Athletics belt three home runs, down Dodgers

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The Oakland Athletics picked up in August where they left off in July, parlaying three home runs and steady pitching from Joey Estes into a 6-5 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers in the opener of a three-game series on Friday.

Shea Langeliers, Seth Brown and Brent Rooker went deep for the A's, who won for the 10th time in their last 14 games but had to survive a