outcome that did in Anderson, who remained in the game following John Andreoli's RBI infield tapper with one out in the fourth, but for only one more hitter.