Jed Lowrie loves the feeling of coming through with a clutch hit late to lift his team http://www.officialcoyotes.com/authentic-adidas-clayton-keller-jersey , and he just keeps showing a knack for it.

He is a big reason the A's are rarely out of games even when down by a couple of runs.

The Oakland second baseman delivered his 12th game-winning RBI after filling in beautifully at third base during Matt Chapman's absence, hitting a three-run double in the decisive sixth to help rally the Athletics past the San Diego Padres 6-2 on Tuesday night.

If that's not enough to make Lowrie an All-Star for the first time in an 11-year career and at age 34, manager Bob Melvin might just throw his hands up in disbelief.

"It would be the icing on the cake. I feel like I've been close a couple times and haven't been there," Lowrie said. "So that would be something I would always be able to say."

Mark Canha added a solo homer in the sixth and Chad Pinder connected in the seventh.

The A's finally got to San Diego starter Clayton Richard (7-8). Pinder walked to start the sixth as the first five hitters reached base. Khris Davis followed Lowrie's double with a run-scoring single before Canha's 11th home run, after a double play.

Emilio Pagan (2-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings for the win in relief of A's starter Chris Bassitt.

Chapman went 0 for 3 in his return from the disabled list after missing 16 games with a recurring right hand injury that began bothering him during the offseason. He had played in 149 straight games before the DL stint.

Wil Myers hit a run-scoring double in the fifth right after Eric Hosmer's RBI groundout got the Padres on the board.

Bassitt, who has just one win in five starts since being called up last month, escaped jams in the first and third innings as the Padres stranded five baserunners. The A's made a pair of forceouts at home in the third, including first baseman Matt Olson's nifty throw after a backhanded stop.

Myers' double chased Bassitt. He was tagged for two runs on seven hits in 4 2/3 innings, struck out six and walked three.

Richard allowed five runs and six hits, walked a season-high five batters over six innings and struck out two in his second straight defeat.

"Defense picked me up early in the game but that's the story of it was just too many three-ball counts and then put too many guys on with the walk," Richard said.

Oakland, which had its six-game winning streak snapped Sunday by Cleveland http://www.washingtonredskinsteamonline.com/d.j.-swearinger-jersey , won for the 13th time in 16 games despite grounding into five double plays.

"As much as any team I've ever had, at least at this point, there's no panic when we're down," the skipper said.

Leadoff hitter Travis Jankowski had three hits for San Diego, which will conclude the short two-game series Wednesday having played 23 of its last 28 away from Petco Park.

BIG MAC HONORED

Padres bench coach Mark McGwire, a former A's slugger who spent his first 11 1/2 big league seasons in the East Bay before being traded to the Cardinals in 1997, was honored before the game as part of Oakland's 50th anniversary season festivities in a ceremony at home plate with team President Dave Kaval. Big Mac received his green No. 25 commemorative A's jersey and the Bash Brother tipped his cap to the cheering crowd.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: RHP Jordan Lyles, scratched in the bottom of the first inning June 23 just before his scheduled start and on the DL with inflammation in his pitching elbow, played catch with the relievers and depending how he felt afterward the Padres would decide when he is ready to throw off a mound. … The Padres placed RHP Kirby Yates on the paternity list and recalled RHP Colten Brewer from Triple-A El Paso.

Athletics: RHP Trevor Cahill, who has an impingement in his throwing elbow, pitched in the Arizona League and is likely to make another rehab appearance Sunday or Monday before potentially joining the A's in Houston early next week. … RHP Daniel Mengden (sprained right foot) threw a bullpen session and if all was OK by Wednesday the A's planned to send him to Triple-A Nashville for a rehab assignment. … Oakland optioned INF Franklin Barreto to Nashville to clear roster room for Chapman's return.

UP NEXT

Padres: RHP Luis Perdomo (1-2, 8.36 ERA) Jake Muzzin Jersey , a taxi squad player, will be called up Wednesday to make his fifth start of 2018.

Athletics: LHP Sean Manaea (8-6, 3.38) is coming off a masterful June during which he went 3-0 with a 2.84 ERA in five starts.

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Miami Dolphins rookie and New Jersey native Minkah Fitzpatrick is ready for a rowdy reception returning to his home turf Sunday, when his team plays the New York Jets.

"I grew up in that environment, everybody loving the game up there," Fitzpatrick said Wednesday. "Going back up there, I know what I'm walking into. I know how crazy it's going to be."

But Fitzpatrick never attended an NFL game growing up, and in fact had never seen a pro game until Sunday, when he helped the Dolphins beat the Tennessee Titans 27-20.

It was a memorable debut for multiple reasons. Thanks to lightning delays, the game lasted more than seven hours and was the league's longest since at least 1970.

And Fitzpatrick played well. He made six tackles, including a goal-line stop in the open field on fourth down.

"My first big play in the NFL 鈥?you dream about those moments," he said. "Seeing all my teammates and the whole crowd go crazy Youth James Conner Jersey , it was awesome. It's definitely something I'm not going to forget."

After three seasons at Alabama, Fitzpatrick was accustomed to big games, and he reported no butterflies leading up to his NFL debut.

"I wouldn't say I was nervous," he said. "I was just really excited to be playing."

That was the case with the Dolphins' entire rookie class, coach Adam Gase said. The other draft picks who played were tight ends Mike Gesicki and Durham Smythe, linebacker Jerome Baker, and placekicker Jason Sanders.

"I felt like they were all very loose before we started the game," Gase said. "It seemed like everybody was playing fast.

"It's going to probably take some time to see how everybody fits in and what their roles become. We've got an idea, but I don't think we really got as good of a flow offensively as we wanted. Defensively I think the young guys did a good job. It seemed like they were around the ball quite a bit."

Fitzpatrick, taken 11th in the draft, knows accolades from his debut will be brief, including Wednesday's team film session that replayed his goal-line tackle.

"Everybody just said Authentic Harrison Smith Jersey , 'Good job, rook,' and then we kept it moving," he said.

For the Dolphins it's on to the Jets, who stunned Detroit 48-17 in their opener behind rookie quarterback Sam Darnold .

Fitzpatrick recalls playing in college against Darnold, who came off the bench for Southern Cal and saw brief action when both were sophomores. The Trojans lost 52-6, but Fitzpatrick's not about to take Darnold lightly.

"He was drafted high for a reason," Fitzpatrick said. "And he's starting for a reason. He's going to be a challenge for us."

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