Article: Hooray for Rajai and A's

DETROIT -- Rajai Davis had endured the A's 10-game losing streak without much opportunity to help end it.

He found his name in the lineup Friday night at Comerica Park for just the second time since the All-Star break.

Unlikely hero?

Davis was one of several in a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers that halted the A's 10-game skid. The speedy outfielder sparked the team with his bat and glove in helping halt the A's longest losing streak in one season since a 12-game skid in April 1994.

It was the fifth-longest losing streak since the team moved to Oakland in 1968.

"It feels good for everybody," manager Bob Geren said. "There were some games we could have won, and the guys have been taking ...

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