(Reuters) – List of American League Cy Young Award winners following the naming of Detroit Tigers starter Justin Verlander as the 2011 winner.

2011 – Justin Verlander, Detroit Tigers

2010 – Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners

2009 – Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals

2008 – Cliff Lee, Cleveland Indians

2007 – CC Sabathia, Cleveland Indians

2006 – Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins

2005 – Bartolo Colon, Los Angeles Angels

2004 – Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins

2003 – Roy Halladay, Toronto Blue Jays

2002 – Barry Zito, Oakland Athletics

2001 – Roger Clemens, New York Yankees

2000 – Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox

1999 – Pedro Martinez, Boston Red Sox

1998 – Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays

1997 – Roger Clemens, Toronto Blue Jays

1996 – Pat Hentgen, Toronto Blue Jays

1995 – Randy Johnson, Seattle Mariners

1994 – David Cone, Kansas City Royals

1993 – Jack McDowell, Chicago White Sox

1992 – Dennis Eckersley, Oakland Athletics

1991 – Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox

1990 – Bob Welch, Oakland Athletics

1989 – Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals

1988 – Frank Viola, Minnesota Twins

1987 – Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox

1986 – Roger Clemens, Boston Red Sox

1985 – Bret Saberhagen, Kansas City Royals

1984 – Willie Hernandez, Detroit Tigers

1983 – LaMarr Hoyt, Chicago White Sox

1982 – Pete Vuckovich, Milwaukee Brewers

1981 – Rollie Fingers, Milwaukee Brewers

1980 – Steve Stone, Baltimore Orioles

1979 – Mike Flanagan, Baltimore Orioles

1978 – Ron Guidry, New York Yankees

1977 – Sparky Lyle, New York Yankees

1976 – Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles

1975 – Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles

1974 – Catfish Hunter, Oakland Athletics

1973 – Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles

1972 – Gaylord Perry, Cleveland Indians

1971 – Vida Blue, Oakland Athletics

1970 – Jim Perry, Minnesota Twins

1969 – Mike Cuellar, Baltimore Orioles

Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers

1968 – Denny McLain, Detroit Tigers

1967 – Jim Lonborg, Boston Red Sox

One award for both National and American Leagues

1966 – Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

1965 – Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

1964 – Dean Chance, Los Angeles Angels (AL)

1963 – Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

1962 – Don Drysdale, Los Angeles Dodgers (NL)

1961 – Whitey Ford, New York Yankees (AL)

1960 – Vernon Law, Pittsburgh Pirates (NL)

1959 – Early Wynn, Chicago White Sox (AL)

1958 – Bob Turley, New York Yankees (AL)

1957 – Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves (NL)

1956 – Don Newcombe, Brooklyn Dodgers (NL)

(Compiled by Frank Pingue; Editing by Julian Linden)

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Mark Trumbo hit a go-ahead, two-run home run off Rich Harden in the top of the sixth inning, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday afternoon at Overstock.com Coliseum in Oakland. Jered Weaver allowed one run in seven innings to pick up his 17th victory of the season. The Halos are now two and a half games behind Texas in the American League West, with the outcome of the Rangers’ game against Cleveland Wednesday night pending.

Josh Willingham hit his second home run of the series, a two-run shot off Weaver in the third inning, to give Oakland a 1-0 lead. Bobby Abreu tied the score with an RBI double off Harden in the top of the sixth, and Trumbo followed with his team-leading 27th home run of the season, giving the Angels a 3-1 lead. The Halos added an insurance run in the eighth inning.

Weaver threw 115 pitches in his seven innings of work, allowing just one run, but he also had just one strikeout against two walks. The 17 wins are a new career high for Weaver. Jordan Walden pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 31st save of the season.

The Angels are off Thursday, but open a three-game series in Baltimore on Friday against the Orioles.

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OAKLAND, Calif. —
Angels 6, Athletics 3

Howie Kendrick homered twice, Erick Aybar scored the go-ahead run on a wild throw home in the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Angels picked up a needed and rare win at the Oakland Coliseum, beating the Athletics 6-3 on Tuesday night.

Maicer Izturis added two hits and an RBI and Aybar also had two hits for the Angels, who snapped a two-game losing streak.

Los Angeles remains three games behind division-leading Texas, which beat Cleveland earlier in the day. The Angels and Rangers finish the regular season with a three-game series in Anaheim.

Aybar, batting .476 over his last six games, singled leading off the seventh and was sacrificed to second. Hank Conger’s hit moved Aybar to third before Izturis hit a grounder to shortstop Cliff Pennington. Aybar broke for home on the play and made it safely when Pennington’s throw was wide of the plate.

Hisanori Takahashi (4-3), the first of four Los Angeles relievers used in the game, pitched 1 2-3 innings for the win while rookie Jordan Walden worked the ninth for his 30th save.

