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| Bradley, Hamilton help Rangers stay hot with win over A's |
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05/10/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (Best E Casino) - Milton Bradley went 2-for-2 with three runs batted in and two walks, as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 6-4, in the middle contest of a three-game set. Josh Hamilton went 3-for-5 with a run scored and one batted in for the Rangers, who have won five in a row and nine of their last 11. Ian Kinsler and Michael Young both collected a pair of hits. Texas starter Kevin Millwood left the game after just two-thirds of an inning due to a strained groin. Millwood threw just |
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| Buck optioned to Sacramento |
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05/10/2008 |
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -The Oakland Athletics activated outfielder Travis Buck and optioned him to Triple-A Sacramento prior to Saturday night's game against the Texas Rangers. Buck, who was batting .154 in 15 games before being placed on the 15-day disabled list on April 24 due to shin splints, was 5-for-21 in six rehab starts for Sacramento. ``He needs to get some at-bats to get his swing back,'' A's manager Bob Geren said. Geren said right-hander Kiko Calero has been cleared to begin a rehab assignmen |
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| Round numbers: Rangers, Rays' Shields put up the 0's |
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05/10/2008 |
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| eboard. Tampa Bay's James Shields knows something about that, too - he put up nine all by himself. Scott Feldman, Jamey Wright and two other Texas relievers combined on a four-hitter for the Rangers' third straight shutout - a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night - while the Shields pitched a one-hitter to give the Rays a 2-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels. That game was zeros all around until the very end, when highly touted rookie Evan Longoria hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ni |
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| A's reliever Foulke activated off DL |
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05/09/2008 |
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| Arlington, TX (Best E Casino) - The Oakland Athletics activated reliever Keith Foulke from the 15-day disabled list on Friday. He had been on the DL since April 19, retroactive to April 11, with neck stiffness. In seven games this season, Foulke has recorded one save while giving up two runs in seven total innings, with six strikeouts and one walk. The 35-year-old reliever came out of retirement to return to Oakland, where he was an All-Star in 2003. He signed a free-agent contract with Cleveland on January 4, |
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| Rays try to extend home win streak vs. Angels |
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05/09/2008 |
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| innings. Garland is an impressive 5-1 lifetime against the Rays with a 3.43 ERA in nine starts. He is also 3-0 with a 2.62 ERA in five starts at the Trop. The Angels were denied a sweep in their three-game series with the Kansas City Royals, falling 9-4 in Wednesday's finale. The loss halted a four-game winning streak for Los Angeles, which is tied with the Oakland Athletics for first place in the AL West. LA won six of eight from the Rays last season and is 13-4 against them since the start of the 2006 season. |
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| AL West rivals square off in Arlington |
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05/09/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - A pair of American League West members on good recent rolls begin a three-game series tonight in the Lone Star State, where the Texas Rangers take on an Oakland Athletics squad in search of a fifth consecutive victory. Oakland enters this set off a three-game home sweep of Baltimore that culminated with an extra-inning win on Wednesday. Mark Ellis provided the heroics, as the second baseman slugged a walkoff solo homer with two outs in the 10th inning to lift the Athletics to a 6-5 triumph. E |
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| A's option Braden to minors |
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05/08/2008 |
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -The Oakland Athletics optioned left-hander Dallas Braden to Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday. Braden was 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA in five relief appearances with the A's after being recalled from the minors on April 22. The A's were expected to announce a corresponding roster move before Friday's series opener in Texas. Braden was 0-0 with a 2.50 ERA in four games with the River Cats before being called up.Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The information con |
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| Rangers, Mariners play finale at Safeco |
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05/08/2008 |
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| ailing to earn a win in any of his last three mound trips. Hernandez had his worst outing of the year Saturday in New York, where he was tagged for six runs and 12 hits over a season-low 5 2/3 innings in a 6-1 defeat to the Yankees. He struck out 10 Oakland Athletics five days prior to that start, but also gave up four runs in seven frames and wound up with the loss in that April 27 encounter. The 22-year-old is 4-4 with a 4.10 ERA in 11 lifetime starts versus Texas, but did pitch very well against the Rangers a |
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| Ellis' homer lifts Oakland over Baltimore in 10 innings |
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05/07/2008 |
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| Oakland, CA (Best E Casino) - Mark Ellis stroked a two-out game-winning home run in the tenth inning to give the Oakland Athletics a dramatic 6-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Ellis also had a single, walk, and stolen base, while Kurt Suzuki had two hits and two runs batted in, including his first homer of the year for the A's, who completed the three-game sweep and have won four in a row overall. Nick Markakis had three hits and Brian Roberts had two RBI in a losing effort for Baltimore, which extended its |
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| Struggling O's wrap up series in Oakland |
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05/07/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Mired in a season-high losing streak, the Baltimore Orioles will attempt to reverse their recent fortunes in this afternoon's finale of a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics from McAfee Coliseum. Baltimore dropped its fourth contest in a row with Tuesday's 4-2 setback to the A's, with the club mustering just four hits against Justin Duchscherer and a pair of Oakland relievers. Duchscherer (3-1) worked the first seven innings and yielded a pair of runs to help the Athletics to their t |
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