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| Harden masterful as A's blank Giants |
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06/15/2008 |
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| San Francisco, CA (Best E Casino) - Rich Harden allowed one hit and had nine strikeouts over six strong innings as the Oakland Athletics overcame a great effort on the mound from Matt Cain to beat the Giants, 4-0, and continue their winning streak at AT&T Park. Harden (4-0) walked two batters and continued his perfect run for the season after his ninth start, including his seventh since being activated from the disabled list, as the A's posted their sixth consecutive win at the home of the Giants. Brad Zie |
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| Pettitte leads Yanks to win; Red Sox keep rolling |
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06/13/2008 |
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| looking that way for awhile. Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday, and Pettitte bounced back from one of the worst starts of his career to move into a tie for fourth place on the Yankees' career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Pettitte gave up a career high-tying 10 runs last Saturday against Kansas City, but allowed one run and five hits in a season-high eight innings in this one. He tied Ron Guidry with his 170th victory with New York. Meanwhile, |
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06/12/2008 |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -Hideki Matsui hit a grand slam on his 34th birthday to help Andy Pettitte move into a tie for fourth place on the New York Yankees career wins list with a 4-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. Pettitte (6-5) bounced back from giving up a career high-tying 10 runs last Saturday against Kansas City to shut down the A's and tie Ron Guidry with his 170th victory with New York. Pettitte allowed one run and five hits in a season-high eight innings. Joe Blanton (3-9) hel |
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| Haren, Santana square off at Shea |
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06/12/2008 |
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| with the New York Mets. Neither Arizona's Dan Haren nor New York's Johan Santana figured in the decision on May 4 in Phoenix, where the visiting Mets scored three times in the ninth inning to earn a 5-2 road triumph. Haren, a 15-game winner with the Oakland Athletics last season, allowed three hits and two runs with seven strikeouts over six innings, while Santana - who won 15 times with Minnesota in 2007 - gave up six hits and a run while striking out eight in his own six-inning stint. Haren is 2-3 with a no-de |
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| Pettitte won't commit to pitching in 2009 |
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06/11/2008 |
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| t would be to pitch in the new Yankee Stadium next year - yet that doesn't mean he will be wearing pinstripes come 2009. ``You definitely think about that,'' Pettitte said Wednesday, a day before he takes the mound in the series finale against the Oakland Athletics. ``I definitely think that would be a joy and honor to do that, but right now I'm just thinking about this year.'' As often as the left-hander has felt pain in his throwing elbow over the years, he doesn't think it would be fair to commit now to p |
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| Sweeney has surgery on both knees |
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06/11/2008 |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -Oakland Athletics designated hitter Mike Sweeney underwent arthroscopic surgery on both knees Wednesday and is expected to miss four to six weeks. The designated hitter and first baseman, who turns 35 next month, hopes to return around the All-Star break. His procedures to repair loose cartilage in the knees were performed by team orthopedist Dr. John Frazier. ``Everything went well,'' A's manager Bob Geren said. Sweeney also had right knee surgery last year in the final of his 13 |
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| Yankees continue series with Athletics |
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06/11/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The New York Yankees try to continue their dominance of the AL West this evening when they play the second test of their three-game series with the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum. The Yankees improved to 7-0 against the division in the opener of this set on Tuesday, as Chien-Ming Wang picked up his first win since May 2, allowing a run and seven hits over 7 1/3 innings of his team's 3-1 win. Bobby Abreu finished 2-for-2 with a pair of walks for New York, which has won five of its last s |
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| Blue Jays go for series win over Mariners |
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06/11/2008 |
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| The Toronto Blue Jays will attempt to earn their first series win in two weeks when the scuffling club wraps up a three-game set with the Seattle Mariners this afternoon at the Rogers Centre. Since winning two of three tests on the road against the Oakland Athletics from May 27-29, Toronto has dropped three consecutive series and lost seven times within a nine-game span prior to last night's 3-1 decision over the Mariners. The Blue Jays were led by a stellar mound effort by Dustin McGowan. The talented right-ha |
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| Wang and Yanks down A's |
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06/11/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Chien-Ming Wang was stellar on the mound, as the New York Yankees downed the Oakland Athletics, 3-1, in the opener of a three-game set at McAfee Coliseum. Wang (7-2) went 7 1/3 innings and allowed one run on seven hits to collect his first win since May 2. "I trusted my pitches this time," Wang said. "I tried to throw the sinker down the middle more and let it work to the outside. When I threw it outside it went way out. This kind of game really helps my confidence. I needed to sp |
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| Yankees send Wang to hill versus Athletics |
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06/10/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Chien-Ming Wang targets his first win in more than a month this evening when the New York Yankees play the first of three games against the Oakland Athletics at McAfee Coliseum. Wang had his fourth shaky outing in a row on Thursday against Toronto, as he surrendered seven runs (six earned) and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. He also walked four batters, but did not get a decision in his team's 9-8 win. The 28-year-old right-hander, who is 6-2 with a 4.57 earned run average this season, hasn't won |
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