7/29 - 7/31 Tigers @ A's

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Fri. 29 Detroit 10:05 PM Harden (8-4) vs. Douglass (3-0)
Sat. 30 Detroit 4:05 PM Zito (9-8) vs. Robertson (5-8)
Sun. 31 Detroit 4:05 PM Saarloos (6-6) vs. Bonderman (13-6)

Series Notes:
-A's are up a half game on the Yankees for the Wild Card
-A's are now only 3.5 games back of the Angels for 1st place in the AL West

[A's Baby Girl]

Keep it going guys. It's a division race now.

[Providence A's]

Angels beat the Yanks and the Sox beat the Twinkies, so all we can do if we win is expand the Wild Card lead.

No score heading into the bottom of the 1st. Harden struckout 2 in the top of the 1st.

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2 - 0 A's in the bottom of the 2nd. RBI force out by Kielty and a SF by Payton.

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4 - 0 A's. Ellis homered

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4 - 1 A's in the bottom of the 3rd.

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7 - 1 A's in the top of the 4th.

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Kiely came out of the game for some reason...Ginter is in LF

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7 - 2 A's...Harden's given up 11 hits

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12 hits...7 - 4 and Harden is out in the 6th with 1 out. Duke is in.

Harden was feeling some effects from his last start and almost missed this start. He threw a bullpen session the other day and they decided to let him go again. Hopefully, he'll be ok and it's nothing serious. And hopefully, we can hold on...

[Providence A's]

A's are winning 7 - 4 in the bottom of the 6th...and I'm out until tomorrow

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A's win 8 - 4. Zito going today.

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A's win 9 - 5...Zito up to 10 - 8. Payton hit a grand slam.

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A's are winning 4 - 0 behind the strong pitching of Saarloos (so far 7 shutout innings on 69 pitches), a Swisher 2 run homer, and a Chavez RBI double.

[Providence A's]

A's win 5 - 2 and sweep the Tigers out of town. Saarloos with a CG giving up a 2 run homer to Ordonez. 1.5 up on NYY for the Wild Card, behind LAA by 1.5 for the division.