OAKLAND, Calif. -- After ruling the Bay Bridge Series for three days against the big-spending Giants, the Oakland Athletics ran right into Madison Bumgarner.On the mound, and at the plate.Bumgarner pitched into the seventh to snap a two-start skid and also batted in an AL ballpark, and the Giants avoided a four-game sweep by beating the As 12-6 on Thursday night.Buster Posey hit a towering three-run homer to center in the third and Brandon Crawford followed with a solo shot before adding an RBI single two innings later.Brandon Belt had four RBI and hit a go-ahead two-run double in the third ahead of Poseys ninth home run. Bumgarner helped start the rally with a leadoff double.As lefty Dillon Overton (1-1) was done after three innings in his second major league start after he won his debut last Saturday at Los Angeles. This time, he surrendered eight runs and eight hits with a strikeout and three walks.He said he wasnt able to make the adjustments he usually does -- and Overton knew Bumgarner had the ability to make him pay with the bat.Ive watched him on TV for years now. I knew he could hit, Overton said. I left that one up and Bum made me pay for it.Marcus Semien hit his career-best 16th home run in the first as the As took a quick lead against Bumgarner, then Yonder Alonso added a two-run drive in the seventh to chase Bumgarner. Oakland has homered in a season-best nine games in a row.Bumgarner (9-4) was given the option by manager Bruce Bochy to bat himself rather than the Giants using a designated hitter, and of course the big lefty chose to swing the bat. He had lost two straight starts following seven consecutive winning decisions.Im not trying to prove anything to anybody. Were trying to win ballgames, Bumgarner said. Thats all I care about. I dont care what anybody says or thinks about it. I care about these guys, I care about our fans. ... I want to be as good a baseball player as I can be, not just a pitcher. In this league youve got to hit. You can change the outcome of the game sometimes.Bumgarner allowed four runs and seven hits, struck out four and didnt walk a batter in 6 1/3 innings. The two home runs allowed matched his most for the season, also done opening day at Milwaukee on April 4. He hasnt lost three straight starts since June 27-July 8, 2014, during his spectacular World Series MVP season.While San Francisco had given up seven or more runs in four straight games, the Giants helped Oakland score at least six runs in a seventh straight contest when Coco Crisp hit a two-out, two-run double in the ninth.San Francisco added on late, getting Belts two-run single. Fernando Rodriguez also walked in a pair of runs among his five free passes in the inning, and the As had their three-game winning streak snapped with only a second defeat in the last eight games.DOOLITTLES SHOULDERLefty reliever Sean Doolittle is on the disabled list with further shoulder issues. He had an MRI exam that showed some labrum inflammation in his strained throwing shoulder. He tried to play catch Wednesday but struggled. The hope is he will be ready to return after the All-Star break.Doolittle said no injections or procedures are planned.Its really scary when you hear you have an issue with you shoulder, your labrum particularly, but the trainers are optimistic once we get it calmed down, get the swelling out, that well be back in business, he said. Im incredibly frustrated because my shoulder was feeling good throughout the whole season. 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Hawkins, who turns 41 in December, will compete with Rex Brothers for the closers role at spring training. STANFORD, Calif. -- After watching his team fall flat in the season opener a year ago, Stanford coach David Shaw decided to change his approach this season.Shaw eliminated one two-a-day practice, cut out two more practices and reduced a few others all in hopes of making sure the eighth-ranked Cardinal are fresher for Friday nights game against Kansas State than they were a year ago in a loss at Northwestern.I dont think it put us at any disadvantage because we still went scrimmages, we still went live, Shaw said. We were very, very physical but I think we shaved off just enough so that we could get into this week pretty fresh. I think we saw a little of that toward the end of last week where we were still running well. We didnt have a lot of tired legs. So far it seems to have worked.Just about nothing worked a year ago at Northwestern when the Cardinal were held to 240 yards, 17 first downs and no touchdowns in a 16-6 loss to start the season. Making that result stand out even more was the fact that Stanford scored at least 30 points in each of the final 13 games with one of the countrys most dynamic offenses.There were factors in last years game that wont apply to the opener Friday night. The Cardinal will be at home instead of on the road, playing at night instead of a morning kickoff for their body clocks and have learned from that loss.We got beat in the first game of the year last year and it wasnt close, Shaw said. Not to take anything awway from them, but we didnt play our best game.dddddddddddd Its incumbent on us to play our best game.Shaw said there has been some talk this summer of that game and how to avoid a repeat. In an odd coincidence, this years game will also be against a team nicknamed the Wildcats that wears purple.Kansas State also presents a tough test for Stanfords first-year starting quarterback Ryan Burns with nine returning defensive starters from a unit that improved as last year progressed and figures to be even stouter this season.We need to up the ante a little bit, star running back Christian McCaffrey said. Its definitely tough to win a Division I football game. Going in and playing a team like Kansas State thats extremely talented and well-coached, we know we have to do everything to get the job done.That season-opening loss might have cost the Cardinal a chance at a bid for the College Football Playoff. They finished the regular season sixth in the rankings after losing just one more game the rest of the way, falling two spots out of a playoff spot.We use it as motivation, defensive lineman Solomon Thomas said. Its not something were thinking about all the time. Its something in the back of our head. We learned from this mistake. Its time to move on and make sure this doesnt happen again. We have to start fast from day one. ' ' '