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Brian Fuentes gives up game-winning hit to Burriss in 11th, Giants sweep A's with 5-4 win

Brian Fuentes stood in the Oakland clubhouse and succinctly summed up why he's been struggling for the past week."I'm just probably not making pitches," Fuentes said following the Athletics' 5-4 loss to the San Francisco Giants in 11 innings Sunday. "There wasn't really anything that happened that wasn't my fault."Fuentes, Oakland's fill-in closer while two-time All-Star Andrew Bailey rehabs from a strained right forearm, hasn't pitched in a save situation in two weeks but has three losses in the last five days.Two of them came in the series with the Giants, who swept the three-game set with their cross-bay rivals after rallying from two runs down in the eighth.That left Fuentes (1-6) leading the majors in losses by a reliever."Things haven't gone perfectly for him the last few outings, that's for sure," A's manager Bob Geren said. "(Opponents are) getting some hits off him. They're not necessarily pounding him and hitting him hard, but they're getting some runs when they need to."Emma...

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