AL Wrap: Angels Thump Athletics to Near Playoffs
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Bartolo Colon pitched seven shutout innings and Alfredo Amezaga hit a grand slam home run as the Anaheim Angels trounced the Oakland Athletics 10-0 in their American League West showdown series opener Friday.
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Bengie Molina had four hits, including  a three-run homer, as the Anaheim Angels completed a three-game  series sweep of the New York Yankees with a 4-3 win on Sunday.
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The Anaheim Angels considered themselves a playoff team all along, even while they spent the summer playing catch up. Now they're one win away.
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Erubiel Durazo's three-run homer in  the second inning helped the Oakland Athletics remain top of  the American League (AL) West with a 9-4 win over the reeling  Baltimore Orioles Thursday.
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Vladimir Guerrero hit a pair of homers  and drove in five runs to lead the Anaheim Angels to an 8-2 win  over the Texas Rangers in American League play in Arlington on  Tuesday.
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Mark Mulder has lost his edge, and the Oakland Athletics are in ever-greater danger of losing their spot atop the AL West. Mark Teixeira hit a three-run homer off Mulder, and the Texas Rangers kept creeping back into the playoff chase with a 10-3 victory over the A's on Wednesday night.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Anaheim Angels can clinch the American League West title with a victory Saturday over the Athletics, as the two teams resume a vital three-game series at the Oakland Coliseum.
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(Sports Network) - The Oakland Athletics and Anaheim Angels continue their battle for the American league West this afternoon, as their crucial three- game series resumes at Angel Stadium.
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The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the A.L. West.
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Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-3 on Saturday to move two games behind the AL West-leading Athletics.
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The A's use home runs by Erubiel Durazo and Eric Chavez to finish a four-game sweep of the crumbling Orioles, 9-4, on Thursday.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Anaheim Angels capped a stirring comeback with one final rally, and now they're champions of the AL West for the first time in 18 years...
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Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Anaheim Angels beat Oakland 5-3 Saturday to move back within two games of the AL West-leading Athletics.
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The Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 7-2 Tuesday, leaving the Athletics tied with Anaheim for the lead in the American League West with five games to play.
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(Sports Network) - The newly crowned American League West champion Anaheim Angels will wrap up the regular season against the Oakland Athletics in the finale of what began as a vital three-game series at the Coliseum.
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Kendry Morales hit a go-ahead, two-run triple to help Ervin Santana win his sixth straight decision, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-2 Sunday for a strong finish to the first half.
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Vladimir Guerrero homered twice, and Troy Glaus and Jose Guillen also hit home runs as the Angels moved within a game of the first place Oakland Athletics in the West with a 9-5 victory over the Texas Rangers last night in Anaheim, Calif.