By Jeff Kirshman The A’s rallied with a five-run sixth inning in Sunday’s series finale against the Angels, a 10-6 affair that gave Oakland the 3-1 series win and increased the lead atop the American League West to a season-high six games. …read more
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By Anthony Castrovince Dealing for Matt Garza was a chance the Rangers needed to take in a thin starting-pitching market if they’re going to swing the American League West back in their favor. …read more
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By William Boor Left-hander C.J. Wilson held the A’s scoreless on three hits over 8 1/3 innings to lead the Angels to their second straight victory over the American League West leaders to start the second half of the season. …read more
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By William Boor Jered Weaver held the A’s scoreless on four hits while striking out eight over 6 2/3 innings and Albert Pujols, Erick Aybar and Mike Trout each homered as the Angels opened the second half of the season with a victory over the American League West leaders. …read more
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By Joe Stiglich Sadly for the A’s, they have to wave goodbye to the Houston Astros until late May. They’ve played the newcomers to the American League West six times this season and are a perfect 6-0 following Wednesday’s 7-5 victory in front of 15,488 fans at the O.co Coliseum.
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By Lyle Spencer Angels lefty C.J. Wilson understands why Rangers fans would not be happy seeing Josh Hamilton come back to his former home in the uniform of the their team’s American League West rivals. It’s a simple case of fans being fans, for better or worse. …read more
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By Doug Miller After a stirring finish to the 2012 season, the American League West gets even more wild with the addition of the Houston Astros. And it looks like the same three teams will be the ones duking it out for AL West supremacy come September. …read more
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By Anthony Castrovince The Amazin’ A’s defied convention and won the American League West last season for a variety of factors, not the least of which was their ability to rotate bodies in and out of their lineup, maximize the matchups and somehow piece together the Majors’ most productive offense in the second half. …read more
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By Tracy Ringolsby Sure, the Rangers lost impact bats Josh Hamilton, Michael Young and Mike Napoli, but the key to their return to the top of the American League West will lie with the pitching staff. …read more
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By Jane Lee Brandon Moss hit 21 home runs in 84 games last year. Evan Scribner‘s three scoreless innings in the middle of Game 162 helped unseat the Rangers and make American League West champions out of the A’s. Jim Miller was just as much of a cog out of the bullpen on numerous occasions. …read more
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By Jane Lee Inside Oracle Arena, where A’s players and staff convened for FanFest on Sunday, expectations of keeping the American League West crown in Oakland were heard loud and clear.
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