Gomes' grand slam power A's over Liriano, TwinsMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Jonny Gomes' grand slam helped the Oakland Athletics overcome a career-high 15 strikeouts from Francisco Liriano and beat the Minnesota Twins 6-3 on Friday. Liriano's 15 strikeouts were the second most in Twins' history and most since Johan Santana fanned 17 Texas batters at the Metrodome on Aug. 19, 2007. Josh Willingham hit two home runs for Minnesota which has lost five of six. A.J. Griffin (1-0) battled through six innings to earn his first career win and lead the A's to their seventh victory in eight games. Liriano (3-8) looked unhittable most of Friday. The inconsistent lefty used a diving slider and nasty changeup to fan eight of the first 10 hitters he faced and record nine of his first 10 outs via strikeout.
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