Now in his second season with the Athletics, former Cougars star Justin Sterner talks AJ Dybantsa, a fellow Cougar teammate also in the bigs, and BYU Nation.

ARLINGTON — Carlos Cortes had a two-run triple in the first inning, reliever Justin Sterner escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam to preserve a one-run lead in the sixth and the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 in the rubber game of their series Sunday. Cortes' 106.3 mph liner off the glove of Evan Carter on the warning track in center field scored Tyler Soderstrom and Brent Rooker, who drew ...

The closer-by-committee approach just hasn't been consistently effective for the A's this season, and it has cost them a couple of games already.