By Jeremy Kahn

OAKLAND-In the final road game of the season, the San Francisco Giants once again staved off being eliminated from the playoff race.

Trevor Brown hit a sacrifice fly, the first of two in a row to score Brandon Crawford in the top of the second inning and then Angel Pagan followed suit with a sacrifice fly of his own to score Jarrett Parker, who also singled and then Kelby Tomlinson singled in Mac Williamson, who singled as well and the Giants held off a furious Oakland A’s rally to win 5-4 before 36,067, the seventh sellout of the season at the Coliseum.

With the victory, the Giants won the season series between the Bay Area rivals 5-1, with the A’s picking up their only win on Friday night.

Williamson and Brown each added RBIs in the top of the third inning, as Williamson drove in Buster Posey with a sacrifice fly and then Brown drove in Crawford with a single off of reliever Arnold Leon.

Chris Heston went five innings, allowing four runs on six hits, walking two and three strikeouts to pickup his 12th win of the season.

Sean Nolin lasted only 2.1 innings for the A’s, allowing five runs (three of them earned), walking one and striking out one.

Billy Burns finally got the A’s on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he doubled in Billy Butler and Marcus Semien.

Max Muncy drove in Josh Reddick with a triple in the bottom of the sixth inning after Reddick led off the inning with a single. Muncy then scored on a Stephen Vogt single.

The A’s threatened in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Burns was able to reach second base on an infield hit and then took second a single on a throwing error by Tomlinson at second base. Cory Gearrin and Javier Lopez were able to stop the bleeding and the inning.

Despite giving up a walk in the bottom of the ninth inning, Santiago Casilla was able to get Burns to strike out to end the game for his 37th save of the season.