8/1 - 8/4 A's @ Twins

[Providence A's]

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Mon. 1 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM Blanton (5-9) vs. Santana (10-5)
Tue. 2 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM Haren (8-7) vs. Mays (5-6)
Wed. 3 @ Minnesota 8:10 PM Harden (9-4) vs. Silva (7-5)
Thu. 4 @ Minnesota 1:10 PM Zito (10-8) vs. Lohse (7-10)

Series notes:
-A's lead NYY by 1.5 for the Wild Card
-A's are only 1.5 games behind LAA for the AL West
-A's are 41 - 14 since May 30th

[Providence A's]

1 - 1 in the top of the 4th. Chavez had a ground rule double for the A's and Morneau homered for the Twinkies.

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2 - 1 A's in the top of the 7th on a Hatteberg single.

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A's win 2 -1 Blanton with the W and Street with the save

[A's Baby Girl]

I didn't think we had a chance against Santana last night. The wins just keep coming.

[Providence A's]

No score after 1. The Twinkies had 1st and 2nd with 1 out, but Haren induced the DP ball.

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1 - 0 Twinkies on a Jones homer in the bottom of the 2nd.

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2 - 1 A's on Kendall and Kotsay RBI singles in the top of the 5th.

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4 - 2 A's in the top of the 8th. 1st and 2nd no outs.

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5 - 2 A's bottom of the 8th.

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A's win 5 - 2. Haren gets the win and Street gets the save.

[awefullspellare]

A's keep on trucking .

[A's Baby Girl]

Yup yup. Keep it going guys, 1/2 game out of 1st place...it's been a long time coming.

[Providence A's]

1 - 0 A's in the top of the 3rd. A's scored on an error. Harden has 4 k's in 2 innings...he struck out the side in the 2nd.

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2 - 1 A's...MN native Dan Johnson just homered in the top of the 7th.