WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Jeff McNeil homered and drove in four runs, Nick Kurtz hit two home runs and the Athletics routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-2 on Monday night at Sutter Health Park, sending the Pirates to their third loss in four games.

The Athletics scored three runs in the second inning, two in the fourth, one in the fifth and broke the game open with a five-run seventh. McNeil’s two-run homer in the fourth gave the Athletics the lead for good, and Kurtz capped the seventh-inning outburst with a three-run shot.

McNeil finished 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs. Kurtz went 2 for 4 with two home runs and four RBIs. Lawrence Butler added two hits and an RBI, and Henry Bolte had two hits. Carlos Cortes went 0 for 5, striking out three times. Zack Gelof had an RBI single and finished 1 for 4. Jacob Wilson singled, Shea Langeliers singled and Tyler Soderstrom had two hits.

J.T. Ginn (5-3) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing six hits and striking out three without a walk. Justin Sterner worked a scoreless seventh with two strikeouts. Mason Barnett allowed two hits and one run in two innings of relief, striking out one.

Jared Jones (1-1) took the loss for Pittsburgh. He allowed six runs on nine hits over 4 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking two.

Pittsburgh scored its only runs on an RBI single by Jake Mangum in the fourth inning and a solo home run by Endy Rodríguez in the eighth. Mangum finished 1 for 4 with an RBI. Rodríguez was 2 for 3 with a walk and a home run. Spencer Horwitz doubled and walked. Bryan Reynolds singled and walked. Brandon Lowe singled and struck out twice.

The game’s most decisive sequence occurred in the seventh inning. With the Athletics leading 6-2, Zack Gelof reached base on a fielding error by second baseman Brandon Lowe. Lawrence Butler followed with an RBI double to center field, scoring Gelof. Henry Bolte singled to put runners at the corners. McNeil then singled to right field, scoring Butler and advancing Bolte to second. Kurtz drove a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall for his second home run of the night, a three-run shot that extended the Athletics’ lead to 11-2.

The Athletics struck first in the second inning. Henry Bolte led off with a double to right field. McNeil singled to left, scoring Bolte. Kurtz then homered to left-center field, his 17th of the season, scoring McNeil and giving the Athletics a 3-0 lead.

Pittsburgh got one run back in the fourth. Nick Gonzales reached on a fielding error by third baseman Gelof. Endy Rodríguez singled to right, moving Gonzales to second. Tyler Callihan grounded out, advancing both runners. Jake Mangum singled to left, scoring Gonzales. Esmerlyn Valdez grounded into a double play to end the inning, leaving Rodríguez stranded at third.

The Athletics answered in the bottom half. Lawrence Butler singled to first base. Bolte grounded out, moving Butler to second. McNeil homered to right field, his third of the season, scoring Butler and making it 5-1.

In the fifth, the Athletics added another run. Tyler Soderstrom singled to right. Jacob Wilson hit a ground-rule double to right field, sending Soderstrom to third. Cortes grounded out. Gelof singled sharply to center, scoring Soderstrom. Butler struck out and Bolte grounded out to end the inning. The Athletics led 6-1.

Pittsburgh’s final run came in the eighth. With two outs, Rodríguez homered to left-center field, his third of the season, cutting the deficit to 11-2. Tyler Callihan flied out to end the inning.

The Athletics outhit the Pirates 15-8. Pittsburgh left nine runners on base. The game featured six home runs in total: two by Kurtz, one by McNeil, one by Rodríguez, and two earlier homers from the Athletics that were not part of the scoring summary but contributed to the final margin.

Attendance was 10,033 at Sutter Health Park. The game took 2 hours, 47 minutes.

The Athletics improved to 36-36. The Pirates fell to 36-37.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Athletics 6, Pittsburgh Pirates 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Athletics with a 51.30 percent probability to win. Athletics had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over/under line of 10.