By Kahlil Najar

CLEVELAND – Josh Reddick blasted a grand slam in the second and a two run shot in the seventh to provide the A’s six of their eleven runs. Josh Donaldson hit his tenth homer of the year in the second when he drove in three runs to provide the other big contribution to the A’s offense tonight.

“I was getting some pitches to handle and not missing them,” said Reddick. “That’s how you keep a hot streak going, you don’t miss pitches.”

Bob Melvin said, “It’s nice to see him drive some balls. The first one obviously puts four runs on the board and opens it up in a hurry. The second one was one of the more aggressive swings I’ve seen him have in a while.”

On his three run shot, Donaldson said, “That’s probably one of the best swings I’ve had this year.”

Some how lost in the mix is Sonny Gray’s great performance as he went for six innings and only gave up two hits and the lone run of the game. He also tied a career high in strikeouts with nine.

Cleveland actually had the lead in the bottom of the first after a home run from former Oakland Athletic Nick Swicher went over the right field fences and gave the Indians a 1-0 lead. The A’s then went to work in the second. Brandon Moss started the inning with his seventh double of the year to right field and then he was moved to third on a Yoenis Cesepedes single to left field. Jed Lowrie then hit a sharp grounder to center field that scored Moss and moved Cesepedes to second. Derek Norris walked to load the bases and Reddick came up and blasted his first homer of the game and gave the A’s a 5-1 lead. After a Sogard ground out and a Crisp walk, Josh Reddick hit his team leading 10th homer of the year to left field and made it 8-1. Lowrie hit his third home run of the year in the top of the third and Reddick hit a two run shot in th top of the 7th to give the game a 11-1 final score.

Fun fact of the game is that the A’s hit for the “cycle” on homers – Lowrie hit his solo shot, Reddick’s homer in the 7th brought in two, Donaldson has a 3 run homer in the second and of course Reddick has his grand slam that brought in four runs.

Oakland and Cleveland head back at it tomorrow night as the A’s send up Scott Kazmir (5-1, 2.28 ERA) against Josh Tomlin (2-0, 2.13), game time 4:05pm PST.