WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Colby Thomas, Zack Gelof and Tyler Soderstrom homered as the Athletics defeated the Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Sunday evening before 12,194 at Sutter Health Park.

Thomas opened the scoring with a leadoff homer in the second inning off rookie Parker Messick. Chase DeLauter tied it for Cleveland with a solo shot in the fifth, extending his hitting streak to eight games. The Athletics answered in the bottom half with Gelof’s two-run homer, Soderstrom’s solo blast and an RBI single by Brent Rooker. Jeff McNeil capped the scoring with a bases-clearing double in the sixth.

Aaron Civale pitched six innings, allowing one run on seven hits while striking out three to improve to 3-1. Messick took the loss, falling to 3-1 after surrendering four earned runs in five innings.

Cleveland managed seven hits total. The game lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes and went over the total.