The Angels combined for seven walks but matched their season high of four double plays to limit the damage and win for only the third time in their last 13 games at the Coliseum.

It was also Los Angeles’ sixth victory on the road since Aug. 1.

Kendrick hit a two-run home run in the third off starter Guillermo Moscoso, then added another two-run blast in the ninth.

Josh Willingham doubled and drove in two runs for the A’s, who had won five of six against their AL West rivals before Tuesday’s loss.

The A’s left the bases loaded in the fifth and stranded eight runners overall.

Neither starter was around for the decision.

Oakland’s Guillermo Moscoso carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning of his previous start against Kansas City on Sept. 7 and retired the first six Angels before Aybar’s double in the third.

Peter Bourjos followed with a foul pop-up near the Angels bullpen that first baseman Brandon Allen chased down. Aybar wisely tagged up at second and beat Allen’s throw to third, then scored when the ball skipped past Oakland third baseman Scott Sizemore and Moscoso backing up on the play.

Izturis singled to keep the inning going, and Kendrick capped it with his 17th home run of the season to give the Angels a 3-0 lead.

Angels’ right-hander Jerome Williams had control problems in the bottom of the frame and nearly gave it all back.

A former first-round pick of the San Francisco Giants, Williams gave up an RBI double to Jemile Weeks and a bases-loaded walk to Josh Willingham — one of three free passes he issued in the inning.

Williams continued to struggle, giving up back-to-back walks in the fifth. Josh Willingham then doubled in front of diving right fielder Torii Hunter, scoring Cliff Pennington with the tying run.

Kendrick’s second home run came off reliever Michael Wuertz. The Angels slugger, who has four multi-home run games in his career, has 18 homers this season.

Notes: Oakland CF Coco Crisp had an MRI on his sore right foot and manager Bob Melvin said he expects Crisp play again this season. … Scioscia kept rookie 1B Mark Trumbo out of the lineup because he felt the veteran might be pressing a little. “This is a good time for him to catch his breath and hopefully finish strong,” Scioscia said. “The last 10 at-bats you’re seeing a little tighter grip on the bat. To reach our goal we need him to get back to where he could be. … RHP Jered Weaver, second to Detroit’s Justin Verlander for lowest ERA in the AL, pitches for the Angels on Wednesday. Weaver (16-7) has a three-game losing streak on the road. … RHP Rich Harden (4-2), who last beat Los Angeles more than a year ago, goes for Oakland. … Oakland Raiders defensive lineman Richard Seymour threw out the first pitch.

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ANAHEIM, Calif. —
Angels 4, Athletics 1

Torii Hunter and Alberto Callaspo hit back-to-back homers, Ervin Santana allowed one run in six solid innings, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 Wednesday night for their fourth win in six games.

Reggie Willits’ first hit of the season was a run-scoring double for the Angels, and Peter Bourjos added an RBI single. Los Angeles has won two of three in the four-game series with its upstate AL West rivals.

Santana (3-4) yielded six hits and two walks in his second straight victory after winning just once in his first nine starts.

Hunter and Callaspo connected in the fifth inning against Trevor Cahill (6-2), who couldn’t join Boston’s Jon Lester as the AL’s only seven-game winners.

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The Oakland Athletics enter the second game of a four game set with the Los Angeles Angels badly in need of a win. The team has lost a season high six straight games and now sits three games out of first and in last place in the AL West. The A’s recalled Guillermo Moscoso from Sacramento to start in place of Tyson Ross and he’ll get to face Dan Haren in his first ever major league start.

The big news Monday night was Brian Fuentes ripping into manager Bob Geren for his use of the A’s closer. Fuentes has felt a lack of communication has led to his being used in situations he was not expecting heading into the season. While Andrew Bailey has worked back from surgery, Fuentes has worked as the closer, but has been called in a variety of situations outside of save situations.

After Monday night’s game, Geren indicated he had been planning on using Grant Balfour in a potential save situation Monday night. Apparently Fuentes did not get the memo on that one, leading to the outburst. Fuentes and Geren supposedly cleared the air, although Fuentes still sounds pretty steamed. It will be interesting to see who Geren goes with if the A’s can get into a save situation. Of course, to do that would require a few runs from the offense.

Oakland Athletics
1. Coco Crisp CF
2. Daric Barton 1B
3. Josh Willingham LF
4. Hideki Matsui DH
5. Kurt Suzuki C
6. David DeJesus RF
7. Mark Ellis 2B
8. Andy LaRoche 3B
9. Cliff Pennington SS

Los Angeles Angels
1. Maicer Izturis 2B
2. Erick Aybar SS
3. Bobby Abreu DH
4. Torii Hunter RF
5. Alberto Callaspo 3B
6. Mark Trumbo 1B
7. Hank Conger C
8. Alexi Amarista LF
9. Peter Bourjos CF

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The Oakland Athletics open up an important four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Monday night as they look to end their current five-game losing streak. The A’s were swept in a two-game set by the Minnesota Twins, and then swept in a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants. Now they go from the frying pan into the fire as they open this Angels series against Jered Weaver on Monday night and follow that up with a matchup against Dan Haren on Tuesday night. Weaver threw a complete game shutout against the A’s on April 25.

