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ANAHEIM, Calif. - At the start of spring training, Oakland manager Bob Melvin didnt know who A.J. Griffin was. Things have changed quite dramatically since then. Griffin threw eight scoreless innings, becoming the second Athletics pitcher in 85 years to start his career with six straight wins, and Oakland beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-1 on Wednesday night. "Hes on my radar now, put it that way," Melvin said. "We didnt see him at all in the spring. But once the season started, we were watching pretty intently because he was pitching well in the minors. "Weve seen a lot of good games out of him. But against that lineup, here at this place, thats probably as good as weve seen him. Hes got a lot of confidence and hes been fun to watch." Oakland, the AL wild-card leader, stayed three games behind first-place Texas in the AL West. But the surprising As have a five-game cushion with 20 to play in the race for the leagues final post-season spot. Griffin (6-0) allowed six hits, struck out six and walked none in the longest of his 11 major league starts. The 24-year-old right-hander, one of four rookies in the As rotation along with Jarrod Parker, Dan Straily and Tommy Milone, lowered his ERA to 1.94 in his third start off the disabled list. "Someones got to go out there and pitch, so why not me? Thats kind of the way I look at it," said Griffin, promoted from Triple-A Sacramento on June 24. "You just go out there and try to do the best you can and give the team a chance to win. Its just worked out in my favour to be 6-0. Tonight I had pretty good command of all four of my pitches, and I just tried to go after guys and get ahead." The only other As pitcher since 1927 to win his first six decisions as a big leaguer was Jim Nash, who was 7-0 over his first nine starts in 1966. "I just try to detach myself from that kind of stuff," Griffin said. "But youve got to go out there with confidence. I mean, I dont want to sound like, Yeah, I thought I was going to be this good. But I thought that I would do well if I just kept to my game plan — keep throwing strikes, getting ahead of guys and keeping them off balance. Its pretty much the same game up here. They just dont miss as much when you make a mistake." Rookie pitchers have 40 wins for the As, four shy of the Oakland record set in 2009. "Weve put a lot of stock in these guys and weve given them opportunities," Melvin said. "If we didnt feel like they had the makeup to be able to do this, we couldnt. But every single one of them has responded. "I think they feed off each other," he added. "I mean, were talking about a group now where youre looking at Milone and Parker as veterans, based on the fact that theyve pitched the whole season. Straily wasnt on our radar either this spring, so (general manager) Billy Beane and the front office have done a great job targeting these guys when theyre ready to come up and perform." Sean Doolittle gave up a leadoff homer in the ninth by Albert Pujols before Ryan Cook got the final out for his 14th save. Pujols, a three-time NL MVP, became the first player in history with 30 homers in each of his first 12 seasons. He also tied Stan Musial and Willie Stargell for 28th place on the career list with No. 475. The Athletics, who can sweep the four-game series by beating Angels ace Jered Weaver on Thursday, have won 15 of 18 and are 22 games over .500 (82-60) for the first time since the 2006 club finished 93-69. The As won their 12th consecutive road game, matching the 1971 squad for the longest streak since the club relocated from Kansas City to Oakland in 1968. The franchise record is 14 in a row set in May 1931, when the team was in Philadelphia. Oaklands road winning streak is the longest in the majors since 2003, when Seattle won 13 straight away from Safeco Field. Ervin Santana (8-12) was charged with two runs — one earned — and four hits over six innings. He struck out six. It was the eighth time this season that his teammates didnt score while he was in the game — including five straight starts by Santana in which the Angels were shut out. "Those guys have been pitching great all year, and this series they matched up well against us and are doing a good job," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "A week ago we were playing great baseball, and right now weve hit a little bump in the road. It takes one good game to get you on track, and one good inning. Unfortunately, we havent swung the bats early in the games against Oakland in this series to give us a chance to do some things." The Angels got a scare in the fourth when Santana was struck on the right wrist by a line drive off Josh Donaldsons bat. He scrambled after the ball in time to get the force at second base on Brandon Moss, then was allowed to take a few practice pitches to test his arm after Scioscia and trainer Adam Nevala went out to check on him. Oakland got an unearned run in the first when Josh Reddick doubled with two outs and scored on an error by shortstop Erick Aybar. Yoenis Cespedes made it 2-0 with his 18th homer leading off the sixth, ending a career-worst 22-game homerless drought. The As tacked on two runs in the eighth with Derek Norris RBI double and an RBI single by Coco Crisp. NOTES: Santana has given up a major league-worst 35 homers, the most in his eight-year career. He is five shy of the franchise record. ... As starters have walked three batters or fewer in 41 consecutive games, tying the Oakland record set in 2001. ... The Angels havent been swept in a four-game set by Oakland since the final series of the 2001 season, when they finished the schedule with a 2-19 thud. ... Pujols, relegated to DH duty the past 15 games because of a sore right calf, is hitting .317 with two homers and 10 RBIs during that stretch. ... 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Brees passed for three touchdowns to go with his scoring run and the Saints beat the Arizona Cardinals 31-7 on Sunday to improve to 3-0 for the first time since 2009, when they won the Super Bowl. cheap china jerseys .Y. -- All Buffalo Bills employees will take a cut in pay during the NFL labour dispute, though no layoffs are planned.The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Mike Komisarek on waivers on Wednesday, so does that mean its the end of the line for the 31-year-old in Toronto? According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, that could well be the case. The writing has apparently been on the wall for the big-name free agent acquisition from 2009, as his ice-time has dwindled over the past two seasons. "Its not surprising that the Toronto Maple Leafs would want to waive Mike Komisarek," Dreger said on TSN.ca from the NHL General Managers Meetings in Toronto Wednesday. "He hasnt been part of their ongoing plan, obviously, this season, spending the majority of the season thus far in the press box." Komisarek has appeared in just four games for the Leafs this season, failing to reach the score sheet and posting a plus-two rating with two penalty minutes. Signed to a five-year, $22.5-million deal by the Leafs in 2009, Komisareks playing time has dwindled over the past two seasons. He was limited to just 34 games in his first season with the Leafs as a shoulder injury kept him out of both the Leafs line-up and the Olympic Games in Vancouver, where he had been selected to represent the United States. Komisarek would play 75 games for the Leafs in 2010-11, but appeared in only 45 for the Leafs last season, laargely due to a broken arm.dddddddddddd Originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the first round (seventh overall) at the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Komisarek was allowed to leave town as an unrestricted free agent and opted to sign with the archrival Leafs. In 519 career NHL games with the Canadiens and Leafs, Komisarek has scored 14 goals and 63 assists with a minus-15 rating. Key in the process of putting Komisarek on waivers, however, was the consent of the New York-native, himself. "[The Leafs] needed the clearance from Komisarek to put him on waivers," Dreger added. "If Mike Komisarek is not claimed then he has agreed to report to the American Hockey League and the Toronto Marlies." A physical presence on the blue line, Komisareks style of play might suit a lot of teams looking to upgrade their defence, but Dreger notes that his salary could act as a deterrent. "There are a lot of teams looking for defence," Dreger said, "but at a $4.5-million cap hit, thats also a lot of money for teams to absorb." So where does that leave the former All-Star? "I think that hell clear waivers and its more likely that hell end up in the American Hockey League and perhaps Toronto views him as a compliance buyout in the summer," Dreger concluded. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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