Giants rally in 9th to beat Athletics
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Ray Durham went to the plate intending to put down a sacrifice bunt. Instead, he put the ball into the seats.
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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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The Giants batted around to score six runs in the fourth and held on for a 7-5 win over the Padres on Tuesday in front of 35,529 to open the three-game series.
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1911 &#151; Danny Murphy of Philadelphia had four hits as the Athletics beat the New York Giants 13-2 to win the World Series in six games. The A's put the game out of reach with a seven-run seventh inning.
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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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Mark Kotsay's two-run inside-the-park homer proved to be the deciding hit Wednesday in OaklandÂs victory as the Athletics took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five division series.
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Mike Mussina pitched seven sharp innings and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 2-1 on Friday night for their first win in a week. Alex Rodriguez had three hits as the Yankees opened a big 10-game homestand after a disastrous 1-7 road trip. New York has won nine of its last 10 games at Yankee Stadium.
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Ryan Zimmerman's one-out single drives in Felipe Lopez in the bottom of the ninth Sunday to give the Nationals a 2-1 victory over the Giants.
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The San Francisco Giants, trying  to battle their way out of the National League West basement,  scored an 8-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday to  close the second leg of a three-city road trip.
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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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Dan Haren is pitching so well the Athletics hardly miss Barry Zito. Bobby Crosby homered off Zito, Mark Ellis also connected and Haren won his seventh straight decision, leading the A's past the San Francisco Giants 6-0 on Saturday.
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Conor Jackson hit a three-run homer and Eric Byrnes also connected against San Francisco ace Jason Schmidt, leading the Arizona Diamondbacks past the Giants 7-1 on Monday night.
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It was another head-scratching turn in a Giants season in which no good deed seems to go unpunished. Brett Tomko got his eighth win Tuesday night, a 9-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies that lifted the Giants
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Another solid outing from Cole Hamels and timely situational hitting helped the Philadelphia Phillies end their losing skid. Backed by three sacrifice flies, Hamels pitched his second complete game to lead the Phillies over the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Saturday night.
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(CP) - It was painful for San Francisco to watch Los Angeles celebrate its division title win on Saturday. With a win of their own and some help on Sunday, the Giants can take their turn wooping it up.
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San Francisco's Matt Cain pitched seven strong innings and hit a home run to lead the Giants past the Chicago Cubs 4-1 on Thursday.
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Barry Bonds hit his 728th career homer, Ray Durham and Moises Alou connected on back-to-back shots in the sixth and Matt Cain pitched 7 2-3 innings Saturday to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 4-2.