Justin Duchscherer, A’s Beat Fish

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Justin Duchscherer pitched 7 2/3 innings of 1 run baseball en route to an Oakland A’s 7-1 victory over the Florida Marlins. Duchscherer’s ERA on the season is now under 2, he won his 8th game of the year yesterday.

“I think everybody’s goal is to be an All-Star pitcher,” Duchscherer said when asked about returning to the All Star Game. “I made it one time, so I have to say, ‘Yeah’ (I can make it again).”

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Crosby Hits a Long Ball, But A’s Are No Match For Braves

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Bobby Crosby hit a solo home run in the very top of the first inning of Sunday’s game between the Atlanta Braves and Oakland A’s, but the Braves were able to rebound to notch a 5-2 victory, improving their record to 22-21. The Braves had some nice offense yesterday; Brian McCann doubled in the first inning to tie up the game. In the 2nd, Yunel Escobar singled in Kelly Johnson and Gregor Blanco. To drive the nail in the coffin, Kelly Johnson hit a two RBI triple in the bottom of the 8th inning, to put away the Athletics.

“We just didn’t get it done,” said Crosby. “We had lots of opportunities but couldn’t capitalize. … I expect we’ll be fine. Right now we’re struggling a little bit. Maybe we’re pressing a little bit.”

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Red Hot A’s Beat White Sox

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The Oakland Athletics are in 1st place, 13 games into the season. On Monday the A’s defeated the Chicago White Sox by a score of 2-1 to improve to 8-5, 1st place in the AL West standings. The win for the A’s went to rookie Greg Smith, who made his 2nd career start. He held the Sox to just 1 earned run with 6 hits over 7 innings pitched. After Santiago Casilla and Alan Embree combined to pitch a scoreless 8th inning, Huston Street notched his 4th save of the season. The loss put the White Sox at a 7-5 record, 2nd place in the AL Central division.

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