Nick Allen belted two homers and Shea Langeliers hit a tiebreaking, two-run single in the sixth inning to lift the host Oakland Athletics to an 8-6 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Allen, who had homered just once this season, went 3-for-4, with three RBIs and two runs, while Seth Brown went 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles, an RBI and a run for Oakland.Kirby Snead picked up the win by striking out the side in the sixth to lead an Oakland bullpen in which six relivers combined to hold the Giants to two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts over the final 5 2/3 innings. Oakland starter Luis Media allowed four runs and five hits in 3 1/3 innings.LaMonte Wade Jr.
With the bases loaded and one out, reliever Luke Jackson walked Tyler Soderstrom on four pitches to force in a run before Langeliers followed with a two-run single to left to give the A's a 7-6 lead.The Giants took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on J.D. Davis' RBI single that scored Wade. But the A's tied the game in the bottom of the frame when Brown's triple to center scored Gelof.
The Giants regained the lead in their next at-bat. Bailey's single to left scored Joc Pederson before Davis scored on Crawford's groundout to make it 4-3.
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