Oakland pitcher Trevor Cahill was running out of things to do during the extended rain delay. Luckily for him, he finally got a chance to celebrate the way he hoped — helping his Oakland Athletics beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1. The start of the game was delayed by 2 hours and 42 minutes due to threatening weather, although no rain fell until more than an hour after the scheduled start.
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Dallas Braden doesn't feel that he's earned the right to welcome Roy Halladay to the perfect-game club. Braden, who pitched his perfect game on May 9 against Tampa Bay, was at Oakland's team hotel in Detroit on Saturday night when he learned that Halladay had matched his feat. The hotel didn't have the MLB Network, so Braden was watching a college softball game and preparing for…
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Max Scherzer responded quite nicely to his demotion. Scherzer struck out 14 in 5 2-3 shutout innings hours after he was recalled from Triple-A Toledo, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Oakland Athletics 10-2 on Sunday to end a four-game losing streak. Scherzer allowed two hits, walked four and hit a batter in his first game since he was sent down following a rough opening stretch of the season.
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The Oakland Athletics activated pitcher Brian Anderson from the disabled list to start Saturday's game against the Detroit Tigers. Anderson had been sidelined since April 25 with elbow and forearm injuries. He entered the game with a 1-1 record and a 2.35 ERA in four starts. To make room for Anderson, Oakland optioned reliever Cedric Bowers to Triple-A Sacramento.
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Brett Anderson was sharp in his first start in a month and Mark Ellis drove in four runs, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 6-0 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Saturday night. Anderson (2-1) last pitched April 25 because of elbow and forearm injuries. Against the Tigers, he allowed three hits and didn't walk a batter in 5 2-3 innings, with four strikeouts.
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Miguel Cabrera put on a show, hitting three homers in a game for the first time. It wasn't enough. Ben Sheets worked seven innings in his longest start of the season, Landon Powell homered and hit a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the winning run and the Oakland Athletics held on for a 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
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Miguel Cabrera hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career, but it wasn't enough to beat the Oakland Athletics. Ben Sheets worked seven innings in his longest start of the season and Landon Powell homered and drove in two runs in Oakland's 5-4 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night.
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The Oakland Athletics needed a bit of luck to put Kevin Kouzmanoff in position to finish off an eighth-inning uprising. Kouzmanoff made sure all that good fortune didn't go to waste. Kouzmanoff doubled in three runs to cap a five-run eighth, and the Athletics defeated the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 Thursday night for their second road series win.
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BALTIMORE – Kevin Kouzmanoff doubled in three runs to cap a five-run eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 Thursday for their second road series win.
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The Oakland Athletics placed outfielder Coco Crisp on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday. Crisp signed with the A's as a free agent in the offseason, but began the season on the disabled list because of a fractured pinky finger. He was activated on Friday and played in two games, going 2 for 6 as the leadoff hitter, before developing a strained muscle in his chest.
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