A's end 5-game skid to Giants

[March 19, 2010]  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Bobby Crosby drove in three runs, rookie Trevor Cahill won his third straight decision and the Oakland Athletics ended a five-game losing streak in the Bay Bridge Series with a 5-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.

Travis Ishikawa hit a solo home run in the second to put San Francisco ahead but that's all the offense the Giants could muster. Orlando Cabrera doubled in a run in the fourth for Oakland to tie the game at 1, then Ryan Sweeney's RBI groundout two batters later gave the A's the lead.

Crosby hit a two-run double in the sixth and had an eighth-inning RBI groundout in Oakland's third win in four games.

Reliever Brad Ziegler pitched two perfect innings for his sixth save in seven chances.

[Associated Press; By JANIE McCAULEY]

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