Lowie double in 10th, A's top Indians 4-3 for 5th win in row

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jed Lowrie hit an RBI double in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics extended their winning streak to five, beating the Cleveland Indians 4-3 on Tuesday night.

Oakland moved into sole possession of the top AL wild-card spot, one game ahead of Boston.

Indians reliever Nick Wittgren (2-5) retired the first two batters in the 10th before intentionally walking Matt Olson. Lowrie followed with a double to left field, scoring automatic runner Elvis Andrus.

Lou Trivino (5-4) pitched a scoreless ninth and Andrew Chafin earned his first save of the season.

A's relievers Burch Smith, A.J. Puk, Yusmeiro Petit, Sergio Romo, Trivino and Chafin held Cleveland hitless for the final six innings.

The Indians carried a 3-2 lead into the eighth, but the Athletics tied it off James Karinchak with one out. Starling Marte singled, stole second and came home on Lowrie’s grounder.

Seth Brown homered, singled and stole a base for Oakland, which began its second 10-game road trip of the summer.

Marte was 1 for 5, dropping his average with the Athletics to .400 in 10 games since being acquired from Miami. He also stole his 30th base of the season.

Amed Rosario and Myles Straw each had two hits for Cleveland — Rosario got the 500th of his career. The Indians are a season-high 10 1/2 games out of first place in the AL Central.

Triston McKenzie extended his home winless streak to eight starts, allowing two runs in six innings while striking out five. The right-hander’s only victory at Progressive Field occurred in his MLB debut against Detroit on Aug. 22, 2020.

Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea made his shortest start of the season at 1 2/3 innings, giving up three runs and five hits on 69 pitches.

Josh Harrison doubled and scored for Oakland. He left in the sixth after...

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