WEST SACRAMENTO (Interstat) — Right-hander J.T. Ginn pitched six sharp innings and the Athletics used four home runs to beat the New York Yankees 6-4 on Saturday at Sutter Health Park in front of 12,361 fans in a game that lasted 2 hours, 47 minutes.

Ginn allowed four hits, no earned runs and struck out four while walking three, improving his record to 3-3 after a rough outing against San Diego five days earlier. He left with a 3-1 lead after the sixth inning, leaning on a fastball that kept Yankees hitters off balance for much of the night.

The Athletics jumped on Yankees starter Ryan Weathers in the first inning. After Nick Kurtz singled, Shea Langeliers launched a line-drive home run to center field, his 14th of the season, giving the Athletics a 2-0 lead. Weathers settled in after that, striking out 10 over 6 2/3 innings, but the damage from the early long ball proved decisive.

New York got one run back in the fourth inning. With two outs, Cody Bellinger walked and advanced to third on a single by Jazz Chisholm Jr. that also included a fielding error by center fielder Henry Bolte. Paul Goldschmidt walked to load the bases, but Ginn induced a flyout from Austin Wells to end the inning. However, the run scored on a previous play — a wild pitch or passed ball was not recorded in the play-by-play — and the Yankees cut the deficit to 2-1.

The Athletics answered in the sixth. Tyler Soderstrom led off with his seventh home run of the season, a solo shot to center field that restored a two-run cushion. Soderstrom finished 3 for 3 with a double and a walk, raising his average and providing a spark in the middle of the order.

The turning point came in the seventh. After Weathers retired the first two batters, Colby Thomas drew a walk. Nick Kurtz followed by crushing his 10th home run of the year to center field, scoring Thomas and making it 5-1. Kurtz had three hits in four at-bats and also drove in two runs, a key performance for a team that had lost four straight before Saturday.

New York mounted a threat in the top of the seventh against Ginn, who had left after six. Ryan McMahon singled, and a walk to Trent Grisham put two on with two outs, but Ben Rice struck out to end the inning.

The Athletics added an insurance run in the eighth. Brent Rooker was hit by a pitch, and Soderstrom doubled to put runners at second and third. After a strikeout, Zack Gelof singled to left, scoring Rooker and pushing the lead to 6-1.

The Yankees did not go quietly in the ninth. With the Athletics turning to their bullpen, New York loaded the bases on a single by McMahon and walks to J.C. Escarra and Grisham. Ben Rice walked to force in a run, and Aaron Judge walked to score another. Cody Bellinger then walked to make it 6-4, bringing the tying run to second base. But Jazz Chisholm Jr. grounded out to first baseman Nick Kurtz to end the game.

Scott Barlow earned his second save of the season by recording the final out on one pitch, a groundout. The Athletics used four relievers — Justin Sterner, Hogan Harris, and Barlow — to combine for three scoreless innings, striking out two and allowing only one hit.

Weathers took the loss, falling to 2-3. He allowed six hits and five earned runs over 6 2/3 innings, striking out 10 but surrendering three home runs. The 10 strikeouts were a season high for the left-hander, but the long balls proved costly.

Langeliers drove in two runs on his home run, giving him 14 for the season. Kurtz also had two RBIs. Soderstrom’s three-hit game included a double and a home run, while Gelof added a single and an RBI.

For the Yankees, Goldschmidt and McMahon each had two hits. New York managed six hits overall and drew eight walks, but left 11 runners on base and went 0 for 2 with runners in scoring position until the ninth-inning rally.

The victory improved the Athletics to 28-30, while the Yankees fell to 35-23. The Athletics had lost the previous night’s series opener 8-2, and the win evened the four-game series at one game apiece. The teams play again Sunday.

New York entered the game having won three straight and six of their previous seven, including a sweep of Kansas City earlier in the week. The Athletics had lost four in a row before Saturday, including a series sweep at home against Seattle.

The Athletics will send a starting pitcher to the mound Sunday against the Yankees in the series finale. The Yankees will then return home for a six-game homestand against Cleveland and Boston.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of New York Yankees 5, Athletics 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected the Yankees with a 61.50 percent probability to win. New York had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5 runs. The total score of 10 went under the over-under line of 9.