Becoming Oakland's first 15-game winner since 2007 doesn't mean as much to Trevor Cahill as learning to pitch without his best stuff. The Athletics' right-hander did both Saturday, a significant step in Cahill's maturation and evolution as Oakland's top pitcher. He overcame a career-high six walks to throw six scoreless innings and got just enough offensive support in the…

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Gio Gonzalez hardly had his best stuff in this outing and he still looked good. Oakland's offense gave the pitcher plenty of wiggle room. Gonzalez tossed six innings to win a season-best third straight start, Kevin Kouzmanoff hit a two-run homer and the Athletics snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.

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Juan Pierre's two-out RBI double in the 10th lifted the Chicago White Sox to a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals and a split of their doubleheader Saturday night. In the first game, Yuniesky Betancourt hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, then delivered a two-out single in the 11th that gave the Royals a 6-5 win over the White Sox.

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The attorney for a man accused of killing Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two others in a drunken driving crash cannot introduce evidence that the driver of Adenhart's car may also have been drinking, a judge ruled Wednesday. The evidence is irrelevant in the triple-murder trial of Andrew Gallo, 23, Orange County Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey said during a motions hearing.

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The Minnesota Twins have sent 7-foot-1 pitcher Loek Van Mil to the Los Angeles Angels to complete last week's trade for left-hander Brian Fuentes. The Twins announced the move before Wednesday's game. Van Mil is a right-hander from the Netherlands who turns 26 later this month. He was designated for assignment to make room for Fuentes when the deal was made last Friday.

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Hideki Matsui knew immediately when he turned on Jason Vargas' belt-high fastball that he didn't quite get all of it. So Matsui watched, closely, as he trotted down toward first base, waiting to see if Ichiro Suzuki was going to climb the fence and rob his countryman. "It might have been front page," Matsui said about the possible reaction in Japan.

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The Los Angeles Angels have added depth to their bullpen by activating right-handers Jason Bulger and Brian Stokes from the 15-day disabled list. The Angels made the moves Wednesday before closing out a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners. Bulger had been on the DL since June 12 with a right shoulder strain and missed 69 games.

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Felix Hernandez's season can't be fully measured by his so-so won-loss record. It seems his value this year as the Seattle Mariners' ace is how well he 'holds' victories. Hernandez held the Los Angeles Angels to just three hits and no runs through seven innings, walking three and striking out eight.

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Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli has 21 homers this season, but the team put him…

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It's a wonder what three home runs in one inning does to the mood of a ballclub. Bobby Abreu, Hideki Matsui, and Peter Bourjos each homered in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Angels broke a nasty scoreless spell for a 5-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners Monday night. "I can tell there was a good feeling in the dugout.

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