A's Push Past Diamondbacks, 7-2
OAKLAND (AP) -- Conor Jackson and Scott Sizemore each hit a two-run homer and All-Star Gio Gonzalez struck out seven to lead the Oakland Athletics past the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 Sunday.
David DeJesus also drove in two runs for the A's, who won for the fourth time in 11 games since a six-game winning streak ended. Jemile Weeks drove in a run and Sizemore had three hits.
Xavier Nady and Sean Burroughs drove in runs for the Diamondbacks, who lost their third consecutive series and have lost four of their last five games.
Gonzalez (8-5) allowed a run and walked three in seven innings.
He is 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA over his last four starts.
Ian Kennedy (8-3) lasted 5 2-3 innings, giving up seven runs on a season-high 10 hits. He walked two and struck out six.
Kennedy lost for the second time since April 13 and for the first time on the road. He extended his streak of consecutive games with at least 100 pitches to 15 matching the longest active streak in the NL with Philadelphia's Roy Halladay.
The Diamondbacks took a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Chris Young doubled to open the inning and Nady singled him home two outs later.
The A's responded in their half of the fourth. Coco Crisp, who has an 8-game hitting streak, and Hideki Matsui led off with singles. Two outs later, DeJesus delivered a two-run double, his first RBIs since May 31, a span of 23 games.
Jackson and Sizemore each hit a two-run homer in the sixth and Weeks added a sacrifice fly. The A's hit two home runs in an inning for the first time all season, and scored at least five runs in an inning for just the third time.
Arizona loaded the bases with no outs against Michael Wuertz in the eighth. All-Star Justin Upton doubled leading off and both Chris Young and Stephen Drew walked.
Joey Devine relieved Wuertz and got the next two hitters before Burroughs' pinch hit single drove in Upton. Matsui's throw got Young, who did not slide, at the plate. It was Matsui's first outfield assist since May 23, 2008 against the Seattle Mariners.
NOTES: A's RHP Brandon McCarthy was activated from the 15-day disabled list and will start Monday. The A's optioned LHP Josh Outman to Triple-A Sacramento to make room. "It was not performance-based," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "It was a numbers thing." ... Arizona OF Justin Upton has manager Kirk Gibson's blessing if he wants to participate in the All-Star home run derby. "If he wants to do it and he's asked, I have no problem with it," Gibson said. ... Game time temperature was 83 degrees, the season's hottest day in Oakland. ... A's OF Josh Willingham (strained left Achilles' tendon) suffered a setback following two rehab games and is day-to-day. "It stiffened up on him," Melvin said. ... RHPs Grant Balfour (strained right oblique) and Tyson Ross (strained left oblique) threw off the bullpen mound before the game. ... DeJesus is four doubles shy of 200.
