Miguel Andujar, Brent Rooker moved on to the Braves

Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker homered and scored four runs to help the visiting Oakland A’s beat the Atlanta Braves 11-9 on Saturday to even the three-game series.

Andujar was 4-for-5, scored three runs and hit his second homer, and Rooker was 2-for-5 with his 12th homer. Max Schuemann ended an 0-for-12 slide by going 4-for-4 and the A’s had 16 hits.

The winning pitcher was Michael Kelly (3-2) and Dany Jimenez pitched the ninth to earn his first save. Jimmy Herget (0-1) took the loss.

Atlanta’s Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs. He has reached base in 25 straight games and now leads the NL with 17 homers and 53 RBI.

Atlanta starter Chris Sale pitched just four innings and allowed season highs in runs (eight) and hits (nine), walked one and struck out four.

Oakland starter Aaron Brooks pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed seven runs on seven hits, one walk and one strikeout.

The A’s scored two runs in the first inning off Sale, who had allowed just two runs in five starts in May, when Daz Cameron lined a two-run double off the wall.

Atlanta answered in the bottom of the inning when Ozuna tied the game with a two-run homer.

He scored four times in the second half. Schuemann singled home and Andujar lined a three-run homer for a 6-2 lead.

The Braves got a run in the third inning on Ozuna’s groundout.

Oakland extended its lead to 8-3 in the fourth when Rooker hit a two-run shot to left.

The Braves scored six runs in the fifth and took a 9-8 lead on a two-run single from Austin Riley, an RBI single from Ozuna, a two-run homer from Matt Olson, his ninth, and a lone score from Adam Duvall.

Oakland manager Mark Kotsay was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing balls and strikes, and the A’s responded by regaining a 10-9 lead on Rooker’s two-run double. Andujar drove in an insurance run with a single in the eighth.