The A’s offense has struggled mightily this season and they’re making a couple changes Monday night to try and inject something into the batting order. Since Kevin Kouzmanoff continues to recover from his groin strain, the A’s have an open spot in the order. They’ll start by moving Conor Jackson in to the third base spot and hit him fifth. Jackson has two plate appearances this season as a third baseman, but they’ve come when he was switched to third late in games. This will be his first start at the position as the A’s look to get some kind of offensive charge from what has been an atrocious corner infield spot.

Andy LaRoche remains in the lineup as well, but he’ll be playing second base as Mark Ellis gets a day off. Ellis seemed to be getting hot last week but he has reverted to his general 2011 form and is hitting .200 at this point. The A’s continue to wait for Adam Rosales to get healthy, and in the meantime they are plugging bodies in wherever they can to get some kind of spark.

Oakland Athletics
1. Coco Crisp CF
2. Daric Barton 1B
3. Ryan Sweeney LF
4. Hideki Matsui DH
5. Conor Jackson 3B
6. David DeJesus RF
7. Kurt Suzuki C
8. Andy LaRoche 2B
9. Cliff Pennington SS

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
1. Maicer Izturis 2B
2. Erick Aybar SS
3. Bobby Abreu DH
4. Torii Hunter RF
5. Alberto Callaspo 3B
6. Mark Trumbo 1B
7. Jeff Mathis C
8. Peter Bourjos CF
9. Reggie Willits LF

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OAKLAND, Calif., May 18 (UPI) — The Oakland Athletics pounded out 15 hits Tuesday and cruised to a 14-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

The outburst of offense was more than enough support for Gio Gonzalez (5-2), who clamped down on the hapless Halos for seven innings, allowing one hit and one walk and striking out seven.

Jeff Mathis and Howie Kendrick accounted for the only two Los Angeles hits. Tyler Chatwood (2-2) took the loss in a 2 1/3 inning start. His line included seven runs — five earned — on seven hits and two walks.

The Athletics did not hit a home run in the game, the start of which was delayed 40 minutes by a rain. They led 7-0 after three innings and added six more runs in the sixth inning.

Coco Crisp and Mark Ellis both had three hits for the A’s. Ellis had four RBI in the game.

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The Oakland Athletics open up their three game series with the Los Angeles Angels and are hoping their offensive explosion on Saturday and Sunday continues against Angels ace Jered Weaver. The A’s scored 14 runs in the final two games against Seattle and now face a pitcher in Weaver who is pitching as well as anybody in baseball. Weaver is sitting at 5-0 with a 1.23 ERA and 0.76 WHIP. For those keeping count, that puts him on pace for upwards of 36 wins. I don’t think he’ll be winning 36 games, but it’s safe to say he could not be pitching a whole lot better.

The A’s send out Gio Gonzalez who will be looking to bounce back from his first poor performance of the season last Wednesday. He gave up four runs to the Boston Red Sox and suffered his first defeat of the season. He will be facing an Angels lineup that has been around the middle of the pack in terms of offense. Maicer Izturis is leading the way with a line of .338/.384/.500. Howie Kendrick has wielded the big stick thus far with six home runs on the season.

Oakland Athletics
1. Coco Crisp (S) CF
2. Daric Barton (L) 1B
3. David DeJesus (L) RF
4. Josh Willingham® LF
5. Hideki Matsui (L) DH
6. Kurt Suzuki® C
7. Mark Ellis® 2B
8. Kevin Kouzmanoff® 3B
9. Cliff Pennington (S) SS

Los Angeles Angels
1. Peter Bourjos® CF
2. Bobby Abreu (L) DH
3. Torii Hunter® RF
4. Vernon Wells® LF
5. Alberto Callaspo (S) 3B
6. Howard Kendrick® 2B
7. Erick Aybar (S) SS
8. Mark Trumbo® 1B
9. Jeff Mathis® C

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Lefty slugger Eric Chavez(notes) only appeared in 33 games for the Oakland Athletics last season, hammering out one home run and earning 10 RBIs in that time.

Now the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting that Chavez is getting a workout with the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 20 and has workouts lined up with two American League teamsso he can prove that his beaten-up body is ready to handle another full season of work. Neither of those A.L. teams is his longtime employer, the A’s, the Chronicle reports.

If Chavez signs with the Dodgers, he would presumably platoon with righty third baseman Casey Blake(notes). Chavez has won six Gold Gloves, but his last one came in 2006.

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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