(My Sportsbook) - Terrence Long's two-out double in the bottom of the ninth inning scored Erubiel Durazo from first base to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians on Sunday. Durazo, who led off the ninth with a single, finished 3-for-4 with two runs batted in. Oakland completed the three-game sweep of Cleveland and has won four straight games. Scott Hatteberg posted two hits and two runs scored. Ricardo Rincon (2-1) recorded the victory with two scoreless relief innings. He allowed just one hit and struck out four. Tim Hudson started the game for Oakland and went seven frames, giving up three runs on seven hits. The righthander also struck out six and walked four. runs on seven hits. The righthander also struck out six and walked four. Mark Ellis had a very solid series for the A's, going 6-for-13. Oakland will have the day off today and will resume play again on Tuesday. Lefty Barry Zito will take the mound for the A's on Tuesday as he tries to record his fourth victory of the season. He went seven innings in his most recent outing and suffered his second loss of the year, giving up two earned runs on five hits while failing to get any sort of run support. Zito (3-2) will make just his fifth career start against the White Sox on Tuesday. He has posted a record of 3-1 against them and has an ERA of 3.86, while striking out 20 batters in 25 2/3 innings of work.
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