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  Saturday, Aug. 12 4:05pm ET
Giambi has 3rd straight 100-RBI season
 
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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Jason Giambi set another milestone Saturday as the Oakland Athletics ended a six-game losing streak.

Giambi hit his 30th home run and Ben Grieve added a three-run homer, leading the A's over the Detroit Tigers 9-5.

Tim Hudson
Tim Hudson actually took a one-hit shutout in the seventh, then had to settle for an unspectacular 13th victory.

Matt Stairs hit a sacrifice fly in the second and Giambi hit a two-run homer in the third, giving him 101 RBI. Giambi joined Jose Canseco (1986-88) as the only Oakland players to drive in 100 runs in three straight years.

"It sounds like a broken record, but he's having a great year," A's manager Art Howe said. "He's doing the job day in and day out and giving us opportunities to win."

Giambi also reached 100 RBI quicker than any player in Oakland history, bettering Reggie Jackson's 1973 pace, when he got his 100th RBI on Aug. 18.

"It's exciting, but it's a great thing how I'm surrounded by great players around here who do an outstanding job ahead of me," Giambi said. "Guys have to be on to get RBI. We'll take anything that gets us back on top."

Tim Hudson (13-4) took a one-hit shutout into the seventh, then was chased and wound up allowing four runs and five hits in six-plus innings. Hudson, coming off a 13-0 loss to the Chicago White Sox, is 4-0 against Detroit in four career starts.

"Any time you have a bad outing, you can't wait for your next start," he said. "I felt positive coming in I was going to stop what's happening. I just have to keep my focus, and keep the same mindset every time out."

Adam Bernero (0-1), making his third major league start, lost in his first decision. Bernero, who attended high school in nearby Sacramento, gave up four runs, six hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings.

"I felt like I had my control, but I wasn't making pitches when I needed to," said Bernero, who left 40 tickets for family and friends. "I was making a lot of mistakes with my off-speed pitches and that usually doesn't happen."

Miguel Tejada's RBI double made it 4-0 in the fifth, and the A's added two runs in the sixth on Stairs' sacrifice fly and Eric Chavez's run-scoring grounder.

Dean Palmer homered leading off the seventh, and consecutive singles by Damion Easley, Brad Ausmus and Jose Macias loaded the bases and finished Hudson.

The A's scored first for the first time since July 30.

"We broke out some today," Howe said. "I felt yesterday we were starting to swing the bats better."

Deivi Cruz and Billy McMillon hit RBI singles off Jim Mecir, and Bobby Higginson's run-scoring groundout pulled the Tigers to 6-4.

Grieve's homer in the bottom half came off Matt Anderson. McMillon hit an RBI single off Jason Isringhausen in the ninth.

Game notes
A's RHP T.J. Mathews was placed on the 15-day disabled list before the game because of tendinitis in his right elbow. RHP Omar Olivares was activated from the DL. ... Tigers C/1B Robert Fick was to start a rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. ... Detroit OF Juan Encarnacion was not in the starting lineup for the third straight game. ... Tejada extended his career-high hitting streak to 13 with his fifth-inning double. ... Easley stretched his season-high hitting streak to 11 with a single in the seventh. ... Terrence Long went 3-for-4 and is 14-for-37 (.378) in his last nine games. ... Hudson has allowed the Tigers six earned runs in 29 career innings (1.86 ERA).
 


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