Joe Saunders and Francisco Rodriguez collaborated on another victory for the Los Angeles Angels. Juan Rivera and Eric Aybar homered to back the Angels' star starter and closer in a 7-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday. Both are expected to represent the Angels in the All-Star game: Rodriguez for the third time as the major leagues' save leader, and Saunders for the first time with an...

No matter how badly Garret Anderson may be slumping, he's always a dangerous hitter. Anderson hit a two-run homer with two outs in the eighth inning after Vladimir Guerrero had tied it with an RBI single, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3 on Tuesday night. The win increased their lead in the AL West over Oakland to 4 1/2 games.

Greg Smith didn't prepare for his first complete-game victory in the major leagues by watching tape of the Los Angeles Angels' hitters. Instead, he studied tape of Andy Pettitte, Kenny Rogers and Cliff Lee to learn about their demeanor on the mound and how they manage themselves throughout a game. What the 24-year-old rookie gleaned from those veterans was the benefit of throwing strikes and...

Rich Aurilia rested his forehead against the side of his locker, a look of exhaustion in his eyes. "I'm tired," he said with a glint of playfulness. "Can't you guys just make something up?" He had good reason for being so tired. Aurilia homered and matched his career-high with five RBIs to help the San Francisco Giants beat the Oakland Athletics 11-1 on Sunday for their first series win in the Bay...

Tim Lincecum pitched the San Francisco Giants out of their funk against Oakland. Lincecum stayed even with Justin Duchscherer in a fine matchup between two likely All-Stars, Randy Winn drove in the only run of the game and the Giants snapped a seven-game losing streak to the Athletics with a 1-0 victory Saturday night.

The Oakland Athletics have owned the San Francisco Giants in interleague play. Dana Eveland pitched his second-longest outing of the year to win his second straight decision, Jack Hannahan drove in two runs and the A's extended their winning streak against the Giants to seven games with a 4-1 victory Friday night.

Rich Harden deliberately didn't rear back and throw as hard as he could against the Phillies. The result: a career-high 11 strikeouts. Harden was dominant over eight innings, allowing two hits to lead the Oakland Athletics over Philadelphia 5-0 Thursday. "Sometimes when I get into trouble I do try to reach for something extra instead of pitching to location," Harden said.

Kyle Kendrick never thought about a shutout. He was happy with the win. Kendrick pitched eight strong innings, allowing only four hits in the longest start of his career, to help the Philadelphia Phillies end a season-worst, six-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

The way Jamie Moyer was going, Emil Brown just hoped to see a high pitch he could drive. And Moyer finally made a rare mistake. Brown hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the seventh inning to spoil a strong outing by Moyer, and Joe Blanton ended a four-start losing streak as the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Tuesday night.

Justin Duchscherer is making an impressive bid for a spot in the All-Star game. He went as a reliever in 2005, and now could be headed to Yankee Stadium next month for the midseason event as a starter. "I think everybody's goal is to be an All-Star pitcher," Duchscherer said. "I made it one time, so I have to say, 'Yeah' (I can make it again)." Duchscherer bounced back from a first-inning home run...

Dan Uggla beat Oakland closer Huston Street for the second straight night. This time, his Marlins won. Uggla hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the ninth, and Florida got to Street again in a 6-4 victory over the Athletics on Saturday night. "We came back today and won," Uggla said. "I was looking for something out over the plate the same as yesterday.