(AP) ? Jemile Weeks thinks keeping company with a bunch of old guys who have won a few world championships will rub off on the Oakland Athletics. Weeks has hit safely in each of the two days the A's have honored their 1972 World Series championship team, though Oakland has lost both games, including a 5-1 setback to the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. Jason Kipnis drove in three runs and scored twice, Jeanmar Gomez pitched into the sixth inning for his first win of the season and the Indians extended their best road trip in more than 20 years with the win. The Indians stranded 10 runners in the first seven innings before scoring three times in the eighth. McCarthy had trouble locating his sinker most of the night and pitched with runners on base in seven innings. The A's lanky right-hander struck out four, walked three and threw a season-high 113 pitches. The 26-year-old allowed only two hits and had eight strikeouts in seven scoreless innings over five games with the River Cats. ...
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