Streaking A's get 19th straight win

Even 19 straight wins can&#39;t satisfy the Oakland Athletics. <br> <br> The A&#39;s matched the longest winning streak in AL history, getting a game-ending hit from Miguel Tejada for the second straight game in a 7-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Monday. <br> <br> ``I don&#39;t think anybody is going to be satisfied with tying something,&#39;&#39; said A&#39;s closer Billy Koch, who earned his second straight victory. ``I think we&#39;d rather break something. This is just fun. It&#39;s fun to be playing this well. We don&#39;t try to analyze it.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> David Justice homered and drove in four runs as Oakland charged back from a 5-0 hole and a terrible start by ace Barry Zito. <br> <br> With Tejada&#39;s bases-loaded single through five drawn-in infielders, Oakland equaled the 19 straight wins recorded by the 1906 White Sox and matched by the 1947 Yankees. The Giants set the major league record with 26 consecutive wins in 1916. <br> <br> ``These were two fun days,&#39;&#39; said Tejada, who beat Minnesota on Sunday with a three-run homer in the ninth. ``That&#39;s why we like to come to the park and play for this team. We feel like every day, somebody else is going to get a win for us. Nobody tries to do it all by himself.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The A&#39;s have the fifth-longest streak in major league history - and the third longest since 1900. <br> <br> ``That&#39;s a great ballclub,&#39;&#39; Kansas City manager Tony Pena said. ``They believe in themselves and what they can do. We were up 5-0, but they came back and showed what they were after.&#34; <br> <br> In interleague play, Texas beat Houston 7-2 in a makeup of a June rainout. <br> <br> For the third straight day, the A&#39;s streak seemed in jeopardy. In the fifth inning, Oakland trailed 5-0 and hadn&#39;t managed a hit against Kansas City starter Runelvys Hernandez. <br> <br> But after Hernandez woke up the A&#39;s by zipping a pitch at Jermaine Dye&#39;s head, Oakland rallied with Justice&#39;s two-run homer in the fifth and four more runs in the sixth, capped by Justice&#39;s two-run single that put Oakland up 6-5. <br> <br> ``When we were down 5-0, the mood in the dugout was real solemn,&#39;&#39; Zito said. ``When he threw at (Dye), that got us excited. We were up, talking trash. That really woke us up.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The A&#39;s extended their lead in the AL West to four games over Anaheim.

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