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| Ellis' slam lifts A's in 12th, halts Angels' seven-game win streak |
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06/08/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Mark Ellis belted his third career grand slam in the bottom of the 12th inning and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three- game sweep with a 7-3 win over the Los Angeles Angels. With one away in the 12th, Gregorio Petit broke a stretch of 15 A's batters retired with a liner over the glove of shortstop Maicer Izturis. Rajai Davis then sliced a single to right field, but Emil Brown went down on strikes. A walk to Travis Buck loaded the bases and Ellis drove the first pitch he saw from |
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| Ryan's hit leads Cards over Houston |
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06/08/2008 |
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| bunted him over to third. After Miguel Tejada worked a walk, Berkman hit a bomb to the seats in right-center field. Game Notes Berkman's home run was measured at 460 feet, the third longest at Minute Maid Park. The two longest home runs (464 feet, 461 feet) were also hit by Berkman...Albert Pujols was 0-for-10 in the series. He did walk four times... St. Louis is one of only three major league teams that have a winning record on the road (17-14). Philadelphia and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are the others. |
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| A's Mike Sweeney to have knee surgery |
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06/08/2008 |
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| hopes to be back to doing baseball activities in three or four weeks. ``It breaks my heart because I'm not going to be with the team I've come to love since spring training,'' Sweeney said Sunday before Oakland played the series finale against the Los Angeles Angels. ``We're so close to playing amazing baseball and getting to the top of the standings.'' Yet Sweeney knew something was seriously wrong with his knee considering it hasn't responded to treatment. He was placed on the disabled list May 30 retroacti |
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| Halos go for seventh straight win in Oakland |
MLB Baseball |
06/07/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will try to capture their seventh consecutive victory when they take on the Oakland Athletics in the second matchup of a three-game set at McAfee Coliseum. Jon Garland will try to get back in the win column when he takes the hill tonight. Garland has just one victory in his last five starts and has not won since May 21st when he led the Angels to a 4-3 win over Toronto. This past Monday the right-hander tossed just five innings against Toronto, allowing three |
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| Hernandez helps Mariners snap losing streak |
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06/07/2008 |
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| e longest career scoreless streak at Fenway Park since 1956. ``Felix stepped up and has been pretty good in Fenway Park,'' Mariners manager John McLaren said. And did the Mariners ever need a stopper. On Wednesday, after a 5-4 home loss to the Los Angeles Angels dropped the Mariners a season-low 18 games under .500, the Seattle locker room was the site of separate outbursts by team president Chuck Armstrong and McLaren. A cross-country trip, a day off and a good pitcher changed the mood drastically. ``(It |
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| Angels may lack offense, but not resourcefulness |
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06/06/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have continued to consistently win games despite an offense that can hardly be classified as championship caliber. The Angels will enter this weekend's play with an American League-best 37-24 record and a comfortable 3 1/2-game advantage on second-place Oakland in the AL Central standings. That eye-opening mark is even more impressive considering that Mike Scioscia's club ranks 10th among Junior Circuit teams in runs scored and in the bottom half of the league |
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| M's brass has had it |
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06/04/2008 |
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| the postseason, the Seattle Mariners' decision-makers ripped into their club. Team president Chuck Armstrong berated members of the coaching staff Wednesday morning, hours before the imploding Mariners got swept in a three-game series by the same Los Angeles Angels they expected to unseat for the AL West title. Later, Armstrong refused to comment on the outburst during a 5-4 loss that sent Seattle to a season-low 18 games under .500. It's the worst record in the major leagues and leaves the Mariners 15 1/2 g |
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| Angels wrap set with M's aiming for fifth straight win |
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06/04/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will try to run their current win streak to a season-high five games in this afternoon's finale of a three-game series with the Seattle Mariners from Safeco Field. The Angels have taken the first two matchups of this set with the lowly Mariners to maintain a 3 1/2-game lead over second-place Oakland in the American League West standings. Anaheim will visit the Athletics for three consecutive meetings beginning on Friday. On Tuesday, the Angels' struggling offe |
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| Chamberlain doesn't get out of third inning in first start |
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06/04/2008 |
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| s and I didn't do a very good job of conserving those pitches.'' Roy Halladay held New York in check despite some control problems of his own, leading the Toronto Blue Jays to a 9-3 victory on Tuesday night. In Tuesday's other games, it was: the Los Angeles Angels 5, Seattle 4; Oakland 5, Detroit 4, 11 innings; Boston 7, Tampa Bay 4; Baltimore 5, Minnesota 3; Texas 12, Cleveland 7; and Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 5. Chamberlain touched 101 mph on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard but walked three and threw |
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| Southpaw duel on tap for Angels/Mariners game |
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06/03/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of quality left-handers will each take the mound when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Seattle Mariners play the second test of a three-game series tonight at Safeco Field. The American League West-leading Angels put a three-game win streak on the line this evening against Mariners ace Erik Bedard, who owns the best earned run average at home of any major-league starter this year. The former Baltimore Oriole has amassed an outstanding 1.34 ERA in five Safeco Field starts so far thi |
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