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Gonzalez's resilience for A's helps halt Yanks' streak at 8

Associated Press

Saturday, July 25, 2009

NEW YORK -- Gio Gonzalez wasn't around to see Landon Powell and the Oakland offense finally come alive. The Athletics starter was in a tunnel deep inside Yankee Stadium, escaping the heat between innings on a warm Saturday afternoon. The young left-hander had to rely on groans from the crowd to know when the A's finally broke through, taking advantage of a debatable decision by New York manager Joe Girardi to beat the Yankees 6-4 and snap their eight-game winning streak. "I just kept staring ...

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