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Dallas Braden gets Godzilla'd back to earth

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hideki Matsui and the Los Angeles Angels brought Dallas Braden back to earth on Friday, the Japanese slugger crushing a three-run homer in a 4-0 win over the Oakland A's.Braden had hurled just the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball when he retired every batter in order in beating the Tampa Bay Rays 4-0 in his previous outing.The Oakland lefty coaxed groundball outs from the first two Angels batters he faced Friday before Bobby Abreu stroked a double to left-center to end his string of perfection.Braden then set down the next 11 batters he faced before Matsui singled in the fifth inning and was locked in a scoreless duel with Angels left-hander Joe Saunders until Los Angeles broke through in the sixth.A two-out single to left, with men on first and second base, by Kendry Morales scored Erick Aybar for the game's first run and Matsui followed with a line shot over the wall in right for his fifth homer and a 4-0 lead."It was a breaking ball," Braden told re...

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