Jonah Heim, Shea Langeliers and Alika Williams hit homers and J.T. Ginn pitched six solid innings to help the Athletics cruise to a 7-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.
Heim drove in two runs, and he, Langeliers, Nick Kurtz, Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and Henry Bolte each had two hits for the Athletics, who snapped a four-game losing streak.
Freddie Freeman homered and Miguel Rojas had two hits for the Dodgers, who finished a 7-2 road trip. Los Angeles had just five hits after totaling 18 runs and 31 hits while winning the first two games of the three-game series.
Ginn (7-4) gave up one run and three hits. He walked five and struck out four while winning for the fifth time in his past six decisions.
Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts for the Dodgers. Freeman left the game before the bottom of the sixth inning.
Charlie Barnes (0-1) was the second pitcher for Los Angeles, and he gave up seven runs and 12 hits over seven innings. He struck out two and walked two.
Barnes entered in the second inning and Heim sent his first pitch, a fastball, 444 feet over the fence in center.
Los Angeles tied the game with one out in the third when Freeman smacked a 431-foot homer to right-center.
The Athletics moved ahead in the fourth after Heim walked to start the inning and Kuroda-Grauer doubled. Lawrence Butler’s infield out plated Heim, and Bolte followed with an RBI single for a 3-1 lead.
Langeliers led off the fifth by sending a 433-foot blast over the wall in left-center. Kurtz singled and Colby Thomas hit an RBI double to make it 5-1 before the latter came home on a single by Heim.
Williams homered with two outs in the eighth to finish the scoring.
Jack Dreyer served as the opener for the Dodgers and struck out the side in the first before giving way to Barnes.
The Athletics announced before the game that two-time All-Star Brent Rooker (left knee) would soon undergo season-ending surgery.









