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OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels are playing their best baseball of the season, setting career highs and beating first-place opponents. This is one September surge that just came too late. C.J. Wilson pitched seven innings of four-hit ball for his career-best 17th win, and the Angels became the first team in nearly four months to beat Jarrod Parker in a 12-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night. "Were just going to try to throw a wrench in the works to keep everybody on the edge of their toes," Wilson said. "Its good television when the season comes down to the last weekend." Kole Calhoun had two of his three RBIs during a five-run fifth inning that chased Parker (11-7), who was 9-0 in 19 starts since a loss at Texas on May 22. It was the longest unbeaten streak by an As starting pitcher since Hall of Famer Lefty Grove went 21 in a row in 1931. Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo each hit a towering, two-run homer in the eighth. Wilson (17-6) struck out six and walked three. He extended his career-best winning streak to nine and is unbeaten in his last 13 starts. Los Angeles has won nine of 12 and 18 of 24. But with two weeks left in the regular season, the Angels are 15 games behind the first-place As in the AL West. "Theres no doubt this year has filled us with a lot of frustration," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "This last month gives us a lot of hope looking forward to some of our kids that are playing well, some of the things weve been looking to take place and be in place during the season." Oakland, coming off a three-game sweep at Texas that stretched its division lead to 6 1/2 games, is still in a strong position to win the AL West for the second consecutive year. The Rangers lost 6-2 at Tampa Bay earlier Monday, keeping the As lead intact. Parker had been a strong and steady force at the top of the rotation since starting 0-4 this season. He was scratched from his start at Texas on Sunday because of an illness that had him vomiting and trying to rehydrate, he said, and he never looked comfortable on the mound back in Oakland. Parker gave up eight hits and eight runs -- seven earned -- in 4 1-3 innings. He struck out three and walked two. The winning streak was the longest by an Oakland pitcher since Dan Haren rolled off 10 in a row in 2007. Grove also made 10 relief appearances -- losing once -- for the Philadelphia Athletics during his 21-start unbeaten streak in 1931. "I can either dwell on it or move on," Parker said. "Early in the game it felt like forever since Ive been out there. It wasnt very good execution. Not very many of my pitches were down in the zone, not even my off-speed stuff." Calhoun and Josh Hamilton hit RBI singles in the first inning off Parker. In the third, second baseman Alberto Callaspo -- traded by the Angels in July -- had Hamiltons liner bounce off his glove and into centre for an error. Fill-in shortstop Andy Parrino bobbled a grounder on a potential double play, getting only the out at second as Howie Kendrick scored and the Angels took a 3-0 lead. Los Angeles sent 10 batters to the plate and scored five runs in the fifth to put the game out of reach. Trout hit his 24th home run and Trumbo his 34th this season off Pedro Figueroa in the eighth. Trouts homer glanced off a luxury box window in centre field. Initial estimates ranged from 420-460 feet by various trackers, though many Angels thought the ball cleared 500 feet. "What is that, yards, meters?" Wilson joked. "It bounced back 420 feet maybe," Scioscia said. Trout said it was the farthest ball hed hit all season. "I really didnt even feel that one off the bat," he said. Derek Norris RBI single in the sixth accounted for Oaklands lone run against Wilson. The lefty hasnt lost since July 5 at Boston. Yoenis Cespedes returned to the As lineup after he was scratched Sunday because of a sore right shoulder. He was 2 for 3 as the designated hitter. Oakland shortstop Jed Lowrie sat out with tightness in his right hamstring. Manager Bob Melvin said Lowrie likely would be back in the lineup Tuesday. NOTES: Calhoun has 23 RBIs in his last 22 games. ... As reliever Dan Otero missed the game after his wife, Tiffany, gave birth to daughter Kinsley Lynn Otero at 2:54 a.m. on Monday. ... Sonny Gray was set to start if Parker needed another day to rest. Instead, Gray (3-3, 2.63 ERA) will start Tuesday and A.J. Griffin (14-9, 3.81) will go Wednesday. RHP Garrett Richards (7-6, 3.91) will start for the Angels on Tuesday and lefty Jason Vargas (8-7, 4.20) on Wednesday. Cheap Soccer Jerseys Authentic . Ryan Callahan trade talks caught a lot of people off guard. Details are now emerging about why the Rangers would consider such a move. Darren Dreger: He wants a lot of money. Its been widely reported that Callahan is looking for a seven-year term around $6 million per year. That is not accurate. 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The ninth-ranked Russian looked to be cruising before McHale broke late in the second set to tie the match and then took her commanding lead in the final set after breaking Sharapova.The way Major League Baseball does business with Japans top professional baseball league may be about to change. According to Fox Sports analyst Ken Rosenthals sources, MLB and Nippon Professional Baseball are "very close" on a new posting system. Rosenthal posted the details of the expected deal on Twitter Thursday morning. To acquire negotiating rights to an eligible Japanese player, MLB teams will still submit a posting bid, but unlike in the past, the new maximum posting fee will be $20 million per player. In the event multiple teams post $20 million, the player would then be allowed to choose his destination amongst those teams that submitted maximum bids. Only the team chosen by the player being posted would then be required to pay the fee to his respective NPB club. If no team posts a maximum bid, the player would go to the highest bidder. Under the current system, teams submit their top bids in secret with the highest bidder getting an exclusive negotiating window to sign the player. The deal comes as MLB teams wait to start bidding on the latest Japanese phenom pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka. The New York Yankees were believed to be the front-runners for Tanaka, since their deep pockets would allow them to submit a high posting bid, while only having Tanakas salary count towards luxury tax.dddddddddddd However, under the new system that advantage would no longer play in the Yankees favour. Since only the posting fee is luxury tax-exempt. The change levels the playing field, giving players like Tanaka the ability to choose between whichever clubs deem his services worthy of a maximum bid. MLB expects that once the deal gets completed, Tanaka and others will still be posted. Otherwise, Rosenthal believes, Japanese players might demand earlier free agency. Japanese players are currently eligible for free agency after nine years of NPB service. The highest bid ever submitted by an MLB club for a Japanese free agent came in January of 2012 when the Texas Rangers paid a reported $51.7 million for the right to negotiate with pitcher Yu Darvish. The Rangers and Darvish took almost the full allotted month to reach an agreement, with Darvish settling for a six-year, $60 million contract on the final day of the negotiating window. ' ' '