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The Yankees were clicking in all departments during their 13-game winning streak, notably cutting down on defensive miscues and offensive woes with runners on base. Both reappeared in the past two games, a major reason the Bombers departed the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday with only a split of a four-game series.
Chad Green surrendered a go-ahead, two-run homer to Tony Kemp in the eighth inning as the Yankees lost consecutive games for the first time since July 22-23, absorbing a 3-1 defeat to the Athletics.