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A's Kazmir shuts down Giants in matinee Bay Bridge finale
The competition to start the American League All-Star game seems wide open now that the Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka is on the disabled list with an elbow injury. On a postcard afternoon at AT&T Park on Thursday, the A's Scott Kazmir pitched a game that shouted, "Pick me!"
Kazmir blanked the Giants on three hits over seven innings and improved to 11-3 in a 6-1 victory, a fitting end to a Bay Bridge Series that tilted the A's way.
Oakland took three of four for the second year in a row and has matched the best 92-game record in franchise history at 58-34 in winning for the 11th time in the past 15 games.
San Francisco fell to 8-21 since June 8 and again had to lean on bromides about salvation being just around the corner.
http://www.sfgate.com/athletics/article/A-s-Kazmir-shuts-down-Giants-in-matinee-Bay-5613517.php#photo-6580772