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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Oakland Athletics right fielder Josh Reddick was named the American League player of the week for the period ending Sept. 2. Reddick batted .387 with three home runs, 10 RBI and six runs scored in seven games, helping the Athletics go undefeated for the week. The 25-year-old posted the most RBI in the major leagues and finished second in total bases with 23. On Friday, Reddick hit a grand slam during a nine-run seventh inning against his former club, the Boston Red Sox. The Athletics won the game 20-2, marking the fourth time in the clubs history in which they were able to produce that many runs since moving to Oakland in 1968. Others considered for the award were Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre, Baltimore Orioles Mark Reynolds and Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar. Wholesale Jerseys From China . Tsonga, the No. 5 seed, handled Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 at the worlds lone clay-court major. 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After the Orioles beat the Boston Red Sox 6-3 earlier Sunday, around two dozen players and coaches took scoreboard watching to a new level by staying on the field at Camden Yards and rooting for the Rangers to win the opener, Orioles players exchanged high-fives and fist-bumps following their fourth straight win, then gathered along the first-base line to watch the scoreboard telecast of the ninth inning, which began with Texas winning 4-3. Many in the crowd of 41,257 stood and watched, too. But a two-run double by Torii Hunter put the Angels in front and ruined the fun. As the Orioles walked off the field, manager Buck Showalter waved to the crowd and offered a fist-pump of encouragement. Sitting in front of his locker with a beer in his hand, first baseman Mark Reynolds said, "It would have definitely been cool to celebrate with our fans. Theyve been supporting us all year. To be able to celebrate out there with them and take in the moment, it would have been pretty neat." Baltimore, on the other hand, is looking to go into the post-season as AL East champions. The Orioles remain tied atop the division standings with the New York Yankees, who rallied to beat Toronto 9-6 and also clinched no worse than a wild-card berth. Both contenders have three games left. New York begins a season-ending series against visiting Boston on Monday night, and the Orioles travel to Tampa Bay. Baltimore held out hope of cracking open a few cases of champagne in Florida. "I take particular enjoyment in ruining someone elses clubhouse," reliever Darren ODay said. Shortstop J.J. Hardy added, "Im not going to say theres no disappointment, but we all understand we need to keep playing good baseball to get where we want to be. Well just worry about ourselves and win the next three games." Whod have thought the Orioles would be talking about division titles, playoff berths and champagne after 14 consecutive losing seasons and four straight last-place finishes? The Orioles (92-67) already have 23 more wins than a year ago. "Our goal now is try to figure out a way to play some more baseball games here at Camden," Showalter said. "Hopefully, its see you later." Hardy, Nate McLouth and Chris Davis hit solo homers, and Jim Thome drove in two runs for Baltimore.dddddddddddd The Orioles completed a sweep and went 13-5 against Boston, their most wins in a single season versus the Red Sox since 1970 (13-5). Joe Saunders (3-3) allowed three runs, eight hits and no walks in 7 1-3 innings for Baltimore. Obtained in a late-August trade with Arizona, Saunders has yielded a total of 12 earned runs in his last six starts. Jim Johnson worked the ninth for his 50th save. Cody Ross and Daniel Nava homered for the last-place Red Sox, who have dropped five straight and 16 of 22. Boston (69-90) last lost 90 games in 1966. "We havent had a good season," manager Bobby Valentine acknowledged. Zach Stewart (0-2) gave up five runs and seven hits, including two homers, in 2 2-3 innings. In three starts this season hes surrendered eight home runs. After being beaten and bashed by the Orioles, who hit seven homers in the three-game series, the Red Sox now head to Yankee Stadium. A sunny, breezy fall afternoon couldnt have started much better for the Orioles. After the video board showed the Yankees and Angels losing early, McLouth hit the fourth pitch from Stewart over the left-field wall. "After that just trying to do damage control," Stewart said. "Try to keep it at that score. Obviously I didnt do that." Hardy and Davis followed with singles before Stewart hit Jones with a pitch to load the bases. After Matt Wieters bounced into a run-scoring 4-6-3 double play, Thome followed with grounder up the middle that beat the shift and rolled into the outfield, scoring Davis for a 3-0 lead. Boston wasted doubles in the second and third innings before Hardy led off the bottom of the third with his 22nd home run. Jones singled with one out, and Thome chased Stewart with an RBI single. Ross homered in the fourth to get the Red Sox to 5-1. Davis connected off Clayton Mortensen in the fifth, his 31st homer of the season and fourth in four games. Nava homered in the seventh with a man on. NOTES: Jones was chosen Orioles MVP in a vote among media covering the team, the second straight year hes won the award. "It is given to me, but I think the whole team deserves it," he said. ... Boston hit three doubles and now has a major-league leading 214 for the season. ... Red Sox RHP Clay Buchholz, whos 2-4 with a 5.84 ERA lifetime against the Yankees, starts Monday night against CC Sabathia. Rookie Wei-Yin Chen (12-10) starts for Baltimore in Tampa Bay against Alex Cobb (10-9). ... The top three players in the Baltimore lineup -- McLouth, Hardy and Davis -- combined to go 6 for 10 with three HRs and five runs. ' ' '
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