Oakland Athletics : The Drumbeat : Gio Gonzalez en route
sfgate.com 8/5/2008 — From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser in Toronto Gio Gonzalez's agent tells me that the left-hander has been called up, presumably to make Thursday's start here. Gonzalez, part of the Nick Swisher deal, has been terrific much of the last month, ...

Marcum beats A’s, loses no-no in 6th
mvn.com 8/7/2008 — The A's Bobby Crosby ended yet another Blue Jays pitcher's shutout bid. Yet again, it made no difference for Oakland, as Toronto cruised to a 5-1 victory at Rogers Centre to hand the A's their 9th straight defeat. It was Oakland's 16th loss in 18 games since the All-Star break. The Blue Jays took an early lead and Shaun Marcum made it stand up, and have taken the first three of this four-

MLB Preview: Toronto Blue Jays vs Oakland A’s
andregomes.apostaganha.pt 8/7/2008 — The A’s lost again yesterday and they are now in a 9 games losing streak and if they lose once again after the Blue Jays, it will be the first time since 1994 that they will reach a double digits losing streak.

Burnett Lives and Dies By His Deuce
mopupduty.com 8/7/2008 — If AJ wants to get these fans out of their seats tonight vs. Oakland, he is going to have to have that dirty deuce working.

Athletics’ Gonzalez shows grit, but Oakland still loses ninth straight
as.sportsbloggingnetwork.com 8/7/2008 — Gio Gonzalez got his first Major League career start, unfortunately for him and the A’s, it was also his first career loss as well. The 22 year old pitcher, just called up from the Sacramento River Cats, pitched 6 innings, letting up 4 earned runs on 4 hits and 2 walks, and 1 home run while striking out 4 batters in the loss. The only problem was the first inning, where he let up a three-run...

A's add LHP Gonzalez, send RHP Gallagher for MRI — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 8/6/2008
TORONTO (AP) -- The Oakland Athletics purchased the contract of left-hander Gio Gonzalez from Triple...

Athletics suffer ninth straight loss (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 8/7/2008
Rod Barajas hit a three-run homer, Shaun Marcum pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland 5-1 Wednesday night to extend the Athletics' season-long losing streak to nine games. Oakland has been outscored 47-17 during the ...

Barajas, Blue Jays hand Oakland 9th straight loss — Boston.com -- Baseball News 8/7/2008
Rod Barajas hit a three-run homer, Shaun Marcum pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland 5-1 Wednesday night to extend the Athletics' season-long losing streak to nine games.

Barajas, Blue Jays hand Oakland 9th straight loss — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 8/7/2008
Rod Barajas hit a three-run homer, Shaun Marcum pitched seven strong innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Oakland 5-1 Wednesday night to extend the Athletics' season-long losing streak to nine games.

Blue Jays-Athletics: Shaun Marcum Returns to Form as Toronto Beats Oakland 5-1 — Bleacher Report - MLB 8/7/2008
There were worries that Marcum wouldn't be able to find his pre-injury form before the season ended, but he proved tonight that he is now over his injury and ready to start winning again! Marcum went seven strong innings, allowing only one run on ...