M's Hernandez shuts down Athletics again
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Felix Hernandez ended the first half of his season the same way he started it: with a dominating performance against the Oakland Athletics.
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If tired-armed righthander Orlando Hernandez continues to feel better, he may well get the call for Game 4 Saturday ahead of Javier Vazquez . Hernandez, who has not pitched this postseason, threw 40 pitches in the bullpen yesterday and came through it well, according to Yankees manager Joe Torre .
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Miguel Tejada, Melvin Mora and Nick Markakis homered, and the Baltimore Orioles shook off another home run by Nick Swisher in an 8-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
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The Oakland Athletics blanked the New York Yankees 7-0 on Saturday to hand the struggling Yankees their eighth loss in 10 games.
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Wells has now hit in 13 straight games...Hernandez had not given up a run to Toronto in 19 innings in 2004 until Adams&#39; home run in the third.
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Orlando Hernandez wasn&#39;t even aware the New York Yankees would have clinched their 10th consecutive playoff berth with a win Wednesday night.
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Justin Verlander shut down the New York Yankees while the Detroit Tigers roughed up Mike Mussina and a couple of relievers in their highest-scoring game this the season.
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Nick Swisher hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners for the 13th straight time, 5-4 on Monday night.
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Mark Mulder has lost his edge, and the Oakland Athletics are in ever-greater danger of losing their spot atop the AL West. Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer off Mulder, and the Texas Rangers kept creeping back into the playoff chase with a 10-3 victory over the A's on Wednesday night.
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Felix Hernandez pitched a five-hitter for his first career shutout, leading Seattle over the Los Angeles Angels 2-0 Monday night and stopping the Mariners' 20-game losing streak against the AL West.
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Bobby Crosby barreled over catcher Vance Wilson for the winning run in the 10th inning, and just like that the Oakland Athletics had their second straight victory against the team with the best record in baseball. Not a bad lift for a club that got swept by the lowly Arizona Diamondbacks just last weekend.
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Mike Mussina's season continued to unravel while Justin Verlander pulled his together, tossing seven shutout innings as the Detroit Tigers mauled the New York Yankees 16-0 on Monday.
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Bobby Crosby hit a three-run double in  the fifth inning as the Athletics ended Kenny Rogers dominance  in Oakland, downing the Texas Rangers 5-4 in American League  play on Thursday.
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Joe Mauer drives home the winning run in the ninth inning to give Minnesota a 4-3 win Sunday and a four-game sweep of slumping Oakland.
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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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The only team to beat New York Yankees pitcher Orlando Hernandez this season has now beaten him back-to-back. If you guessed the Blue Jays are that team, you&#39;d be right.
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Joe Blanton and Carlos Silva kept pounding the strike zone inning after inning. Finally in the sixth, Oakland got to Silva. Blanton pitched a career-best three-hitter, Shannon Stewart broke a scoreless tie with a double play groundout, and the Athletics snapped the Twins' season-best five-game winning streak with a 1-0 victory Saturday night.