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| Mariners try for seventh straight win over A's |
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05/01/2009 |
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| d the Rays to a run and four hits in five innings. On Thursday, Dallas Braden was solid on the hill while Ryan Sweeney went 2- for-5 and made a game-saving catch in the eighth, helping Oakland earn a split in its rain-shortened two-game set from the Texas Rangers, 4-2. Matt Holliday hit his first home run of the season in the win, while Landon Powell, Kurt Suzuki and Jack Cust drove in a run each in the win for the A's, who have won three of four. Braden (3-2) gave up five hits with six strikeouts and four w |
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| Buehrle takes ball for Chicago in opener at Texas |
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05/01/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Mark Buehrle takes aim at a fourth straight winning start for the Chicago White Sox this evening in the opener of a three-game series with the hosting Texas Rangers in Arlington. Buehrle has won all three of his starts since getting a no-decision to begin the year. He has allowed more than two runs in only one of his outings while pitching to a 3.00 earned run average on the season. The left-hander faced Toronto on Saturday and allowed only two runs over six innings. The 30-year-old hasn' |
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| Book suggests A-Rod took steroids in high school and with Yankees |
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04/30/2009 |
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| Rodriguez suggests the All-Star third baseman may have used steroids as early as high school and was suspected of using them while playing for the New York Yankees. In February, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids from 2001-03 when he was with the Texas Rangers, but a new book entitled "A-Rod" from Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts suggests he didn't give them up once coming to the Yankees. Roberts broke the story that Rodriguez failed a steroid screening test in 2003, his MVP season with the Texas |
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| American League Game Capsules |
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04/30/2009 |
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| nces, was highly ineffective, giving up 10 runs on 11 hits and three walks in four-plus innings. He struck out two in the loss. Oakland at Texas, postponed Arlington, TX (Sportsbooks) - The scheduled second game of a three-game series between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics on Wednesday has been postponed due to heavy rain. The contest will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Friday, May 29 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first game scheduled for 5:05 p.m. (et). A steady rain forced |
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| Rangers-Athletics postponed due to rain |
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04/29/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (Sportsbooks) - The scheduled second game of a three-game series between the Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics on Wednesday has been postponed due to heavy rain. The contest will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Friday, May 29 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, with the first game scheduled for 5:05 p.m. (et). A steady rain forced a delay of exactly one hour in Arlington and showers were forecast over the next several hours. Oakland's Josh Outman was scheduled to start opposite the |
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| Can Mariners be this year's Rays? |
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04/29/2009 |
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| in Anaheim this season. Some people liked Oakland at the beginning of the year, mainly, I think, because people were begging for anyone to challenge the Angels, who ran away with the division last season, finishing 21 games ahead of the second-place Texas Rangers. Oakland, though, is just too young. Plus they will trade Matt Holliday near the trade deadline and more than likely get even younger. And it is the same old story in Texas: plenty of hitting, but no pitching. By process of elimination you have to l |
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| Rangers continue series with A's |
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04/29/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - The Texas Rangers may be without their top slugger right now, but that hasn't seemed to slow down the heavy-hitting club. With Josh Hamilton expected to remain out of the lineup, the Rangers shoot for a fifth victory in six games in tonight's matchup with the visiting Oakland Athletics. Hamilton sat out for a third consecutive day due to a strained rib cage muscle that could land the All-Star outfielder on the disabled list. Texas got by just fine without him last night, however, edging t |
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| Cruz's hit lifts Rangers over A's |
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04/29/2009 |
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| Arlington, TX (Sportsbooks) - Nelson Cruz hit the go-ahead RBI single in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers took advantage of a Jason Giambi fielding error to beat Oakland, 5-4, in the opener of a three-game series. Cruz and Jarrod Saltalamacchia each knocked in two runs for the Rangers, winners in four of their last five games. Kevin Millwood (2-2) threw eight innings, allowing 10 hits and four runs -- two earned -- to get the victory. Frank Francisco tossed a perfect ninth for his sixth save. "I p |
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| Jays, Royals resume set in KC |
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04/28/2009 |
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| 1/3 innings. Meche, though, has lost his last three starts to the Jays and is 4-6 lifetime against them with a 4.82 ERA in 13 games (12 starts). Toronto will counter with righty Scott Richmond, who has won his last two starts. Richmond defeated the Texas Rangers on Thursday, as he allowed a pair of runs and six hits in six innings to improve to 2-0 on the year, while lowering his ERA to 3.31. Richmond has never faced the Royals. Kansas City beat the Blue Jays the first two times the teams met last season, b |
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| A's rookie Anderson squares off with Texas |
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04/28/2009 |
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| (Sportsbooks) - Brett Anderson's latest crack at earning his first major league victory will come in his home state, as the Oakland Athletics rookie is set to take the mound for tonight's opener of a three-game series with the host Texas Rangers. Anderson, who was born in Midland, Texas and spent most of his childhood in the Lone Star State, is the A's top pitching prospect and cracked the team's young rotation as a 21-year-old out of spring training. The promising pitcher has had his troubles in the maj |
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