Oakland A's snap 15-game road losing streak against Pirates behind Jace Petersons two home run, five hit game

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Jace Peterson homered twice on a five-hit night and drove in five runs, and the Oakland Athletics ended a 15-game road losing streak with an 11-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday.

The major league-worst A's (13-50) broke open the game late behind Peterson's 500th hit in the majors, an RBI single off Pirates ace Mitch Keller that put Oakland ahead 3-2 in the sixth. Peterson gave Oakland a five-run lead with a two-run homer off Chase De Jong in the eighth, then added another two-run shot off De Jong in the ninth.

Batting in the eighth spot, Peterson finished 5-for-5, raising his batting average from .194 to .218.

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Jace Peterson #6 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates his two-run home run with James Kaprielian #32 during the eighth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park on June 6, 2023 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  (Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

"Over the last week and a half, I feel like I’ve had good at-bats. Not technically the results that I’ve wanted, but I feel like it’s been getting better," Peterson said. "It’s baseball, a crazy game and a hard game. You never know what’s going to happen. It worked out tonight."

James Kaprielian (1-6) allowed two runs on four hits in six innings for his first win since last Oct. 2. The A's had not won away from Oakland since beating the Los Angeles Angels 11-10 on April 24.

"It's competition, man. You've got to beat guys any way you can," Kaprielian said. "I beat Keller out to start playing catch. Find ways to beat guys. ... I was in here, I was dressed five hours before the game. Guys looking at me like I'm a