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Athletics rout Angels 14-2, move into first place in AL West

 
With all the tight games the Los Angeles Angels and Oakland Athletics have played against each other the past six years while winning three AL West titles apiece, no one on either club could have expected this kind of outcome in their first meeting this season. (link)

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