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Instant Analysis: Matt Olson, Jed Lowrie slug A's past Tigers

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Matt Olson continued his historic home run barrage Tuesday, and that only turned out to be part of the story on a wild night for the A’s.

They gave up a three-run lead, then trailed by four before Jed Lowrie hit an eighth-inning grand slam that lifted them to a 9-8 victory over the Detroit Tigers.

Olson crushed a curve from Chad Bell deep into the seats in right in the second, the fifth game in a row that he’s homered. That set an Oakland rookie record for most consecutive games going deep. Olson’s 23 homers are a franchise record for a player’s first 66 career games.