Toward the end of August, when he was hovering around .500 with his record for the season, Gio Gonzalez told Oakland manager Bob Melvin he was going to win the rest of his starts. He didn't quite accomplish that goal, but he came awfully close and put an impressive exclamation point on 2011. Gonzalez closed the season with flourish as the left-hander allowed just two hits in eight innings to help the Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Wednesday night.
