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A's top celebrating Tigers Sat Sep 17 19:06:52 2011 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Gio Gonzalez threw seven innings of one-run ball to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 5-3 win over the Detroit Tigers in the third of a four-game set. The Tigers were playing the game with a victory hangover as the team clinched the AL Central title on Friday night with a 3-1 win. It is Detroit's first division crown since winning the AL East in 1987 and its first appearance in the playoffs since 2006 as a wild card. Coco Crisp drove in two runs while Jemile Weeks h
Rangers seek bounce back at Safeco Sat Sep 17 10:52:46 2011 EST
ned its 3 1/2-game lead over the Angels for first place in the AL West as the Angels lost to equally woeful Baltimore on Friday. Getting the call for the Rangers today will be righty Colby Lewis, who is 12-10 with a 4.29 ERA. Lewis beat the Oakland Athletics last Friday, holding them to three runs and five hits in 7 1/3 innings. "I felt better as the game went on," Lewis said. "It's all about location, getting ahead in pitcher's counts rather than hitter's counts. Keeping the ball down in the z
Tigers capture first division crown in 24 years Sat Sep 17 01:45:02 2011 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Wilson Betemit hit a go-ahead, RBI triple in the sixth inning to back a stellar effort from Doug Fister, as the Detroit Tigers clinched the AL Central title with a 3-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. Fister (9-13) lasted eight innings, allowing one run on three hits. He struck out five, did not issue a walk and won his fifth straight decision. Don Kelly went 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBI for the Tigers, who secured their first division crown since winning th
Tigers aim to clinch Central crown in Oakland Fri Sep 16 11:22:00 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers can wrap up their first division crown in 24 years this evening when they continue a four-game set with the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. The Tigers' champagne was held on ice Thursday when it had its 12-game winning streak stopped in a 6-1 loss. Detroit, though, had already secured at least a tie for the American League Central crown with Cleveland's loss in Texas. The Tigers can earn its first playoff berth since 2006 and just its second since winnin
Tigers resume pursuit of Central title in Oakland Thu Sep 15 11:04:15 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The Detroit Tigers have the accelerator on full blast and look to keep their foot on the proverbial gas pedal when they enter Friday's opener of a four-game series against the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum. The Tigers have prevailed in a season-high 12 straight games, the longest winning streak since a 14-game burst in 1934, and posted their fourth consecutive series sweep with Wednesday's improbable 6-5 win in 10 innings against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Fie
A's try to damper playoff hopes for Angels Tue Sep 13 10:54:15 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics try to play spoiler this evening when they continue their three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at the Coliseum. The A's have been a thorn in the side of the Angels this season, taking nine of the 14 matchups, including six of the seven meetings in Oakland. That was the case in Monday's opener, as Josh Willingham hit a three-run home run and finished with four RBI to help Oakland to a 6-3 win. Kurt Suzuki had three hits and Cliff Penni
Rangers, Indians begin set in Arlington Tue Sep 13 10:46:40 2011 EST
ck to last season, while going 18-4 against them since the start of the 2009 campaign. Texas enters tonight's tilt holding a three-game lead on the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the American League West after taking two of three from the Oakland Athletics over the weekend. On Sunday, C.J. Wilson tossed eight scoreless innings and Adrian Beltre smacked two homers, including the 300th of his career, as the Rangers pulled out the series win with an 8-1 victory. Wilson (16-6) scattered five hits
Willingham, A's double up Angels Tue Sep 13 01:10:04 2011 EST
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Josh Willingham hit a three-run home run and finished with four RBI to help the Oakland Athletics take a 6-3 win over the LA Angels of Anaheim in the opener of a three-game set. Kurt Suzuki had three hits and Cliff Pennington added two hits, an RBI and a run scored for the Athletics, who had lost four of six coming into the game. Gio Gonzalez (13-12) gave up two runs on seven hits with a walk and six strikeouts over 6 2/3 frames to get the win. Vernon Wells hit a
Wilson eyes 16th win against A's Sun Sep 11 10:39:55 2011 EST
(Sports Network) - Texas starter C.J. Wilson has never won 16 games in a season and will shoot for that mark today in the rubber match of a three-game series versus the Oakland Athletics at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Wilson went 15-8 in 33 starts a year ago and is 15-6 with a 3.13 earned run average in 30 starts so far this season. Wilson has won two straight and five of his last six starts, including Tuesday's 8-0 blanking of Tampa Bay in which he posted the first shutout of his career. Th
AL West-leading Rangers hammer A's Fri Sep  9 23:05:57 2011 EST
Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - Michael Young and Adrian Beltre each knocked in three runs to back a solid outing from Colby Lewis, as the Texas Rangers downed the Oakland Athletics, 13-4, in the opener of a three-game series. Lewis (12-10) allowed three runs on five hits over 7 1/3 innings to earn the win. He struck out seven and walked one. Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer and Ian Kinsler went 3-for-4 with four runs scored for the Rangers, who lead the AL West by three games. The second-place
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