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A's snap losing streak at four with 3-1 win in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Valencia lucked out. Trying to go from second to third on a grounder to shortstop, which Valencia attempted in seventh inning

Monday with the A's trailing by a run, usually results in an embarrassing, rally-killing out.Usually.Umpire Jim Reynolds originally called Valencia out at third, but replay review overturned it, ruling Valencia avoided third baseman Miguel Sano's tag. Given areprieve, Valencia scored the tying run on a single by Stephen Vogt. Coco Crisp singled in two more with two out as the A's beat the Minnesota Twins, 3-1, at Target Field to break a four-game losing streak.