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Rookie Todd Van Poppel allowed two hits in 6 2/3 innings to win his fourth straight start as Oakland stopped a four-game losing streak.
Van Poppel (4-3) didn’t allow a hit until Pat Listach’s single in the sixth. Van Poppel blanked Milwaukee until the seventh, when John Jaha hit his ninth homer with two outs.
Van Poppel struck out one and walked five in the longest outing of his big-league career. He is 4-0 with a 2.41 ERA in his last four starts after going 0-3 with a 7.47 ERA in his first four.
