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Hot bats helps A's rout Tigers to end five-game skid

Associated Press

Monday, June 29, 2009

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Mark Ellis has always possessed an ineffable knack for timely hits during his years with the Oakland Athletics. Now that he's back from a two-month injury absence, maybe he can show his light-hitting teammates how to get it. Ellis hit a two-run homer in his second game back in the A's lineup, and Ryan Sweeney homered and drove in two runs in Oakland's 7-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Kurt Suzuki had a run-scoring double for the last-place A's, who snapped a f ...

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