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| Jan.3 |
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A's trade Swisher to White Sox The Athletics made their second major trade in 3 weeks, sending outfielder and fan favorite to Chicago for 3 minor leaguers
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| Mar.7 |
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A's Offer All-You-Can-Eat Seats
| Mar.25 |
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Red Sox edge A's in season opener In Tokyo World Series champions Boston clinched a 10th-innings, 6-5 victory over Oakland. Ramirez hit his second two-run double
| Mar.26 |
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A's get revenge on Red Sox, 5-1 Brown's 3-run homer in the 3rd inning led Oakland over Boston and gave the Athletics a split of their opening 2-game series
| Mar.28 |
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Giants Shut Out A's In Bay Bridge Series
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| Apr.1 |
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A's Lose To Red Sox In Home Opener, 2-1
| Apr.2 |
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Lester carry Red Sox over A's
| Apr.18 |
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Crosby Leads A's In Rout Over Royals
| Apr.23 |
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Sweeney Return In A's Win Over Twins
| Apr.24 |
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Thomas rejoins A's Oakland agreed to terms with designated hitter Frank Thomas, released by the Blue Jays after getting frustrated with his lack of playing time
| Apr.28 |
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A's Rout Angels 14-2; 1st In AL West
| Apr.30 |
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Eveland gives up 6 runs in loss to Angels
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| May.5 |
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Brown's Single Lifts A's Past Orioles, 2-1
| May.6 |
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Duchscherer Delivers In Win Over Orioles
| May.9 |
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Rangers Beat A's 4-0
| May.18 |
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Braves Take 2 Of 3 Against A's Victory
| May.24 |
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A's baffle Red Sox with one-hitter Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the 7th inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 3-0
| May.31 |
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Hamilton Homers As Rangers Defeat A's
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| Jun.2 |
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Crosby's RBI Single Lifts A's Past Tigers
| Jun.13 |
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Smith Outpiches Zito, A's Beat Giants 5-1
| Jun.15 |
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A's Complete Sweep Of Giants Chavez had 3 hits and 2 RBI to help Oakland complete their second consecutive sweep of San Francisco, beating the Giants 5-3
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| Jul.2 |
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Saunders drops A's for AL-best 12th win
| Jul.6 |
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White Sox nip A's Danks pitched like he belonged as Chicago handed Harden his first loss in a year while hanging on to beat Oakland 4-3 for their 10th win in 13 games
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2 Giants, 1 Athletic Are All-Stars
| Jul.8 |
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Cubs acquire Harden from A's The NL Central leaders acquired talented right-hander Rich Harden in a 6-player deal with Oakland
| Jul.9 |
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Blanton Drops To 5-12 In Loss To Mariners
| Jul.17 |
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Blanton dealt to Phils for prospects The A's traded away their second starting pitcher this month, dealing right-hander Joe Blanton to the Phillies for 3 minor leaguers | |
| Jul.19 |
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Yankees down A's on bases-loaded HBP Molina was hit by DiNardo 's pitch in the 12th inning, and New York edged the Athletics 4-3 in a tense game that lasted 4 hours, 45 minutes | |
| Jul.20 |
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Giambi helps Yanks finish sweep of A's Rivera closed out a stellar performance by Pettitte in a wild 9th inning, making Giambi 's homer a stand up in the New York 2-1 win over the Athletics
| Jul.25 |
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A's Give Up Early Lead In Loss
| Jul.28 |
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A's Woes Continue, Lose To Royals 4-2
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| Aug.1 |
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Red Sox edge A's in 12 Bay scores both runs as Boston made a 2-1 win over Oakland | |
| Aug.2 |
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Bay's jack fuels Red Sox's rout of A's Bay drilled a 3-1 pitch from Oakland starter Dana Eveland over the Green Monster, a 3-run shot that gave Boston a 5-2 lead in the first inni...
| Aug.3 |
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Matsuzaka, Red Sox Sweep Of A's Lowrie's 2-run triple highlighted a 3-run fourth inning helped Matsuzaka to his 12th win and Boston completed a 3-game sweep with a 5-2 win
| Aug.12 |
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Rays fall to A's, see lead drop to 3 Gonzalez is earning his first major league victory, a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays | |
| Aug.13 |
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Duchscherer, A's Lose To Rays Hinske had 3 hits, including a home run, and Zobrist doubled in the go-ahead run in the 3nth inning as Tampa Bay beat the Oakland 3-2
| Aug.14 |
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Rays end Ziegler's streak at 39, beat A's Ziegler's shutout streak was stopped by Upton in the 9th inning, and Pena homered leading off the 12th to give Tampa Bay a 7-6 win over Oak...
| Aug.28 |
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Suzuki's Double Lifts A's Past Twins Pinch-hitter Kurt Suzuki doubled in the winning run with 1 out in the 9th inning and Oakland beat Minnesota 3-2
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| Sep.11 |
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A's Begin Final Homestand With 6-1 Loss Blalock homered, Davis and Arias each drove in two runs and the Texas Rangers beat Oakland. Nippert (3-4) matched his career high
| Sep.17 |
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A's Rally In 9th Off K-Rod To Beat Angels Los Angeles made 2 throwing errors in the 9th inning, that allowed Oakland's Barton and Hannahan to score in the Athletics' 3-2 victory
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| Nov.10 |
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A's get Holliday from Rockies The A's have acquired star outfielder Matt Holliday from Colorado. Outfielder Gonzalez, starting pitcher Smith and reliever Street are involved | |
| Nov.18 |
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Mariners choose Wakamatsu as manager The sunken Seattle picked Don Wakamatsu in the hope that Oakland's bench coach can help them rebound from a 100-loss season
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| Dec.15 |
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A's back in running for Furcal The A's are believed to believed to be back in the bidding for Rafael Furcal for about $40 million over 4 years
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