OAKLAND — The A’s can right a lot of wrongs with one swing of their bat.
Twice they tied the game with homers Friday night against the Astros, then Jed Lowrie singled home the game winner in the ninth inning for a crowd-pleasing 9-8 walk-off victory over the American League’s winningest team.
The A’s trailed 7-3 when Marcus Semien tied it with a grand slam in the seventh. It was 8-7 when No. 9 hitter Boog Powell went deep to lead off the ninth to knot the score again. Semien followed with a single, Matt Joyce walked and Lowrie lined a single into left-center off Astros closer Ken Giles.