Petit gives up lead as Athletics see win streak snapped at six by Twins

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — One pitch, damage done. Eddie Rosario blasted Yusmeiro Petit’s first-pitch fastball over the Target Field fence for a go-ahead, three-run home run in the seventh inning, handing the Twins a 6-3 victory to kick off this four-game series on a balmy Thursday night.

The loss ended the A’s six-game win streak.

Rosario’s raucous home run plated Luis Arraez and Miguel Sano, who’d singled and walked on Fiers’ watch. The A’s ace entered the game riding a seven-game win streak, holding opponents to a .190 average with a 2.09 ERA over that span.

Fiers watched as that pristine streak incurred a slight blemish. It was the first time Fiers had allowed more than two earned runs since a June 6 start against the Los Aggngeles Angels. Petit took the loss.

Jurickson Profar gave the A’s a lead in the sixth inning, clocking a fastball for a two-run, go-ahead home run. It was his third home run in two days, his 16th on the season.

Matt Chapman has taken the field for the A’s in all but two games so far this season. A little wear and tear was to be expected. A collision with Chad Pinder in the outfield two nights ago exacerbated a sore right ankle enough to force Chapman out of Wednesday’s game against Seattle in the third inning. He was not in the lineup for Thursday’s game against the Twins.

Chapman and manager Bob Melvin said the hope is to have the A’s third baseman back in the lineup Friday.

“We want this to calm down,” Melvin said. “First stretch where we have quite a few days in a row, I think it’s 13 in a row, we want to make sure we can get him out there for one day and don’t have to sit him.”