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10:05 pm EDT Fri May 14, 2010

Less than a week after making history, Oakland’s Dallas Braden is focused on his next challenge. Braden takes the mound for the first time since pitching the club’s first perfect game in 42 years as the Athletics open a road series with the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Pitching on Mother’s Day with his grandmother present, Braden threw 109 pitches in a 4-0 home win over Tampa Bay to record the 19th perfect game in major league history and first since Chicago’s Mark Buehrle stymied the Rays on July 23. Braden’s no-hitter was the sixth in Oakland history, and first perfect game since Hall of Famer Jim “Catfish” Hunter tossed one May 8, 1968. Despite etching a place in baseball history, the 26-year-old left-hander hopes that’s not the end of his success. The last five pitchers to throw a perfect game are 2-2 with a 4.85 ERA in their next start.

Braden is 2-3 with a 4.64 ERA in six starts against the Angels, but earned a victory after giving up three runs in six innings of a 9-4 win on April 11 in Anaheim. Braden will look to help the A’s avoid a third straight loss when they return to Anaheim after taking two of three from the Angels last month. Oakland scored 22 runs in that set, but managed two total in losing its last two games at Texas. The A’s had just seven hits in a 2-1, 12-inning loss to the Rangers on Thursday. Jake Fox had three hits and Kevin Kouzmanoff added two in the finale. Kouzmanoff is hitting .333 in his last 10 games, and is 4 for 12 with a homer versus the Angels this season. Oakland has a chance to get its offense going again while facing Joe Saunders on Friday. The Angels left-hander allowed four runs in six innings in the loss to Braden and Athletics last month, and is 9-4 with a 4.13 ERA against Oakland.