Zito goes 7, Thomas homers as A's win
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Barry Zito and the Oakland Athletics have made a habit of excelling after the All-Star break, and it looks as if this year is not going to be any different.
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Ryan Church hit a three-run homer to give Washington the lead, D'Angelo Jimenez drove in three runs with three hits and the Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 7-4 on Sunday.
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Barry Bonds hit his 697th homer and drove in three runs, and Edgardo Alfonzo had five hits as the Giants pummeled the Arizona Diamondbacks, 18-7, last night in San Francisco.
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Ichiro Suzuki had two hits to move within three of tying the single-season record, and the Seattle Mariners pounded Oakland starter Tim Hudson in a 7-2 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night.
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Chipper Jones homered and drove in three runs Wednesday night in carrying Atlanta to a 7-2 win over Philadelphia. Jaret Wright (14-6) worked six innings for his 12th victory in 13 decisions.
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Barry Zito did all he could to keep Oakland&#39;s hopes alive on Saturday, but in a rehash of the team&#39;s early-season bullpen problems, the A&#39;s relievers could not hold on to a lead, and this time, it cost them everything.
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Ray Durham hit a game-winning three-run homer onto the arcade atop the right-field wall, and the San Francisco Giants overcame a five-run deficit for an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
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Adam Jones led off the eighth inning with a pinch-hit solo homer and Yuniesky Betancourt singled home Charlton Jimerson with two outs in the ninth, giving the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.
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After Barry Zito gave up a tying three-run homer to Willie Bloomquist, the Oakland Athletics bounced back and maintained their one-game lead over Anaheim in the AL West.
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Frank Thomas hits his 509th career home run, one of a club-record seven consecutive hits to begin the game, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Orioles, 8-3.
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Not even a big home run by Barry Bonds could stop Jaret Wright from winning again. Wright set a career high with his 13th win and drove in the go-ahead run with a surprise bunt Friday night, helping the Atlanta
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Frank Thomas couldn't take part in Chicago's World Series run a year ago. Now he's doing his best to prevent the White Sox from making a bid for a second straight title. Thomas dealt another big blow to his former team's dwindling playoff hopes, hitting a three-run homer Sunday to help the Oakland Athletics beat Chicago 5-4.
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Frank Thomas hit his 476th home run, Nick Swisher connected three batters later and Esteban Loaiza completed a perfect August by winning his fourth straight decision to lead the Oakland Athletics past the beat-up Boston Red Sox 9-0 on Monday night.
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Oakland's Chad Guadin and Rich Harden combine to one-hit the reeling New York Yankees as the A's  come away with a 7-0 win.
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Justin Verlander earned his 18th win, Marcus Thames homered twice and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-2 on Sunday to help their dwindling playoff chances.
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(Sports Network) - Barry Zito has been in excellent form over his last few starts, and the Oakland Athletics need him to continue in that direction tonight when they battle the Texas Rangers in the middle test of an important three-game series at
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Gil Meche continue his amazing transformation last night in the Coliseum, limiting the A&#39;s to two runs in 6 2/3 innings as the Mariners beat Oakland 7-2.