Gonzalez settles down for win
News: Gio Gonzalez worked out of trouble when Andy Pettitte could not, and a key decision by Yankees manager Joe Girardi went awry in the Oakland Athletics' 6-4 victory Saturday that snapped New York's eight-game winning streak. Gonzalez (2-2) rebounded from a rough start to pitch two-hit ball into the seventh inning. He wiggled out of a jam when he stranded Brett Gardner on third base by retiring the final two batters of the sixth, keeping Oakland within 1-0. It proved to be an important escape act when the A's scored all their runs the next inning. Gonzalez finished with one run allowed on two hits over 6 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six on the day. His ERA is at 7.75. [...]



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