Lackey's gem lifts Angels over A's
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Francisco Rodriguez needed the save more than John Lackey needed his sixth career shutout. So with the Los Angeles Angels' season dwindling to a precious few games, Lackey graciously came out after allowing four hits over eight innings.
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When John Thomson got the call last week from his agent and was told that the Kansas City Royals wanted to sign him, it didn't dawn on him that his new manager was going to be his old one. The reunion of Thomson and Buddy Bell went well. The right-hander won in his Royals debut, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
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Red Sox pitcher bounces back from September slump to pitch seven strong innings and put the Angels in an 0-2 hole. By John Nadel. Pedro Martinez was awful at the end of the regular season.
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John Lackey won his Major-League leading eighth game of the season as the Los Angeles Angels swept the New York Yankees with a 4-3 road win on Sunday.
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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 Los Angeles Angels won for the  eighth time in 10 games by beating the New York Yankees 3-1 at  Yankee Stadium on Saturday.
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After chasing the Athletics all September, the Angels scored three times in the eighth inning to beat Oakland 5-4 Saturday and clinch their first division title in 18 years.
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A pair of AL races tilted a bit Wednesday as a pair of aces went in different directions. Freddy Garcia took a perfect-game bid into the eighth inning before Adam Kennedy singled with two outs. The Chicago White Sox coasted, beating the Los Angeles Angels 9-0.
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Rookie Nick Swisher singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the A&#39;s defeated the playoff-bound Anaheim Angels 3-2 on Sunday.
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Anaheim got help from Seattle errors and scored four runs in the eighth inning Thursday in a 6-1 win over the Mariners. The Angels stayed two games behind first-place Oakland in the American League West.
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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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Frank Thomas hit a walkoff two-run homer for the seventh home run of the game, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 7-5 victory Thursday night and snapping the Los Angeles Angels&#039; season-best five-game winning streak.
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John Lackey pitched his second straight seven-hit shutout against the Mariners, and the Los Angeles Angels beat Seattle 6-0 Monday night to increase their lead in the AL West to three games.
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Marco Scutaro drove in the winning run in the 12th inning with a single and the Oakland Athletics reduced their magic number to win the AL West to two with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
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Joe Blanton settled down after a rocky start and Mark Ellis hit a three-run homer, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday.
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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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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.