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

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Piscotty, Chad Pinder and Marcus Semien all homered during a nine-run burst in the fifth inning and the Oakland Athletics 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 two-run, pinch-hit homer made it 4-2. Mark Canha hit a two-run triple, Piscotty launched a three-run homer and Semien added a two-run drive for an 11-2.

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.

The A's gave Mike Fiers (2-1) all the support he needed and then some in his fifth start and improved to 4-1 in his outings. He struck out four over six innings and allowed two runs on seven hits.

The A's (16-6) powered past the Giants once more to sweep the Bay Bridge Series, moving a season-best 10 games over .500.

This one wasn't close after consecutive Oakland rallies for one-run victories — 8-7 in 10 innings Friday night following Piscotty’s tying grand slam in the ninth, then Canha’s go-ahead three-run homer in a 7-6 win Saturday.

Right-hander Logan Webb (1-2) struck out five over 4 1/3 innings Sunday but was hurt by five walks.

Brandon Belt homered in the second for San Francisco in a steady rain after the Bay Area was hit with a rare thunderstorm overnight. Brandon Crawford connected in the seventh.

Donovan Solano went 0 for 5 and had his career-best 17-game hitting streak snapped as the Giants lost for the 11th time in 14 games. They have allowed 39 home runs — nine this series.

San Francisco allowed nine or more runs in an inning at home for the first time since Colorado's 13-run fifth on on May 5,...

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