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...the team we have." Gonzalez, who turned down a trade to the Yankees in June, was pursued by Seattle. But the AL West leaders could not close a deal for the Detroit slugger. "We were optimistic," Mariners general manager Pat Gillick said...
...inning and pitched a five-hitter for his first major league shutout, striking out six and walking one. Seattle, the AL West leader, has lost four straight for the first time this season. Dean Palmer and Juan Gonzalez homered as visiting Detroit...
...eighth straight victory. By Thursday night, though, the Mariners will have something else on their minds. The AL West leaders take a three-game lead over Oakland into the opener of a four-game series against the A's at Safeco Field...
...Myers, whose pinch-hit homer started Oakland's five-run comeback in the eighth. "We didn't give up." The AL West leaders had trailed for a half-inning during their previous 11 wins. Even after Randall Simon's grand slam and RBI single...
...his fourth straight decision, the Angels beat the Athletics 5-2 Tuesday night and moved within two games of the AL West leader. "We've never stopped believing in ourselves, even when we started off slowly (6-14) this season," Spiezio...
One month ago, the Oakland Athletics were seven games behind Seattle, the AL West leader. By beating Tampa Bay 5-1, Oakland moved within one game of the Mariners with less than three weeks left in the season. A's...
...as they beat the Minnesota Twins 5-4 Wednesday for a split in a meeting of baseball's best teams. Seattle, the AL West leader, is off to the best start in franchise history at 33-12. Minnesota, first in the AL Central, is 30-14, its...
...5-0, leading Boston past visiting Seattle. The Red Sox took the last two games after losing the opener against the AL West leaders. That enabled them to maintain the best record in the majors (29-11) over Seattle (29-14). Angels 6, White...
...2-9 road trip before losing the first two games to the Twins. That slide came after Texas, now 12 games behind AL West leader Seattle, climbed within a game of .500. Minnesota took a two-game lead in the AL Central by winning four of six...