Kotsay's inside-park home run lifts A's
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Playing it safe? Not Torii Hunter's style. That's why he has five Gold Gloves. Trying to make a tough catch right after his Minnesota teammates tied the game with back-to-back home runs, Hunter missed &#151; and Oakland took advantage.
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David Wright's RBI double in the ninth inning gives New York a 1-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
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Ray Durham hit a game-winning three-run homer onto the arcade atop the right-field wall, and the San Francisco Giants overcame a five-run deficit for an 8-7 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday.
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Ichiro Suzuki had the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history and added two singles to lead the American League over the National League.
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Ichiro Suzuki went home quietly, still waiting for the big hit he&#39;s been chasing. Bobby Crosby sent the Athletics into a decisive weekend series against Anaheim with the biggest hit of Oakland&#39;s season.
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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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Tim Hudson pitched a five-hitter to earn his first victory since June 11, and Scott Hatteberg's second grand slam of the season highlighted a four-homer attack that carried the Oakland Athletics past the Baltimore Orioles 11-0 Tuesday night.
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Milton Bradley felt like he had a kindred spirit in Mark Kotsay. The two Oakland outfielders are next-door neighbors in the Athletics' clubhouse and are close in other ways too.
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OAKLAND, California  - The Oakland Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 8-3 on Friday to sweep their three-game division series and book a place in the American League Championship Series.
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Oakland Athletics&#39; Bobby Crosby raises a fist and circles the bases after hitting a game-winning home run off Seattle Mariners&#39; pitcher Scott Atchison in the ninth inning of their game in Oakland, Calif.
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Mark Kotsay hit a go-ahead three-run double and matched his career high with four RBIs, Frank Thomas homered for the second straight day, and the Oakland Athletics avoided a three-game sweep with a 9-6 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the right field box seats, hitting two spectators in the head, as Oakland A's fans taunted the visitors after a two-out, top-of-the-ninth homer tied the game...
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Jake Peavy made himself right at home on that pitcher-perfect mound at Dodger Stadium.
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Oakland Athletics pitcher Tim Hudson smiles during the seventh inning against the Baltimore Orioles, Aug. 23, 2004, in Oakland, Calif.
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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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Derek Lowe doesn't expect to pass unnoticed on the Red Sox' first trip back to Oakland, Calif., since his dramatic save in Game 5 of their division series last October -- and his subsequent vulgar gesture toward the A's dugout immediately after the final out.
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A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the Yankees are headed right back where most people figured.