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Carrasco extended his scoreless streak to 21 1-3 innings before finishing up allowing one run and four hits in 6 1-3 innings Orlando Cabrera hit a solo homer while Grady Sizemore scored two runs and drove in another off Paul Maholm .

Justin Verlander certainly looked unhittable -- and he nearly was. Chasing history, the Tigers right-hander had a no-hitter going through 7 1/3 innings against the Indians on Tuesday until Orlando Cabrera laced a high fastball into center field for a single to break it up.

It seemed that the 2009 season was going to be a season of rebirth for the Oakland A's. Their money ball wizard General Manager, Billy Beane, spent the off season as one of the most aggressive clubs in the Major Leagues.

They added Jason Giambi, Matt Holiday, and Orlando Cabrera, but as the season headed south all those acquisitions were traded away at the trading deadline.

While this has been the M.O. of the A's in recent years, it really seemed that this team had turned a corner.