Chapman HR the difference as A's defeat Indians
Matt Chapman hit a home run and drove in three runs and Jurickson Profar and Matt Olson also homered as the visiting Oakland Athletics earned a 6-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday.
Josh Phegley joined Chapman with RBI singles and Brett Anderson (5-3) tossed 5 1/3 strong innings before leaving with a cervical strain as the A's have won four consecutive games.
Roberto Perez and Francisco Lindor each launched a solo homer for the Indians and rookie Oscar Mercado and Jose Ramirez each had RBI singles as Cleveland has lost three times in four games against Oakland this season.
Oakland increased its lead to 4-1 in the seventh inning when Marcus Semien scored on Chapman's single to center field.
Perez's homer in the seventh and Ramirez's two-out single in the eighth trimmed Oakland's lead to 4-3, but Chapman once again provided a big blast against Cleveland.
Chapman, who belted a game-ending homer in the 12th inning of Oakland's 4-3 win over the Indians on May 10, sent Tyler Clippard's 2-2 changeup over the wall in left field for a two-run shot in the ninth.
Blake Treinen worked around Lindor's two-out homer in the ninth to secure his eighth save.
Profar deposited a 1-1 slider from Carlos Carrasco (4-4) inside the right-field foul pole in the second inning and Olson crushed a first-pitch fastball in the third for his fourth homer of the season and second vs. Cleveland.
Oakland added to its lead in the fourth as Robbie Grossman ripped a double to lead off the inning before coming home on Phegley's single to left field.
Anderson retired 10 in a row before Ramirez doubled to lead off the fifth inning. Ramirez advanced to third on a groundout and came home two batters later on Mercado's single to center. The run was the first allowed by Anderson after 16 scoreless innings at Progressive Field.
Anderson worked himself out of the inning and exited after allowing one run on four hits to improve to 4-0 in six career encounters with Cleveland.
--Field Level Media
