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Teixeira ends power outage after 95 at-bats

Mark Teixeira wasn't bothered by the streak, but he was aware of it.

"Oh yeah, I knew it had been a few weeks," Teixeira said of his stretch of 95 at-bats without a home run, a career high.

He ended that streak in the fifth inning yesterday, hitting a first pitch from the Twins' Francisco Liriano deep into the leftfield seats for his 21st homer.

"I'm a streaky home run hitter...

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