Red-hot Athletics defeat Rangers 5-3
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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OAKLAND, California  - The Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Friday to sweep their three-game division series and book a place in the American League Championship Series.
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David Dellucci's two-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Texas Rangers complete a three-game sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a 5-4 win in the American League at Arlington Thursday.
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The New York Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday.
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Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Angels beat Oakland 5-3 on Saturday to move within two games of the division-leading Athletics again.
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The Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 7-2 Tuesday, leaving the Athletics tied with Anaheim for the lead in the American League West with five games to play.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Ian Kinsler misplayed Jason Bartlett's popup with two outs in the ninth inning, allowing Lew Ford to score the winning run as the Minnesota Twins rallied to beat the Texas Rangers 5-4 on Monday night.
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Adrian Gonzalez drove in three runs with a pair of hits as the Texas Rangers beat Anaheim 6-3 in Arlington on Thursday, dropping the Angels into a first place tie with Oakland in the AL West.
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Rich Harden tossed five shutout innings   to help the Oakland Athletics finally clinch the AL West title   with a 12-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.
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Eric Munson was 3-for-5 with a career-high five RBIs, Craig Biggio passed Babe Ruth on the career hits list, and the Houston Astros got the boot with a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday night.
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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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OAKLAND, Calif. Alfonso Soriano had three hits and two RB-Is as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 12-to-9. The win comes a night after Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a plastic chair into the stands in Oakland and broke a woman&#39;s nose.
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Bobby Crosby&#39;s three-run double in the fifth inning led the Athletics to a 5-4 win over the Rangers and gave Kenny Rogers his first loss at the Network Associates Coliseum in more than 10 years.
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Michael Young's grand slam in the fourth inning helps the Rangers to a 9-4 win Tuesday in game one of a vital three-game series against the division-leading Athletics.
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Nick Swisher and Bobby Crosby hit home runs to help the Oakland Athletics win for the fourth time in six games, a 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.
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ARLINGTON, Texas Texas is within four games of first-place Oakland in the AL West after the Rangers outslugged the Athletics 9-to-4.
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Jack Cust had a career-high five RBIs, Shannon Stewart finished with four hits and the Oakland Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 13-7 Wednesday night to snap a five-game losing streak.