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Auggie

(31,067 posts)
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 12:28 PM Jul 2012

Flurry of sweeps shakes up MLB playoff races

mlb.com

The most electrifying sweep came in Oakland, where the Athletics not only dusted off the Yankees in four straight to climb within a half-game of second place in the American League West, but did it in walk-off fashion ... again. The A's won, 5-4, in 12 innings, and now have 11 walk-off wins this year, the most in the Majors, and eight such wins in their past 16 home victories.

"It definitely feels good to battle and be victorious against the best teams, on paper, in the game," said Coco Crisp, who delivered the walk-off hit Sunday. "You can look up and down a lot of lineups like Detroit, or the Angels, the teams with high payrolls. Obviously, they have high payrolls for a reason, because the players on the team deserve it. When we battle against those guys and come out with wins, it's definitely a great feeling."

The same sentiment was shared by the torrid Tigers, who swept a three-game set from their AL Central-rival White Sox with a 6-4 win on Sunday that featured the 299th and 300th career home runs by slugger Miguel Cabrera. The victory upped the Tigers' winning streak to five. Detroit has won 13 of its past 15 to take command of the division.

MORE: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120723&content_id=35414622&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

A's / Yankees (four games)

Tigers / White Sox (three games)

Dodgers / Mets (three games)

Reds / Brewers (three games)

Pirates / Marlins (three games)

Blue Jays / Red Sox (three games)

Cardinals / Cubs (three games)

D-Backs / Astros (three games)

Baltimore can sweep a four game series against Cleveland with a victory tonight.


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Flurry of sweeps shakes up MLB playoff races (Original Post) Auggie Jul 2012 OP
Flurry of sweeps have shook me up, too... joeybee12 Jul 2012 #1
 

joeybee12

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1. Flurry of sweeps have shook me up, too...
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 12:58 PM
Jul 2012

Foolish me, I should have seen it coming. I hope Valentine can sell his Back Bay home in late September.

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