WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Interstat) — Lawrence Butler homered and the Athletics rallied from a four-run deficit to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-4 on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Sutter Health Park.

Minnesota took an early lead with solo homers by Brooks Lee in the first and Trevor Larnach and Kaelen Culpepper in the second. Royce Lewis added a sacrifice fly in the sixth to make it 4-2.

The Athletics answered in the fourth with an RBI double by Michael Stefanic and a run-scoring groundout by Brian Serven. In the sixth, Jeff McNeil doubled in a run, Alika Williams tripled in two and Darell Hernaiz singled in Williams. Butler led off the seventh with his homer.

J.T. Ginn (9-8) allowed four runs over six innings for the win. Andrew Morris (4-6) took the loss. Elvis Alvarado pitched a scoreless ninth for his fifth save. Minnesota had eight hits, while the Athletics finished with 12.

Attendance was 9,446, and the game lasted 2:25. The Twins fell to 64-71, while the Athletics improved to 53-81.