Chad Pinder and Matt Chapman each hit RBI singles in a five-run fourth inning as the A’s showed they can score runs without having to rely on clearing the fences.
Jed Lowrie singled leading off the fourth for Oakland’s first hit against right-hander Jon Duplantier (0-2), chased by Sean Murphy’s bases-loaded walk later in the inning as the A’s eventually batted around.
Yusmeiro Petit pitched a 1-2-3 eighth and Lou Trivino finished the 2-hour, 44-minute game for his ninth save.
Josh Reddick hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh and Walker also added a seventh-inning single in Arizona’s first interleague game at an AL ballpark this season. The D-backs’ losing streak reached six games, and they haven’t won on the road since a 7-0 victory at Atlanta on April 25.
Duplantier surrendered four runs on two hits, struck out four and walked three in three-plus innings.
“I got away from this mentality of execution and then I kind of got into this mentality of ramp up, muscle up, try to do too much,” he said. “I never really got back.”
Melvin, the winningest in Oakland history with 800 victories including Tuesday’s win, received a wine gift from executive Billy Beane and tributes on the big screen in a pregame ceremony celebrating his accomplishment.
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