OAKLAND -- A's outfielder Coco Crisp belted a leadoff home run in support of starter Kendall Graveman, who held the Twins to two runs across six innings to pull out a 3-2 series-opening victory at Oakland Coliseum on Monday afternoon.
The A's carried a one-run deficit into the bottom half of the fifth, when Marcus Semien hit a game-tying double to bring home Yonder Alonso, who led off with a base hit. Oakland took the lead for good in the next inning, as Jed Lowrie notched a leadoff single, advanced to third on Stephen Vogt's double and scored on a sacrifice fly from Khris Davis.