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September 13: Angels 3, White Sox 2

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This was your garden-variety hard-luck loss. Mark Buehrle pitched well, especially with a small strike zone from Angel Campos that frustrated both sides. He allowed only five hits and two walks, but Torii Hunter’s homer in the seventh made the difference. What didn’t make a difference?  Numerous at-em balls hit by the Sox. They out-hit [...]

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