Along the way, a handful of key moments sparked these A's.
There was a pair of two-out, two-run doubles from Billy Burns and Mark Canha that jump-started the A's seven-run fifth inning, and the two-run homer from Danny Valencia that capped it off. In between, though, was an infield single from Josh Reddick that proved of equal significance.
Reddick's hustle to beat out the infield hit not only brought home Canha, the tying run, but kept the inning alive for Valencia's go-ahead home run.
"That's one thing about Red, is he will run down the line every time," A's manager Bob Melvin said.