Sacramento A’s Tyler Soderstrom is thrilled after hitting a three run home run against the New York Mets in the top of the eighth inning at Citi Field in New York on Sat Apr 11, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Jessica Kwong

NEW YORK. — The Sacramento Athletics beat the New York Mets, 11-6, to clinch the series victory at Citi Field on Saturday evening and notch their fourth straight win of the season.

Tyler Soderstrom hit two home runs and drove in five runs, and the A’s tagged Mets starting pitcher Kodai Senga for a career-high seven runs over a career-low 2.1 innings. In the final stretch of their six-game road trip in the New York City area, the A’s have emerged a different team.

“Obviously we’re playing really good baseball against really good teams. We knew the first two weeks of our season were going to be a challenge with the teams that we were facing,” said A’s manager Mark Kotsay. “Right now we’ve got a chance to obviously sweep a series in New York, which, you know, it says a lot about the team and the confidence that they have.”

Bo Bichette singled on a line drive to center fielder Denzel Clarke and Luis Robert Jr. scored, putting the Mets up 1-0 in the first inning.

In the second, Clarke walked and Jacob Wilson scored, tying the game. Lawrence Butler grounded into a force out, fielded by second baseman Marcus Semien, and Jeff McNeil scored, giving the A’s a 2-1 lead.

Tyler Soderstrom hit a home run on a fly ball to right center field and Shea Langeliers scored.

“It’s good to get the first one out of the way and then just keep rolling,” said Soderstrom.

Then Carlos Cortes hit a home run on a fly ball to right center field and Jacob Wilson and McNeil scored, expanding the A’s lead to 7-1. It was his first homer of the season.

Cortes said the key to his success was “always preparing like I’m going to play, even if I know I’m not going to play.”

In the fifth inning, Bichette homered on a fly ball to right field and Francisco Lindor scored, cutting the Mets’ lead to 7-3.

The umpire reviewed a home run in the sixth inning and the call on the field was overturned, and Francisco Alvarez’s fly ball to center field put the Mets within three runs of the A’s. Bretty Baty hit a sacrifice fly to center fielder Clarke and Carson Benge scored, and the Mets trailed 7-5.

In the seventh inning, Jorge Polanco hit a home run on a fly ball to right field, putting the Mets within one.

Langeliers in the eighth singled on a ground ball to Benge and Clarke scored, putting the A’s up 8-6. Soderstrom homered on a fly ball to right center field and Nick Kurtz and Langeliers scored, putting the A’s on top 11-6.

“The guys swang the at-bats really well, I mean, what a day for both Sodi and Cortes. You know, big hit by Lang there in the eighth, keep the inning going,” Kotsay said. “So offensively we took some great at-bats against some good pitching today and the results were there.”

New York (7-8) dropped a season-high four consecutive games. The A’s have won five of their last six games at Citi Field.

In the series finale on Sunday, A’s right-handed pitcher Aaron Civale (1-0 ERA 2.70) will face Mets right-handed pitcher Freddy Peralta (1-0 ERA 4.80). First pitch is at 10:40 a.m. PT at Citi Field.