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Cust's HR, bunt help Oakland snap skid

Jun. 18, 2009
Here's the long and the short of it: Jack Cust homered his second time up on Wednesday. And his next time up, he bunted for a base hit against the shift. Both swings resulted in Oakland runs - three, in fact - and the A's snapped their four-game losing streak...
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