ESPN.com · Jun 28, 2016
Mengden gets all the run support for first big league win
playMarcus Semien takes Jeff Samardzija deep to left field for a three-run home run to give Oakland a 4-0 lead over San Francisco. (0:20)SAN FRANCISCO -- Daniel Mengden pitched into the eighth inning for his first major league win, backed by Marcus Semien's three-run homer and four RBI, and the Oakland Athletics beat the San Francisco Giants 8-3 on Monday night to open the Bay Bridge Series.
Semien connected in the decisive second and Jed Lowrie and Khris Davis added RBI doubles against Jeff Samardzija (8-5) in that five-run inning, then Semien added a run-scoring double in the sixth. Davis hit an RBI single in the seventh.