Gio Gonzalez pitches his second consecutive short shutout as he allows seven hits and one walk over six innings against the Orioles. That gives him 12 2/3 straight scoreless innings, and four runs in his last four starts, covering 24 2/3 innings. Gonzalez is turning out to be a bit of good news as the Athletics play out the string.

Mark Ellis went five for five, but just to show how poorly he’s hitting, that only raised his OBA to .310. Oakland wins 9-1, just missing a shutout as Luke Scott homered leading off the bottom of the ninth.