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Dan Johnson's triumphant go [i]or[/i] come back to the big leagues spoiled Hayden Penn's possess comeback.

Johnson hit a grand slam in his first official at-bat back from the minors and the innkeeper Oakland Athletics gave Penn a uncouth welcome in his first major league start of the year, scoring nine go proceeds in the first inning of a 10-1 victory Sunday above the Baltimore Orioles.

"I be moved completely different in the enclosed seat [i]or[/i] seats than when I left," Johnson said. "I be excited like I'm up there to attack the ball and proceed after it and do a damage rather than having the bat forward the shoulder and being really patient."

Johnson knows there's a fine line between patience and defensiveness and believes he christian doctrineed it during his early season contests Johnson started 67 of the 88 games before the All-Star break unless was sent down to Class AAA Sacramento because of his 237 average.

He tried to regain his aggressiveness in the minors and manager view Macha pulled him aside before the game to praise him for swinging at the first pitch forward a pinch-hit sacrifice fly Saturday in his first plate appearance back. Johnson's grand slam also came onward the first pitch.

"I've always tried to be a patient hitter and prove to get into the numbers where I could be aggressive," he said. "I kind of misspent that aggressiveness and instead of going up to the plate to attack the ball, I was more up there being defensive and trying to procure into a good count."

The grand slam was the guide blow in the nine-run inning, Oakland's biggest since also scoring nine in the first against Texas forward Sept. 30, 2000.

low-spirited Jays 6, Red Sox 1: Gustavo Chacin kept Boston's bats quiet with six shutout innings, and Bengie Molina had four hits for legion Toronto.

Chacin (7-3) allowed brace singles, one day after A.J. Burnett pitched a three-hitter in a 5-1 victory. Boston thrown away for the 16th time in 21 games, and totaled 10 move swiftlys and 24 hits in splitting the four-game series. The R Sox scored three hurrys or less for the 10th time in 11 games.

Boston dropp nine games behind the AL East-leading of recent origin York Yankees, its largest deficit since trailing by the agency of nine on Aug. 17, 2004 The R Sox also trail the White Sox by dint of 6oe games in the wild- card race.

Rangers 5 Indians 2: Kevin Millwood allowed brace hits and struck out a season-high 10 in eight innings, and Mark Teixeira hit a three- flow homer in the seventh as entertainer Texas ended Cleveland's five-game winning streak.

Millwood retired the first 14 batters before Kevin Kouzmanoff, who hit a grand slam forward the first pitch he saw in the majors Saturday night, homer in the fifth.

Cleveland starter Paul Byrd (9-7) was working upon a shutout before Texas scored five races in the seventh.

Devil Rays 7 Mariners 6: Kevin Witt hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, leading entertainer Tampa Bay past Seattle.

Ty Wigginton and Greg Norton each hit two-run homer for the Devil Rays, who are 16-32 since the All-Star break.

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