MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Twins fanatics should have been considering who the impostors in inexperienced and gold had been beating up on their crew all weekend.

The A's were given swept at Aim Box again in Would possibly as a part of a season-worst nine-game dropping streak. They seem to be a other staff now, because the Twins can attest.

The A's capped a three-game sweep in their personal with Sunday's 9-4 victory, answering questions to whether they may care for their momentum that was interrupted by the 4-day All-Star break.

They pounded out four extra house runs, three of them coming within the 2d inning off Minnesota left-hander Brian Duensing (1-6). That marked the primary time Oakland went deep 3 times in an inning considering that June 17, 2008, while Bobby Crosby, Rajai Davis and Mark Ellis did the honors at Arizona.

The A's additionally hit 4 homers in consecutive video games for the primary time due to the fact that Sept. 7-8, 2001.

"We've were given a few men right here who can placed the ball out of the ballpark," A's supervisor Bob Melvin mentioned. "I BELIEVE now and again whilst you hit house runs they really play higher than simply placing runs at the board. They have got a unique impact than, say, a unmarried with a runner on second."

The A's are the foremost leagues' most up to date staff in July with a 9-1 record, and they're three video games over .500 (46-43) for the primary time when you consider that June 3, 2010.

Oakland additionally pulled to inside of a half-game of the Angels and Orioles for the yank League's wild-card spots. The A's are tied with

the Tigers and Rays, additionally 46-43.

They nonetheless path Texas by eight video games within the American League West, but it surely makes for a pleasant storyline because the Rangers arrive in Oakland for a two-game collection beginning Tuesday. That is adopted by a four-game collection towards the A.L. East-leading Ny Yankees.

"The title of the sport is momentum," A's left fielder Jonny Gomes mentioned. "CONFIDENTLY we will be able to raise this momentum into our collection at home."

The A's hadn't swept a chain from Minnesota considering 2002, and Gomes -- batting 2nd within the order for the primary time this season -- helped spark Sunday's romp with a two-run homer within the 2nd.

Two batters later, Yoenis Cespedes mashed a solo shot to lifeless heart and Chris Carter adopted him with a 430-foot shot to right-center to position the A's beforehand 6-1.

Cespedes had three RBIs and loved his first four-hit recreation within the prime leagues. For the series, he was 8 for 14 with six RBIs.

Carter has 5 homers in 9 video games considering that being recalled from Triple-A Sacramento, and probably the most encouraging factor for the A's within the collection needed to be the manufacturing of that rising energy duo.

"It's unreal," successful pitcher Jarrod Parker mentioned. "THE ABILITY the ones men have gotten is loopy. 'Oppo', pull ...A FAR OFF they may be able to hit the ball out anywhere, and in any park."

The right-handed hitting Carter continues to be in a primary base platoon with Brandon Moss, however it will be difficult to maintain him out of the lineup the way in which he is producing.

"Moss was lovely excellent too in opposition to right-handed pitching," Melvin stated. "If it is a sport the place we will get Moss within the outfield and stay Chris at first, shall we probably do this. A LARGE NUMBER OF it can need to do with how Coco's doing down the road."

Coco Crisp, the team's beginning heart fielder, neglected the final video games of the collection with a sore left shoulder. He will be tested by a physician Monday.

Josh Reddick began in middle Sunday and Seth Smith took his position in proper box. Smith homered within the sixth, the second one directly day he parked one within the 2nd deck in right-center.

The A's have hit 50 homers on the grounds that June FOUR. Coming into Sunday, that will have ranked as third-most within the majors throughout that span.

n Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal floated hypothesis that the A's is usually a possible fit to industry for Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton.

Such a deal would seem an extended shot. It is believed that the Diamondbacks are having a look basically for a left-side infield prospect in any important trade, and the A's aren't deep in shortstops or 3rd basemen of their farm system.

It is smart that the one approach the A's and Diamondbacks may just celebration on one of these deal could be if a 3rd workforce were given concerned that would possibly ship Arizona the kind of infielder they're taking a look for.

  • The A's hit 9 homers over the weekend, tying their season top for homers in a three-game collection. In addition they had 9 towards Colorado at Coors Box from June 12-14.
  • Gomes batted 2nd within the A's order for the primary time this season and went 3 for four with three runs scored.
  • Parker (6-4) allowed 4 runs over six innings to get the victory. It was simply the fourth time this season he is allowed greater than runs.
  • Crisp sat out the overall video games of the collection after injuring his shoulder all through a swing in his first at-bat Friday.

    Crisp had surgical procedure on either one of his shoulders in the summertime of 2009 at the same time as he was with the Kansas Town Royals and neglected the rest of that season.