PHOENIX (Interstat) — The Athletics used a three-run seventh inning to break a tie and beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Monday night at Chase Field, securing a rare road victory against a team with a winning record.

The Athletics, who entered the game with a 43-57 record, improved to 44-57. Arizona fell to 51-50. The attendance was 19,121, and the game lasted 3 hours, 8 minutes.

Athletics starter Jeffrey Springs worked five innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits with two strikeouts. He left with a 2-0 lead after his team had scored single runs in the second and fifth innings.

Arizona starter Mitch Bratt went 4 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs on eight hits with four strikeouts. He departed after allowing a solo home run to Jacob Wilson in the top of the fifth, which gave a 2-0 lead.

The Diamondbacks tied the game in the bottom of the sixth against Springs. Jorge Barrosa led off with a double, and Ketel Marte followed with a two-run homer to left field, his 18th of the season, scoring Barrosa and knotting the score at 2-2.

Oakland responded immediately in the seventh inning against Arizona reliever Kevin Ginkel, who took the loss. Shea Langeliers singled to lead off, and Lawrence Butler followed with a single. After a bunt popout and a strikeout, Tommy White singled on a ground ball to Ginkel to load the bases following a successful challenge by the Athletics on the play at first base.

Jeff McNeil then delivered a two-run single to center field, scoring Langeliers and Butler and giving a 4-2 lead. Henry Bolte followed with a foul popout to first baseman Tyler Locklear, but White tagged from third and scored on the play to make it 5-2.

Luis Medina earned the win in relief, pitching two scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out two. He improved to 2-0 on the season. Hogan Harris recorded the save, his seventh, by pitching a scoreless ninth inning with three strikeouts and allowing one hit.

Wilson finished the game 2 for 5 with a home run and a run batted in. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer went 2 for 3 with a solo home run in the second inning for Oakland. For Arizona, Marte was 1 for 4 with a home run and two RBIs.

The Athletics collected 15 hits in the game, while the Diamondbacks managed eight.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Arizona 6, 0. Interstat’s ELO system gave Arizona a 63.30 percent probability to win. Arizona was a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of seven runs went over the over-under line of nine.