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Major League Baseball
San Francisco 7, Oakland 3
When: 7:07 PM ET, Saturday, August 6, 2022
Where: RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Malachi Moore, 2B - Adam Hamari, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 40065

LaMonte Wade Jr., J.D. Davis and Joey Bart all homered in support of left-hander Carlos Rodon on Saturday night, powering the visiting San Francisco Giants to a 7-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics in the opener of a two-game interleague series.

The win gave the Giants a 2-1 lead in the annual Bay Bridge Series, with the fourth and final meeting scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Oakland.

Rodon (10-6) reached double figures in wins for the second consecutive season, limiting the Athletics to one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three and did not issue a walk.

All 98 pitches Rodon threw were with a lead after the Giants took advantage of the wildness of A's starter Adam Oller (1-5) in the top of the first.

Oller issued game-opening walks to Joc Pederson and Luis Gonzalez, and a Mike Yastrzemski bunt single loaded the bases. A walk to Brandon Crawford forced in a run.

Playing for the first time since suffering a concussion July 28, Pederson increased the advantage to 2-0 in the second with an RBI single that plated Wade, who had doubled.

After Oakland had closed within 2-1 on a Sean Murphy RBI single, the Giants began their power display in the sixth. Wade homered, as did Davis, who pinch-hit for Tommy La Stella and made it back-to-back bombs.

Wade's homer, his fourth, was a two-run shot and came on the last pitch thrown by Oller, who was charged with four runs on eight hits in five-plus innings. He walked three and struck out one.

Davis' homer was his second in three games since joining the Giants in a trade from the New York Mets. He has six this season.

The Giants made it a four-run inning on an RBI single by Brandon Belt, before capping their scoring on Bart's ninth homer, a solo shot in the seventh.

San Francisco relievers Tyler Rogers, Yunior Marte and Jarlin Garcia finished up for Rodon, with Garcia serving up a two-run homer to Skye Bolt, his fourth of the season, in the ninth.

Wade collected two hits, two RBIs and two runs for the Giants, who were coming off a four-game home sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bart also had two hits and scored twice.

Murphy and Nick Allen had a pair of singles apiece for the A's, who had won two in a row.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   Oakland
Carlos Rodon Player Adam Oller
Win W/L Loss
5.1 IP 5.0
3 Strikeouts 1
5 Hits 8
1.69 ERA 7.20
Hitting
San Francisco   Oakland
LaMonte Wade Jr. Player Nick Allen
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 11 3 23 .289 23 4 7 6 1 0
Oakland 10 1 15 .270 13 8 3 1 0 0