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| A's send Harden to hill in opener with Marlins |
MLB Baseball |
06/20/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Rich Harden tries to keep his record unblemished this evening when the Oakland Athletics play the first of three interleague games against the Florida Marlins at McAfee Coliseum. This will be Florida's first-ever visit to Oakland, but it did take two of three between the clubs back in 2003 at Dolphin Stadium. Harden, meanwhile, has been sensational since returning from a shoulder injury that cost him a little over a month. The oft-injured right-hander improved to 4-0 on Saturday against the S |
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| Upton homers in eighth to push D'Backs over A's |
MLB Baseball |
06/19/2008 |
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| Phoenix, AZ (Best E Casino) - Justin Upton went 2-for-3 with a double and a solo home run, and Doug Davis struck out a season-high eight batters, as the Arizona Diamondbacks edged the Oakland Athletics, 2-1, in the finale of a three-game set. Davis went six innings and was hit for only one run on three hits, but did not factor in the decision. Tony Pena (1-1) took the win as he hurled a perfect eighth inning. Brandon Lyon earned his 15th save of the year with a perfect ninth, giving Arizona its second straight |
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| Oakland's Smith faces former club in D-Backs |
MLB Baseball |
06/19/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Greg Smith has an opportunity to make the organization that traded him away this past offseason pay when the Oakland Athletics hurler leads his new team into today's rubber match of a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Smith was a seventh-round selection by the Diamondbacks in the 2005 draft and spent three seasons in the Arizona system before being one of six prospects shipped to Oakland in the trade for All-Star pitcher Dan Haren back in December. The 24-year-old lefty has bee |
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| Reynolds Wrap: D'Backs have fresh star in making |
MLB Baseball |
06/18/2008 |
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| les, four doubles, seven homers and 16 runs batted in since May 28. The Pikeville, KY native has also hit safely in 12 of his last 14 games, with four homers and 13 RBI in that stretch. Reynolds doubled and scored a run in a 15-1 blowout loss to the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. So far this season he is hitting .257 with team-highs in homers (15) and RBI (45). Reynolds will get another crack at the Athletics on Wednesday against Oakland starting pitcher Joe Blanton. Reynolds has never faced the right-hande |
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| Haren leads Arizona vs. former Oakland squad |
MLB Baseball |
06/18/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics will be seeing a familiar face on the opposing mound when they continue a three-game interleague series with the Arizona Diamondbacks tonight at Chase Field. Dan Haren spent three successful seasons with Oakland from 2005-07, winning at least 14 games and amassing 163 strikeouts or more in each of those campaigns. The durable right-hander's best year came last summer, when he posted a 15-9 record and a career-high 192 strikeouts while ranking third among American League |
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| Giants send struggling Zito to hill vs. Detroit |
MLB Baseball |
06/18/2008 |
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| combined 36 innings of work. Zito actually hasn't been too sharp pitching on the road, either. The former American League Cy Young winner leads the majors with 10 losses this year and has produced a subpar 5.88 ERA through 14 overall starts. The ex-Oakland Athletics standout's most recent setback came at the hands of his original team on Friday, when Zito allowed four runs to the A's over 5 2/3 innings in a 5-1 loss at AT&T Park. Zito has had good success when facing Detroit over the course of an up-and- do |
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| Arizona's Webb aims to slow down A's, Duchscherer |
MLB Baseball |
06/17/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - It's a near certainty that Arizona Diamondbacks ace Brandon Webb will be part of the National League squad for next month's All-Star Game. Oakland Athletics hurler Justin Duchscherer is building himself a strong case to represent the American League as well. Those two talented pitchers will go head-to-head when the Diamondbacks and A's start up a three-game interleague series tonight at Chase Field. Webb, the 2006 NL Cy Young Award winner, enters this evening's tilt atop the majors with 11 vi |
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| Tigers carry six-game win streak into San Francisco |
MLB Baseball |
06/16/2008 |
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| ra all had RBI hits. The Giants enter this interleague set headed in the opposite direction. After losing two of three games at Colorado earlier last week, San Francisco returned home and suffered three straight defeats to their Bay Area rivals, the Oakland Athletics. Oakland completed the sweep with Sunday's 5-3 victory that was fueled by a four-run sixth inning. Kevin Correia (1-4) made his first start since April 26 and lasted 5 1/3 innings for San Francisco. The previously-injured righty allowed five runs on |
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| A's complete sweep of Giants |
MLB Baseball |
06/15/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Best E Casino) - Eric Chavez was 3-for-4 with two runs batted in, providing a key hit in the sixth inning as the Oakland Athletics completed the three-game sweep of San Francisco, 5-3, in the finale of an interleague series at AT&T Park. Carlos Gonzalez, Bobby Crosby and Daric Barton each contributed an RBI to the victory. Dana Eveland (5-5) pitched well as the starter, surrendering just one run on six hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings of action. The southpaw struck out five for Oakl |
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| Bay Area bragging rights on line in San Fran |
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06/15/2008 |
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| rts Network) - As the only team in the National League West with a losing record at home heading into play on Sunday, the San Francisco Giants try to stem the tide this afternoon as they close out a three-game interleague set against the neighboring Oakland Athletics. The Giants saw their home record dip to 13-21 on Saturday when they were blanked by Oakland in a 4-0 decision. The loss was the second in a row and the fourth in the last five outings for San Francisco, not to mention the club's fifth shutout of th |
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