San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski (right) celebrates his solo home run with teammate Joc Pederson (left) in the top of the third inning at the Oakland Coliseum on Sun Aug 7, 2022 (AP News photo)

Giants Top A’s 6-4 Retaining the Bay Trophy

By Barbara Mason

OAKLAND–Sunday afternoon the San Francisco Giants (53-55) won their seventh consecutive interleague road game 6-4 over the Oakland Athletics (41-68). The Giants swept Oakland in this two game series

The game remained scoreless through the first two innings until the Giants Mike Yastrzemski stepped up to the plate and homered in the third inning, the first of two home runs for the slugger in this game, The Giants would add to their 1-0 lead in the fifth inning.

Austin Slater doubled driving in Brandon Crawford for a 2-0 lead. The A’s would answer in the fifth inning with a single run but San Francisco was just getting started leading 2-1.

Thairo Estrada homered in the sixth inning with Wilmer Flores on base to take a 4-1 lead. Oakland continued to fight but did not even get on the scoreboard until the fifth inning. In the seventh inning Tony Kemp grounded into a fielders choice to second and Vimael Machin scored cutting the Giant’s lead in half 4-2.

In the eighth inning Yastrzemski hit his second home run of the game with Brandon Crawford on base and San Francisco had a 6-2 lead.

Oakland made a valiant effort in the eighth to catch up to San Francisco in the later innings. Seth Brown who has been hitting great since he returned from paternity leave knocked one out of the park with Sean Murphy on base but that was all that the A’s could muster. The final was 6-4.

The Giants got a great game from pitcher Logan Webb. He went seven innings allowing four hits, two earned runs and five strikeouts. The Giants had nine hits in the game as did Oakland. It was those long balls that made all the difference.

San Francisco will continue their west coast road trip heading down to San Diego to take on the Padres Monday night. Alex Wood will take the mound for the Giants with a 4.42 ERA and a 7-9 win loss record. The Padres will send Blake Snell who comes in with a 4-5 win loss record and a 4.16 ERA. First pitch is scheduled for 6:40 PM PT.