Athletics' Braden scratched again

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07/02/2010 - Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oakland lefty Dallas Braden will miss his second straight start Saturday because of tightness in his pitching elbow.

Braden hasn't won since hurling his perfect game way back on May 9 versus the Rays. He was scratched hours before his scheduled start against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday with the same injury and is 0-5 over his last eight starts.

A trip to the disabled list is likely for the 26-year-old, who is 4-7 with a 3.83 earned run average in 15 overall starts this season.

Right-hander Clayton Mortensen will be recalled from Triple-A Sacramento to make Saturday's start against Cleveland. Mortensen has compiled a 10-2 record and 3.58 ERA this season for Sacramento and was recently named to the Pacific League All-Star squad.

The A's announced a number of official moves Friday as well. The club signed pitcher Boof Bonser to a minor league contract and assigned him to Sacramento while claiming pitcher Jeff Lyman off waivers from the Atlanta Braves and optioning him to Double-A Midland.

Oakland also agreed to terms with a trio of Venezuelan players in third baseman Renato Nunez and pitchers Anderson Mata and Jose Torres.

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De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

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De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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