Piscotty homers to keep A’s rolling with 6-2 win

San Francisco: Stephen Piscotty homered for the fifth time in nine games and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 6-2 on Sunday.

Sean Manaea allowed two runs in six innings for his fourth consecutive win. All-Star second baseman Jed Lowrie walked and scored in his return to the line-up following a scary collision in right field two nights earlier for Oakland. Matt Chapman added two hits.

The surging A’s have won nine of 12 and are 21-6 since June 16, the best record in the majors during that stretch. All-Star shortstop Brandon Crawford had two hits for the Giants, who lost a home series for the first time since dropping two of three at AT&T Park to Arizona from April 8-10.