OAKLAND — The A’s did what they do best Saturday and turned the tables on the Nationals with their own lopsided victory.
After Washington hit five homers in winning Friday’s series opener, the A’s went deep four times in pounding the National League East leaders 10-4 a day later.
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Ryon Healy homered twice and tied the A’s franchise record with four extra-base hits. Jed Lowrie went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBI, as Oakland continued its season-long offensive philosophy of taking aim for the fences and seeing where it takes them. They’ve hit 82 home runs on the season, the most in franchise history through 55 games.
Another hallmark of the 2017 also resurfaced, as the A’s committed three errors to add to their major league-leading total. For one day at least, their power at the plate overshadowed their bumbling defense.
Healy and Lowrie became just the second set of teammates in Oakland history to homer and double twice in the same game. Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando also did it way back in 1969.
The only damper on the A’s afternoon was that starter Daniel Mengden didn’t secure his first career victory at the Coliseum. The right-hander was pulled after 4 2/3 innings, having allowed four runs on six hits and the A’s leading 7-4. He was at 90 pitches at the time, his season high after starting the season on the disabled list. Mengden entered the day 0-7 in eight starts at the Coliseum.
