Athletics edge Twins to snap three-game losing skid
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Ryan Noda homered in the eighth inning to break a 1-1 tie and four Oakland pitchers combined for a four-hitter as the Athletics salvaged the final game of a three-game series with the Minnesota Twins, 2-1, on Thursday afternoon in Minneapolis.
Noda led off the eighth against reliever Kenta Maeda (6-8) with his 16th home run of the season, a 404-foot blast into the plaza behind