Tyler Soderstrom homers twice as Athletics defeat Mets

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Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes each homered during a five-run third inning Saturday for the surging Athletics, who held off a rally by the host New York Mets to earn an 11-6 victory.

Soderstrom, who hit a two-run homer in the third, added a three-run round-tripper in the eighth for the Athletics, who have won four in a row and five of six overall following a 2-6