The Oakland Athletics split a pair of Cactus League games Sunday falling on the road to the San Francisco Giants and defeating the San Diego Padres at home in Mesa.
Oakland got on the board in the second against Ross Stripling and the Giants in Scottsdale. Ryan Noda jumped on a first-pitch fastball and drove it into the left-center gap for a leadoff double. After a ground out and a strikeout, Kevin Smith dropped in a single that scored Noda to make it 1-0. Cristian Pache followed with a triple to center that scored Smith to make it 2-0.