Sosa hits No. 608, but A's beat Rangers
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Sammy Sosa's 608th home run and five RBIs weren't enough for the Texas Rangers.
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The Oakland Athletics are doing their best to eliminate one of their pursuers in the AL West. Texas entered the weekend needing a series sweep to get back in the race. Instead, the Rangers are on the verge of being swept and falling 10 games behind division-leading Oakland with a month left in the season.
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Vladimir Guerrero homered twice and drove in five runs while going 4-for-5 and the Anaheim Angels continued their push in the AL West with an 8-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.
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Mark DeRosa hit three-run homers in consecutive innings, and the Texas Rangers hit five homers Wednesday in a much-needed 14-0 victory over Barry Zito and the Oakland Athletics.
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OAKLAND, Calif. Alfonso Soriano had three hits and two RB-Is as the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics, 12-to-9. The win comes a night after Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a plastic chair into the stands in Oakland and broke a woman&#39;s nose.
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David Wright and Carlos Delgado each homer, Jorge Sosa wins for the sixth time and the Mets beat the Tigers, 3-0, Friday night.
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With one grand stroke, Sammy Sosa took another little hop toward history. Sosa hit his 599th homer Friday night, a game-turning grand slam that sent the Texas Rangers to a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and left Slammin' Sammy looking for much more.
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(Sports Network) - Texas remains in the AL West race after winning four of its last six games. On Sunday, the Rangers registered a 1-0 win over Anaheim.
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Sammy Sosa told himself to be patient and wait for his pitch &#151; even if it wasn't a home-run pitch. Oakland intentionally walked Mark Teixeira to load the bases and get to Sosa, and the slugger broke through against Lenny DiNardo.
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The Oakland Athletics caught Johan Santana on a rare off day. Nick Swisher, Eric Chavez and Bobby Crosby each drove in runs to help Chad Gaudin to his fifth straight win, and the A's beat the Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Sunday to take the series.
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The Oakland Athletics swept away years of first-round futility, then partied hard enough to make up for all those missed chances and then some. Milton Bradley homered and threw out Torii Hunter in a disputed play at the plate as the A's snapped a stretch of nine straight losses in potential playoff clinchers, beating Minnesota 8-3 Friday to reach the ALCS for the first time in 14 years.
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Sammy Sosa hit his 600th home run Wednesday night, making him the fifth player to reach the milestone. Sosa, playing for the Texas Rangers following a year out of baseball, hit a 1-2 pitch into his team's bullpen in right-center for a solo homer. It came in the fifth inning against the Chicago Cubs, the team he played for from 1992-2004. Sosa was the 1998 NL MVP and a seven-time All-Star while hitting 545 of his homers with the Cubs.
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Sammy Sosa grabbed his 568th career  homer and Aramis Ramirez followed up with another third-inning  blast to guide the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 win over the Houston  Astros in the National League (NL) Thursday.
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Besides suffering a 5-4 loss to the A&#39;s on Thursday, the Rangers saw All-Star second baseman Alfonso Soriano suffer an injury to his left leg while stealing third base in the eighth inning.
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Sammy Sosa became the fifth member of the Major League's 600 home run club on Wednesday when he connected a solo homer to help the Texas Rangers to a 7-3 win over his old team, the Chicago Cubs.
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Kelvim Escobar took another All-Star snub in stride. The Los Angeles Angels right-hander won his 10th game, striking out eight while allowing one run and three hits over seven innings in a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.
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Ken Griffey Jr. homered twice Saturday night, snatching the spotlight from Sammy Sosa's quest for No. 600 and leading the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-4 victory over the Texas Rangers.