Times wires Monday, September 6, 2010 Athletics 6, Mariners 2 OAKLAND, Calif. — Coco Crisp and Matt Carson hit solo home runs to back Brett Anderson and lift the Athletics. Anderson won for the first time in five starts since Aug.

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We head to the top of the eighth with the M’s down 6-1 after both teams exchanged a run apiece in the seventh. Franklin Gutierrez led the seventh off with a solo homer against Brett Anderson, just the second run allowed by the A’s starter versus Seattle in 26 innings this season.

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A's veteran Eric Chavez confirmed on Friday he won't be playing again this season and is still very much considering retirement.

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From an independent league to the Major Leagues, reliever Justin James has had himself quite the season. Even better, he made his big league debut in the Big Apple on Thursday, in the grandiose Yankee Stadium.

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Pitchers Joey Devine and Josh Outman, who have missed the season and rehabbed together in Arizona, joined the A's on Friday as they continue their 60-day throwing programs.

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Times wires Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Yankees 4, Athletics 3 NEW YORK — A.J. Burnett bounced back from an awful August with six effective innings, and the Yankees won their fifth straight to hold a one-game lead over the Rays in the AL East. They’ll go for a four-game sweep today with CC Sabathia on the mound

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SPECIAL TO THE KANSAN The Kansas City T-Bones are proud to announce that former pitcher Justin James has earned a promotion to the major leagues with the Oakland Athletics. James is the first Northern Leaguer to earn a promotion to the major leagues in the same season his contract was purchased

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Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira and the New York Yankees tagged Trevor Cahill for the second time this season, emphatically ending the All-Star’s run of pitching excellence in an 11-5 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Monday night.

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Dallas Braden's first shutout of the season was his much-heralded perfect game, which is impossible to top.

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ARLINGTON, Texas — Tommy Hunter pitched into the eighth inning, Josh Hamilton had his 24th three-hit game of the season, and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers pulled farther away from the Athletics with a 7-3 victory over Oakland on Friday night.

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After Wednesday nights victory over the Indians, Trevor Cahill improved his record to 14-5.

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Outfielder Conor Jackson will have sports hernia surgery on Sept. 1 and could miss the rest of the season.

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Oakland Athletics outfielder Conor Jackson will have sports hernia surgery on Sept.

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The Oakland Athletics called up outfielder Matt Carson for the fourth time this season on Tuesday and optioned outfielder Travis Buck back to Triple-A Sacramento.

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Matt Garza came out on top in a matchup between pitchers who threw no-hitters this season, outpitching Dallas Braden for his career-high 13th win and leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 3-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Evan Longoria hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the sixth as the Rays secured a split of the four-game series.

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Kevin Slowey held Oakland without a hit for seven innings and Minnesota took a team no-hitter into the eighth as the Twins defeated the Athletics 4-2 on Sunday. Slowey combined with Jon Rauch, Jesse Crain and Matt Capps to limit Oakland to three hits, completing the Twins’ fifth series sweep of the season and third since the All-Star break.

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Steve Tolleson was promoted Friday for the second time this season to fill in for the injured Adam Rosales.

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The Oakland A’s came off home series against Texas where the A’s with runners in scoring position managed to go for 0-30, but somehow were still able to take win two games of the three game series.  At that point it looked like it was a turning point of the season for the A’s because they gained ground on the Texas Rangers in the American League West division race and had a chance with the …

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The AL West-leading Texas Rangers have told manager Ron Washington that they want him back after this season.

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Cliff Lee tries to avoid his first losing streak of the season this evening when the Texas Rangers start a three-game series with the Oakland Athletics at the Coliseum.

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