//Piscotty HR, 5 RBIs, A’s rout Giants 15-3 for 4th win in row

Piscotty HR, 5 RBIs, A’s rout Giants 15-3 for 4th win in row

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) This time, Chad Pinder provided the latest momentum-swinging home run for the slugging Oakland Athletics.

A little earlier than usual, too.

Pinder hit a go-ahead, two-run shot and Stephen Piscotty and Marcus Semien also homered during a nine-run burst in the fifth inning as the A’s clobbered the San Francisco Giants 15-3 Sunday for their fourth straight win.

Piscotty matched his career high with five RBIs as the A’s, with the best record in the AL, won for the 13th time in 15 games.

Pinder’s pinch-hit homer made it 4-2. Mark Canha added a two-run triple, Piscotty launched a three-run homer and Semien hit a two-run drive for an 11-2 lead.

”It’s been a fun two weeks, there’s no doubt about that,” Pinder said.

Pinder knocked his third career pinch-hit homer and first since Aug. 3, 2019, against St. Louis. Piscotty added a two-run double in the sixth.

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