Angels Close Within One Game of A's
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Oakland, Anaheim and Texas are still battling with a week to go for what is likely to be the final spot in the AL playoffs. With Minnesota having clinched its third consecutive AL Central title, the New York Yankees heading toward a seventh straight first-place finish in the AL East and Boston comfortably ahead in the wild-card race, the West figures to attract the most interest in the final week of the regular season...
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Darin Erstad stroked a three-run homer to help the Anaheim Angels stay alive in the American League West Division title race with a 5-3 triumph over the Oakland Athletics Saturday.
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Marco Scutaro's latest game-winning hit gave the Oakland Athletics a chance to wrap up the AL West at home this weekend. With runners on first and third and one out in the bottom of the 12th, Scutaro lined a single to deep left-center over a five-man infield to give Oakland a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night, reducing the Athletics' magic number to two.
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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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The A&#39;s fell from sole possession of first place and have five games to reassume exclusive control of the American League West.
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Anaheim moved a game ahead of Oakland in the American League West race Wednesday night while New York moved within a victory of the AL East title.
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BOSTON - Vladimir Guerrero hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to tie the game at 6-6 as the Anaheim Angels battled to stave off elimination in their AL division playoff series Friday with the Boston Red Sox.    The Red Sox took a 6-1 lead over the Angels after six and a half innings as they pushed for their first sweep since beating Oakland for the AL pennant in 1975...
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the AL West for the first time in 18 years...
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The Oakland Athletics swept away years of first-round futility, then partied hard enough to make up for all those missed chances and then some. Milton Bradley homered and threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the plate as the A's snapped a stretch of nine straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3 Friday to reach the ALCS for the first time in 14 years.
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The Cubs suffered a stunning loss yesterday, and their closest rival in the wild-card race took advantage of the situation, the Giants beating Los Angeles to close within a half-game of Chicago and 1 1/2 games of the West-leading Dodgers.
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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 Oakland A&#39;s have been problematic for the Anaheim Angels for so many years (think the early &#39;70s, late &#39;80s, and the last few seasons) that you&#39;d have thought this was a bigger deal than it was.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning as the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-to-3 to move back within two games of the American League West-leading Athletics.
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The Minnesota Twins are finding their form from last season when they made an unlikely playoff run. Second-half success for the Oakland A's, meanwhile, has yet to be found.
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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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Ervin Santana allowed three hits in seven innings and Chone Figgins hit his first inside-the-park home run to lead the Los Angeles Angels over the Oakland Athletics 6-0 Friday night.
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(Sports Network) - The Anaheim Angels need to start winning some games to get into the postseason and they hope to begin with the finale of their three-game series against the Seattle Mariners tonight at Safeco Field.