A’s rally to extend win streak to seven

Jack Cust hit a go-ahead solo home run after Jack Hannahan had tied the score with a three-run double, and the Oakland Athletics extended their best winning streak in three years to seven games with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.

Rookie Josh Outman (4-0) recovered from an 3-0 early deficit to continue an impressive run by the A’s young staff.

Outman, one of four rookies in Oakland’s rotation, fell behind in the top of the fourth when Carlos Gomez drew a two-out, bases-loaded walk and Matt Tolbert singled in two runs.

The A’s tied it in the bottom half and went ahead on Cust’s homer against Luis Ayala (1-2) in the fifth.

Oakland’s Aaron Cunningham suffered a concussion after being hit in the head by a pitch. Twins starter Anthony Swarzak hit Cunningham square in the helmet and knocked it off his head, and the ball sailed high in the air. Cunningham was taken to a hospital for a CT scan.