D-backs beat A’s 5-1 to take series [Video]

Alexander, batting for Joc Pederson, drove in Geraldo Perdomo and Corbin Carroll with a bases-loaded grounder into left field off Austin Adams. Carroll was batting .196 with 23 strikeouts in 97 at-bats against left-handers before hitting a one-out double off T.J. McFarland (1-1).

Oakland has lost 12 of its last 13 road games. The A’s went 7-20 in June for their 11th consecutive month with a losing record — the longest in franchise history.

Oakland starter Luis Medina pitched six innings of four-hit ball, working out of a bases-loaded jam in the fourth. A’s starters posted an 8.31 ERA over their previous seven games prior to Medina’s start.

Zack Gelofhit the 9,000th home run in Oakland history, a tying solo drive in the fifth that grazed the extended glove …