The home run came after A's pitcher Daniel Coulombe allowed Manny Machado and Chris Davis to reach base via an intentional pass and a walk, respectively, with two outs. Adam Jones had reached base via a single earlier in the inning. Then, Trumbo pushed all of them home with his shot over the left-center-field fence.
Trumbo entered Thursday hitless in his previous 13 at-bats. He also was enduring a 16-game slump in which he was batting just .115 (7-for-61) with one home run and four RBIs.
He overcame those struggles Thursday, hitting an RBI single in the fourth and highlighting the day with his grand slam in the fifth.