Six Homers Propel A’s

Home runs can come in bunches and Thursday the Oakland Athletics hit six in a hurry.

The A’s hit six homers--a club-record four in one inning--off Steve Avery and Kerry Lacy to defeat Boston, 13-6, breaking a season-high six-game winning streak for the Red Sox.

Oakland hit home runs off Avery in each of the first three innings and three off Lacy in the third, only the 40th time in major league history a team has hit four in one inning.

“The ball sure was carrying in that one inning,” said Oakland’s Jose Canseco, who hit his second home run in two games.

Scott Spiezio hit a three-run homer and Mark Bellhorn had four hits with a homer for the A’s, who also got a a two-run homer from Ernie Young.

“It’s been awhile since we’ve been able to put them together like that,” Oakland Manager Art Howe said. “Especially with people on base.”

Boston rookie Nomar Garciaparra extended his hitting streak to 23 games by leading off the game with a triple.