Baseball: A's Cruz loses arbitration

Pitcher Juan Cruz lost to the Oakland Athletics in salary arbitration Tuesday and will get $600,000 instead of the $860,000 he had requested. The 26-year-old right-hander, acquired by the A's from Atlanta in the Tim Hudson trade in December, was 6-2 with a 2.75 ERA in 50 relief outings last season, when he made $370,000. Arbitrators Jack Clarke, Janet Gaunt and Stephen Goldberg made the decision one day after hearing the case in Tampa.