Olson hits 2-run, walk-off double, A's beat Padres 5-4 in 10

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – Matt Olson hit a two-run, walk-off double in the 10th inning and the Oakland Athletics rallied to beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Wednesday. The A’s scored twice in the ninth with two outs off closer Mark Melancon to tie it at 3. After San Diego scored a run in the top of the 10th off Lou Trivino (4-4) to take a 4-3 lead, Olson came to the plate with runners on the corners and no outs. Olson laced the first pitch he saw from Tim Hill (5-6) off the right field wall, scoring Mark Canha and Starling Marte, and sending the Oakland Coliseum into a frenzy. Oakland had its major league-leading ninth walk-off win of the season. The Padres carried a 3-1 lead to the ninth, but Melancon couldn’t convert the save, surrendering two-out, RBI singles to Matt Chapman and Yan Gomes. Jed Lowrie hit a solo homer in the A’s second. RAYS 4, MARINERS 3 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Randy Arozarena had a two-run triple during a three-run third and AL East-leading Tampa Bay beat Seattle to avoid a season series sweep. The Rays went 1-6 overall against Seattle, losing the first two games of the three-game set. Josh Fleming (9-5) allowed two runs and five hits, and Mike Zunino hit his 21st homer for the Rays. Ryan Sherriff, the third Tampa Bay reliever, worked the ninth to get his first save. Mariners rookie Logan Gilbert (5-3) gave up three runs. four hits and four walks over five innings. Seattle had won 11 consecutive games, dating to May 25, when Gilbert started. The right-hander was 5-0 during the stretch. RED SOX 4, TIGERS 1 DETROIT (AP) – Eduardo Rodriguez struck out 10 in five shutout innings and Boston beat Detroit to snap a five-game losing streak. Rodriguez (8-6) allowed two hits and four walks in helping Boston end its longest losing streak of the season. J.D. Martinez, Enrique Hernandez and Jarren Duran homered for the Red Sox. Boston pitchers struck out 18 batters, with Matt Barnes getting two as he pitched a perfect ninth for his 24th save in 28 chances. Jonathan Schoop homered for Detroit. Casey Mize (6-6) was the loser. BREWERS 4, PIRATES 2 MILWAUKEE (AP) – Pinch-hitter Rowdy Tellez launched a three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning to help Milwaukee beat Pittsburgh. Tellez is batting .340 (18 of 53) with five homers and 16 RBIs in 21 games since the Brewers acquired him from Toronto on July 6. He hit .209 with four homers and eight RBIs in 50 games with the Blue Jays. Brent Suter (10-5) pitched one inning of scoreless relief. Devin Williams worked around a leadoff walk in the ninth to earn his first career save. Kyle Keller (0-1) was the loser. BLUE JAYS 8, INDIANS 6 TORONTO (AP) – George Springer hit his 42nd career leadoff home run for the first of his four hits, Steven Matz pitched six shutout innings and Toronto beat Cleveland. Springer connected on J.C. Mejia’s first pitch for his 13th homer of the season. He singled and scored in the second, hit a two-run double in the third and singled again in the fifth. Needing a triple to complete the cycle, Springer flied out in the eighth. Matz (9-6) gave up six hits, all singles. He walked one and struck out eight. Mejia (1-7)allowed seven hits and matched a career worst by giving up eight runs in 2 1/3 innings. Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez and Oscar Mercado hit solo homers off Jordan Romano in the ninth. PHILLIES 9, NATIONALS 4 WASHINGTON (AP) – Rhys Hoskins homered and drove in three runs, Didi Gregorius hit a two-run homer and Philadelphia beat Washington for its fourth straight victory.

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