Canha’s pinch-hit blast, bullpen heroics lift A’s

Mark Canha’s first career pinch-hit home run — a go-ahead, two-run blast off lefty Tony Watson in the seventh inning — catapulted the A’s to a 4-3 victory over the Giants on Saturday night at AT&T Park. With a Mariners loss in Colorado, Oakland is positioned just four games back of the second American League Wild Card spot with one to play before the All-Star break. Brett Anderson was knocked around for eight hits in just 3 1/3 innings.