By Jeremy Kahn

OAKLAND-It seems that the Oakland A’s are having their way with the San Francisco Giants after the first two games of the annual Bay Bridge Series.

The A’s got all the runs they would need in the bottom of the third inning, as they scored four runs on five hits and they took game two by the final score of 6-1 before a sellout crowd of 36,067.

Nick Punto drove in Jed Lowrie with the only run that the A’s would need, as he drove in Lowrie with a double and then Coco Crisp followed Punto with a double of his own.

After Craig Gentry popped out for the second out of the inning, Yoenis Cespedes singled in Crisp for the third run of the inning.

Derek Norris drove in the final run of the inning, as he singled to drive in his fellow All-Star Cespedes.

Sonny Gray pitched great another game, as he went seven innings, allowing just one run on six hits, walking just one and striking out a career-high eight on his way to his ninth win of the season against three losses.

“Their guy has good stuff and the ability to get a strikeout and make those kind of pitches,” said Bruce Bochy.

Once again, it was a tough night for a Giants starting pitcher, as Madison Bumgarner went seven innings, allowing six runs on 10 hits, walking three and striking out three; however he saw his record fall to 9-7 on the season.

“We just couldn’t stop it, started with a bloop and then they put some balls in play and good spots, then put up a crooked number, I thought he pitched well,” said Bochy.

The Giants blew ample opportunities to score off of Gray, as on two different opportunities they were unable to score runs after getting two runners on base with less than two outs.

Pablo Sandoval and Michael Morse hit back-to-singles in the top of the second inning with nobody, but Gray was able to get Tyler Colvin to fly out to Gentry in right field, then he struck out Joe Panik and Brandon Crawford to end the threat.

After Gray got Panik to ground out to open the fifth inning, Crawford singled and then Gregor Blanco followed Crawford with his first hit in three at-bats.

Gray was able to get out of the jam, as he struck out Hunter Pence and then got Belt to groundout to Nate Freiman at first base to end the inning.

Colvin finally got the Giants on the board in the top of the seventh inning, as he took a Gray offering and put it into the right field seats for his second home run of the season.

For the second night in a row, Bruce Bochy challenged; however like in the first game, Bochy lost his challenge, as Sandoval was called out on a close play at first base on a great throw by Lowrie from his shortstop position in the top of the fourth inning.

Replays showed that it looked like that Sandoval was safe on the play, but after a 1:28 review, the call stood.

When Gentry doubled in the bottom of the fifth inning, it was his first extra base hit since Game one of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners on May 7, a span of 40 games.

It was the longest streak by an A’s player without an extra base hit since Matt Alexander went 55 games without an extra base hit May 20, 1975 until August 27, 1977.

Luke Gregerson got into a jam in the top of the eighth inning, as he gave up a single to Pence, after a Belt fielders’ choice forced Pence at second base, Buster Posey walked to bring the tying run to the plate in the presence of Sandoval.

Unfortunately for the Giants, Gregerson was able to get Sandoval to strike out and then got Morse to end the inning.

The A’s added two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, as Norris scored on a Freiman double and then Freiman scored the sixth and final run of the game, as he scored on a Alberto Callaspo single.

Jean Machi came on in the bottom of the eighth inning to replace Bumgarner, and after balking Freiman to third base and ending the inning on a double play, Machi was ejected from the game by home plate umpire Angel Hernandez.

It was the first ejection of the season for Machi.