By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-What a difference a few weeks makes, at the beginning of July, the San Francisco Giants could not buy a hit; however now they are hitting everything in sight.

Hunter Pence went 4-for-4, his 15th career four hit game and first since August 31, 2014 against the Milwaukee Brewers and the Giants defeated the Oakland A’s 9-3 before a crowd of 42,128, the 375th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

Jake Peavy went x innings, allowing just three runs on five hits, walking no one and striking out two on his way to just his second win of an injury-plagued season.

Peavy received immediate help for his teammates, as Buster Posey hit a sacrifice fly that scored Angel Pagan in the bottom of the first inning. Pagan to leadoff the inning against A’s starter Jesse Chavez.

Following the Posey sacrifice fly, Pence doubled to score Matt Duffy, who singled after Joe Panik popped out.

Pagan singled in Brandon Crawford, who singled to lead off the bottom of the 2nd inning for and then Panik gave the Giants a 4-0 lead after a sacrifice fly to Billy Burns in centerfield.

Burns was forced to leave the game after fouling a ball off his groin area, and later left the game after what the team is calling is a testicular contusion.

Prior to leaving the game, Burns gave the A’s their first run of the game with a groundout to first base that scored Sam Fuld.

Pence and Belt extended the lead after back-to-back doubles that scored Posey and Pence to give the a 6-1 lead. Peavy helped himself out, as he reached on a throwing error that scored Belt.

Ben Zobrist hit his 15th home run of the season to leadoff the seventh inning, then Billy Butler ended Peavy’s night with a single. After getting Josh Reddick to flyout to centerfield, George Kontos then allowed back-to-back singles to score Butler. Kontos was able to end the inning after striking out Fuld and getting pinch-hitter Marcus Siemen to ground into a force play.

Belt closed out the scoring in the bottom of the eighth, as he hit a two-run single to score Duffy and Posey.