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TORONTO (AP) – Maybe Miguel Tejada should play for the Blue
Jays.
|  | | Jason Giambi goes 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI. |
Tejada homered in his sixth straight game at SkyDome as the
Oakland Athletics won their third straight, 14-8 over Toronto on
Thursday night.
"We're not trading him here, I'll tell you that," Oakland
manager Art Howe said.
The Athletics, who have won 12 of their last 13 games at
SkyDome, scored seven runs in the sixth, their biggest inning of
the season, to take a 12-7 lead.
Johnny Damon hit a two-run homer off Lance Painter (0-1), Tejada
hit a tiebreaking three-run shot off Paul Quantrill, Eric Chavez
and Mark Bellhorn followed with consecutive doubles and Ramon
Hernandez hit an RBI single.
"Tejada crushed the ball, and it came at a good time," Howe
said. "That was a game-winner."
Tejada, who has homered in three straight overall, had four
RBI.
"I like to hit here," Tejada said. "There's no sun. When you
play in the dome nothing bothers you."
Jason Giambi went 3-for-4 with a homer for the Athletics, who
swept the three-game series. The 14 runs are a club record against
Toronto.
"This is a big sweep for us," Giambi said. "Toronto has a
great club. They're going to beat a lot of people. Hopefully, it's
a sign that we're coming around."
Toronto's Carlos Delgado hit his AL-leading 13th homer. Delgado
has 203 career homers, tying Joe Carter for the Blue Jays' lead.
Brian Simmons and Darrin Fletcher hit consecutive homers for the
Blue Jays, who have lost five of six to Oakland this season.
"Things have been pretty rough since we went to Oakland," Blue
Jays manager Buck Martinez said.
Toronto starter Steve Parris left after the third inning because
of a personal matter with his wife Gina.
"We got a call during the game, and we made a judgment during
the game that we thought he should know," said Martinez, who added
that it was a private matter.
Giambi's seventh home run gave Oakland a 4-2 lead in the third,
but Simmons' two-run homer and Fletcher's solo shot put Toronto
ahead 5-4 in the bottom half.
After Mark Bellhorn tripled in the fourth, Hernandez's RBI
single tied it at 5.
Tony Batista's two-run homer off Mark Guthrie (1-0) in the
fourth gave Toronto a 7-5 lead, but Oakland rallied with seven runs
in the sixth.
Game notes
Toronto has lost six of its last eight games, falling into
third place in the AL East behind Boston and New York. ... Tejada's
homer ended Quantrill's scoreless innings streak at 23. ... The
Athletics have 16 homers in their last six games at SkyDome. ...
The Blue Jays have hit back-to-back homers four times this season.
... Simmons homered for the first time since Sept. 25, 1999. ...
Oakland starter Barry Zito gave up five runs on six hits in three
innings. Zito threw 40 pitches in the first. ... Parris gave up
four runs on three hits. ... Toronto's Jose Cruz Jr. missed his
fourth straight game with a lower back strain. ... Oakland's Jeremy
Giambi is day to day with a strained left hamstring. ... Homer
Bush, who partially tore ligaments of his left thumb against Tampa
Bay on April 4, finished a four-game rehab assignment with Class-A
Dunedin and hit .353. He'll move up to Triple-A Syracuse. "They
say I'll be in Syracuse for six games but if I play well it might
be less than that," Bush said.
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Detroit 6
Texas 5
Seattle 5
Boston 2
Kansas City 8
Cleveland 3
Minnesota 5
NY Yankees 4
Oakland 14
Toronto 8
Baltimore 9
Tampa Bay 5
Anaheim 7
Chi. White Sox 6
Milwaukee 11
Chicago Cubs 1
St. Louis 11
Pittsburgh 5
Colorado 8
NY Mets 2
San Francisco 13
Montreal 0
San Diego 6
Atlanta 5
Los Angeles 4
Florida 3
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