A’s Valencia has a career day

Oakland’s Danny Valencia watches his two-run homer in the ninth inning – his third home run of the day – leave the ballpark as the A’s beat the Rays 7-6 in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Sunday, May 15, 2016. Mike Carlson The Associated Press

Danny Valencia of the A’s is on some kind of a roll. He hit two home runs on Friday in a 6-3 win over Tampa Bay in St. Petersburg, Fla. He had a career day on Sunday, driving three homers, the last of which was a two-run shot in the ninth inning to lift Oakland to a 7-6 win over the Rays.

He also hit a solo homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the fifth and drove in five runs. Valencia is on a 10-game hitting streak, during which he has a .405 average.

He joins Lorenzo Cain, Aaron Hill and Andrew McCutchen as the only major leaguers with three-homer games this season.

Here is a look at Valencia’s homers from Sunday’s game.

Bee Sports staff and The Associated Press

This story was originally published May 15, 2016 at 6:02 PM with the headline "A’s Valencia has a career day."

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