Ty Wigginton and Luke Scott hit successive homers in the seventh inning, and the Baltimore Orioles tied a season-high with five longballs in a 9-6 comeback victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night. Adam Jones, Corey Patterson and Miguel Tejada also connected for Baltimore, which trailed 6-3 before rallying for its fifth win in six games.

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The Boston Red Sox acquired Eric Patterson from the Oakland Athletics the other day after trying to make a deal…

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Substitute starter Vin Mazzaro allowed three hits in six-plus innings, Kurt Suzuki had three RBIs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 Tuesday night for their fourth straight win. Coco Crisp had three hits, stole two bases and scored twice for the A's, whose winning streak matches their season high.

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Last weekend's interleague series between the Oakland Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates originally merited a…

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Give the Pittsburgh Pirates just one more chance. They'll come through. And make another error.

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Given a second chance, Kurt Suzuki gave the Oakland Athletics the lead. Suzuki homered with two outs in the eighth inning after a dropped foul popup and the Athletics beat Pittsburgh 3-2 Sunday, the Pirates' 17th straight road loss. With the score 2-all, Pirates reliever Evan Meek (3-2) struck out the first two batters in the eighth.

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Trevor Cahill hasn't allowed himself to think about his All-Star status. After opening the season on the disabled list, he wasn't sure he'd even be back in Oakland. These days he's the staff ace. Cahill allowed two hits and struck out a career-high 10 in 7 2-3 innings and Daric Barton had three doubles and matched his career high with four RBIs and the Athletics earned a 5-0 victory…

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The Boston Red Sox acquired infielder-outfielder Eric Patterson from the Oakland Athletics on Saturday for minor league pitcher Fabian Williamson. Getting Patterson, an announcement made in the middle of Boston's 4-2 win at San Francisco on Saturday, gives the Red Sox some added depth after second baseman Dustin Pedroia was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a broken left foot.

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Coco Crisp knew he needed a home run to complete the cycle. The Oakland Athletics' center fielder also knew it wasn't likely to happen. He was right, though it didn't slow down the A's any. Crisp had three hits and Ben Sheets won for the first time in more than a month to help Oakland beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-4 on Friday night.

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