AL Wrap: Angels Thump Athletics to Near Playoffs
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OAKLAND, Calif.  - Bartolo Colon pitched seven  shutout innings and Alfredo Amezaga hit a grand slam home run  as the Anaheim Angels trounced the Oakland Athletics 10-0 in  their American League West showdown series opener Friday.
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ARLINGTON, Texas The Anaheim Angels continued their chase for the American League West division crown with a 5-to-3 win over the Texas Rangers.
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OAKLAND, Calif. Oakland has company atop the AL West standings after the Athletics were beaten by Seattle 7-to-2. The loss drops the A&#39;s into a tie with Anaheim for the division lead with five games remaining.
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The Anaheim Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catch up. Now they're one win away.
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The western divisions in both leagues in Major League Baseball have pennant races that are going right down to the wire. In a must win game for Anaheim, the Angels beat Oakland 6-2 to move within one game of the A&#39;s in the AL West.
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The Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catch up. Now they're one win away.
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The Los Angeles Angels moved to the brink of their third AL West title in four years.
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Oakland Athletics reach the American League Championship Series with a 3-0 play-off win over the Minnesota Twins.
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The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback by scoring three times in the eighth inning to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-4 yesterday and clinch the AL West title.
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Bengie Molina had four hits, including a three-run homer, as the Anaheim Angels completed a three-game series sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 win on Sunday.
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Garret Anderson homers and has five RBIs, Kelvim Escobar earns his 17th win despite yielding six runs, and the Angels beat the free-falling Orioles, 18-6.
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Ervin Santana allowed three hits in seven innings and Chone Figgins hit his first inside-the-park home run to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 6-0 Friday night.
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Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer and scored the winning run on a 10th-inning infield single by Howie Kendrick, as the Los Angeles Angels kept up the momentum after their sweep of Seattle with a 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
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Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-3 Saturday to move back within two games of the AL West-leading Athletics.
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Troy Glaus capped a 10-pitch at-bat by slugging a two-run home run in the 11th inning, powering the Angels to a huge, 8-7, victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night before 31,538 in Ameriquest Field.
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Josh Paul, Vladimir Guerrero and Darin Erstad hit multi-run homers to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 10-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St. Petersburg Thursday.
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OAKLAND - The Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catchup. Now they&#39;re one win away.