Athletics score 4 times with 2 out in the 9th inning, rally to beat the Giants 9-6

By: Steve Kroner, The Associated Press Posted: 6:05 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026 Last Modified: 6:14 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 25, 2026

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonah Heim's RBI single tied the game, Lawrence Butler followed with a go-ahead RBI hit and the Athletics scored four times with two out in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying for a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jonah Heim’s RBI single tied the game, Lawrence Butler followed with a go-ahead RBI hit and the Athletics scored four times with two out in the ninth inning Thursday, rallying for a 9-6 win over the San Francisco Giants.

Henry Bolte opened the ninth with an infield single off Caleb Kilian (2-4). After Bolte advanced to second on a wild pitch, Kilian got two outs before walking Tyler Soderstrom. Heim then singled down the left-field line to score Bolte and tie the game at 6. Butler put the Athletics ahead with a single to right that scored Soderstrom. After Butler stole second, Max Muncy’s bloop single to left scored two more runs and gave the Athletics a 9-6 edge.

The A’s had led 2-1 in the sixth before Jung Hoo Lee hit a go-ahead, three-run triple with two outs and Victor Bericoto followed with a two-run homer, his third, to put San Francisco ahead 6-2.

Athletics' Lawrence Butler, center, slides home safe in front of San Francisco Giants catcher Eric Haase (18) on a single hit by Jeff McNeil during the eighth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Thursday, June 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Bericoto had hit a game-ending solo homer in the Giants’ 2-1 win Wednesday night.

In Thursday’s series finale, the Athletics got a two-run single from Shea Langeliers in the seventh and an RBI single from Jeff McNeil in the eighth to set up their comeback in the ninth. McNeil had three of the Athletics’ 15 hits.

Geoff Hartlieb (1-0) threw two hitless innings of relief for his second career victory. Mason Barnett worked a perfect ninth and picked up his second save.

San Francisco starter Landen Roupp held the Athletics to two runs on six hits in six innings. He struck out six and walked one. The Giants have lost each of Roupp’s past 10 starts.