Starting on Friday, the Giants will play a playoff contender in just about every game until the second week of September.
Luciano grounded out to the mound in the fifth and two innings later got a taste of Giants baseball when Pederson pinch-hit for him.
In the first, Luciano got a scare with his first defensive chance in the big leagues. He was a little slow unloading the ball on Zack Gelof's grounder and the play was so close that the A's considered challenging it, but for the rest of the night, Luciano showed the defensive growth that helped get him to the big leagues this soon. He was particularly smooth on a couple of double-play balls.
Schmitt had just one extra-base hit in the last 33 games, but he jumped on a center-cut fastball in the second inning and smoked a 108.3 mph double into the gap in left. In the seventh, Schmitt drew a walk. The rookie also survived an ugly play in the third inning. He tried to field Tony Kemp's single up the middle and rolled over his left wrist, but he stayed in the game after getting checked by trainer Dave Groeschner.Slater came off the bench to hit a go-ahead homer into the first row of the bleachers in left. The pinch-hit blast was his eighth since his debut in 2017, which is tied with Wilmer Flores for the most in MLB during that span.
Slater had just seven hits in his previous 49 at-bats, but he was back in a familiar situation on Wednesday. With the A's going with an opener in front of lefty Hogan Harris, manager Gabe Kapler saved Slater for a big late-game spot. He's now batting .328 against lefties this season.
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