AL Wrap: Oakland's Durazo Piles on Misery for Baltimore
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Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in  the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of  the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling  Baltimore Orioles Thursday.
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Sam Perlozzo was fired as manager by the Orioles yesterday, the result of his inability to bring last-place Baltimore out of a lengthy funk culminated by an eight-game losing streak.
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Maybe it's Baltimore's struggles in Cleveland last week. More probably it's San Diego's two rocking-chair wins (combined score 67-7) over two of the NFL's worst, the Raiders and Titans.
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Baltimore falls for the 12th time in 13 games Monday -- a 9-7 loss to the Tampa BayÃÂ Devil Rays -- and has been outscored 128-56 over that span.
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The Orioles trail 7-0 after Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo pitches three shutout innings, but rally only to fall short in a 7-5 loss in the opener of a split doubleheader Saturday.
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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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You know it&#39;s bad when the heaviest hitter on the team in terms of doing damage these past two days turns out to be Kevin Brown, who took the prevailing new theme around Yankee Stadium - &quot;when the goin&#39; gets tough, the tough get goin&#39; &quot; - just a little
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Bobby Crosbyâs sacrifice fly with one out in the ninth scored Erubiel Durazo with the winning run in the Oakland Athleticsâ 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.
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Rookie Bobby Crosby sent the Athletics into the last weekend of 2004 with the biggest hit of Oakland&#39;s season. Suzuki got his 256th hit yesterday to move within one of George Sisler&#39;s record, but Crosby homered
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Miguel Tejada lifted his major league-leading RBIs total to 150, and the Baltimore Orioles closed their most successful season since 1999 by beating the playoff-bound Boston Red Sox 3-2 Sunday.
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Jake Peavy struck out seven in six innings and Marcus Giles and Khalil Greene drove in three runs apiece to lead the Padres to a 12-6 win over Baltimore last night at San Diego, handing the Orioles their ninth straight loss.
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As the Boston Red Sox buried decades of futility and anguish this week, the Maryland football program has slain its own mighty dragon.
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IRVING, TEXAS -- Plenty of defeats have registered in the painful department for the Washington Redskins this season. There was the stinker against Cleveland and the meltdown against Baltimore.
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Mark Redman pitched eight innings of six-hit ball, and Oakland used a three-run fifth inning to beat Baltimore, 3-1, Monday.
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Starter Kei Igawa ran into early trouble against the Athletics while Oakland starter Chad Gaudin baffled the Yankees, who have now lost 8 of their last 10 games.
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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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Dan Haren gave up two early runs and then pitched like an All-Star, helping the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 on Saturday night for their second win in three games.