Orioles Come Up Short in Texas
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The Texas Rangers survive a shaky ninth to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, on Friday night and snap a four-game losing streak.
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Erubiel Durazo hit a three-run homer and Eric Chavez also connected for the Oakland Athletics, who completed a four-game sweep of the slumping Baltimore Orioles with a 9-4 victory Thursday.
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Phil Nevin paused briefly to watch the ball before starting the emotional, and long-awaited, trot around the bases. Forgotten for a moment was the offensive slump that has been so bad Nevin didn&#039;t even play the previous two games for the Texas Rangers. Done was the 0-for-17 skid that had made manager Buck Showalter feel as though he needed to assure the designated hitter he&#039;d get another at-bat Thursday night.
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Orlando Cabrera homered in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead the Red Sox to their second straight victory in their last at-bat, 7-6, over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night.
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Carlos Pena homers twice, including a grand slam, and drives in a team-record seven runs as the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hammer the stumbling Orioles, 17-2.
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Javier Vazquez and Esteban Loaiza have been among the worst pitchers in baseball in the second half of the season, and the Baltimore Orioles battered them on Friday.
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John Lackey outpitched the rookie Jeremy Guthrie to earn his 11th victory, and Vladimir Guerrero threw out Melvin Mora at the plate on the gameâs final play to help the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 4-3.
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Michael Young's one-out RBI single in the 10th inning gave Texas a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night after Rangers closer Eric Gagne gave up a run in the ninth for his first blown save of the season.
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The Baltimore Orioles blitzed Roger Clemens for four runs in the sixth inning as the Yankees lost for the seventh time in eight games on this road trip.
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Runs were tough to come by for the Detroit Tigers as their AL Central lead dwindled to one game. That changed big time in one inning Friday night and their lead in the division doubled. Magglio Ordonez hit a two-run homer in an eight-run fourth inning and Brandon Inge had a grand slam in the sixth in a 17-2 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.
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Steve Trachsel gets knocked around by Arizona for five runs over four innings as the Orioles fall, 8-3, to the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
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Jake Peavy was far from his usual dominant self, and for once it wasn't necessary. Peavy allowed three runs in six innings, but received unusual offensive support as the San Diego Padres scored a season high in runs in a 12-6 victory and dealt the Baltimore Orioles their ninth consecutive loss Tuesday night.
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Rodrigo Lopez outduels Kevin Brown and leads the Baltimore Orioles to a 3-1 victory Friday night over the New York Yankees.
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Javy Lopez drove in four runs, Daniel Cabrera became the first rookie to win 10 games this season, and the Baltimore Orioles held the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to two hits in an 8-0 victory.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- In the kind of performance that got him shipped out of New York, Jose Contreras was roughed up by the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
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Call it the unraveling of Javier Vazquez. When it was over, the New York Yankees had more than a 14-8 loss to the Baltimore Orioles to worry about.
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Jay Gibbons hits a go-ahead RBI double to spark Baltimore's three-run 10th inning, and Miguel Tejada has four hits as the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers, 7-4, on Wednesday night.