AL Wrap: Guerrero Shines as Angels Heap Pressure on A's
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Vladimir Guerrero hit a pair of homers  and drove in five runs to lead the Anaheim Angels to an 8-2 win  over the Texas Rangers in American League play in Arlington on  Tuesday.
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Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir  Guerrero claimed the American League MVP award on Tuesday,  turning what was supposed to be a tight race into a runaway  victory.
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Juan Rivera hit a go-ahead   three-run double in the sixth inning as the Los Angeles Angels   put Oakland's celebrations on hold by beating them 6-2 on   Saturday.
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Bartolo Colon pitched into the ninth inning for his seventh win in eight starts, Vladimir Guerrero homered and drove in two runs, and the Anaheim Angels held on for a 6-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Wednesday night.
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Ichiro Suzuki got one hit and plenty of help in knocking Oakland out of first place. Suzuki's fifth-inning single gave him 255 hits, two shy of George Sisler's 84-year-old major league record, and the Seattle Mariners sent the Athletics into second place in the AL West for the first time since Aug. 5 with a 4-2 victory Wednesday night.
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When Anaheim&#39;s Vladimir Guerrero spoke yesterday about winning the AL MVP, he was sitting in the presidential palace in his native Dominican Republic.
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Vladimir Guerrero hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off Felix Hernandez and the Angels bullpen kept the lead Wednesday night, giving Los Angeles an 8-6 win over the Seattle Mariners.
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Vladimir Guerrero says he&#39;s not trying to win a MVP award, that he&#39;s merely trying to drive the Angels to the postseason. But it&#39;s uncanny how in striving for one goal, sometimes another appears on the horizon.
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Vladimir Guerrero wins the American League MVP award Tuesday, just the fifth time a player switched leagues and earned the honor in his first season with his new team.
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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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Vladimir Guerrero had such a powerful presence during the final week of the season that voting for the American League Most Valuable Player Award wasn&#39;t close.
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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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Mike Piazza hit a three-run homer and an RBI double Monday night as the Oakland Athletics' offense came to life in a 12-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
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Garret Anderson homers and has five RBIs, Kelvim Escobar earns his 17th win despite yielding six runs, and the Angels beat the free-falling Orioles, 18-6.
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The Oakland Athletics thrive on offense when Eric Chavez is hitting. He is finally beginning to feel like himself again at the plate following a frustrating month in which his troublesome forearms have hindered his swing.
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Anaheim Angels outfielder Vladimir Guerrero was named Most Valuable Player in the American League Tuesday. Guerrero received 21 of 28 first-place votes and 354 points in balloting
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Vladimir Guerrero homered twice, and Troy Glaus and Jose Guillen also hit home runs as the Angels moved within a game of the first place Oakland Athletics in the West with a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Anaheim, Calif.