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- Updated: June 1, 2016
OAKLAND — Danny Valencia homered and drove in three runs against his former Twins club, helping the A’s secure the series victory with a 7-4 win at the Coliseum on Tuesday night.
Valencia’s go-ahead, two-run homer in the third inning off Twins starter Tyler Duffey was his eighth of the season. The third baseman helped the A’s retake the lead again in the fifth with an RBI double, and Stephen Vogt extended it in the eighth with a two-run double for his third hit of the night.
Duffey allowed five runs, yielding 10 hits and one walk with six strikeouts across 4 2/3 innings in the loss. A’s lefty Eric Surkamp, recalled from Triple-A Nashville for Tuesday’s start, also lasted just 4 2/3 innings, surrendering three runs on eight hits, including a pair of …
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