OAKLAND, Calif. -- A rare full day off turned out to be just what the Pittsburgh Pirates needed to keep Jeff Lockes winning streak going.Getting six hits and six RBI from the bottom four batters in the lineup certainly helped, too.Jody Mercer homered and had an RBI single and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied from three runs down to beat stumbling ace Sonny Gray and the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Friday night.Matt Joyce added two hits, Josh Harrison drove in two runs while Andrew McCutcheon doubled and scored on a wild pitch to help the Pirates to their first win in their history at the Coliseum and just their second in 13 games between the two franchises.Its kind of what we saw the first two months of the season when we were connecting all dots, top to bottom in the lineup, Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle said. June was hard. The lineup has played much more consistent . than any other time here.The Pirates beat the As in their first meeting since 2013 by taking advantage of another shaky outing by Gray (3-7).He gave up seven runs, hit a batter and threw two wild pitches in six innings while losing his sixth consecutive decision. The right-hander, third in the 2015 AL Cy Young voting, is winless since April 22.Marcus Semien hit his 17th home run of the season for Oakland.Hell figure it out and hell get better as the year goes on, As manager Bob Melvin said. Theres always going to be a year thats not as good as others. So fa this is the one for him.Pittsburghs 5-6-7 hitters combined for six hits, five RBI and four runs scored. Chris Stewart, the No. 9 hitter, drove in the go-ahead run with a fielders choice grounder in the fifth.Thats what makes our team us, Harrison said. It can be anybody, and thats what we have to get back to.Mercer homered in the third and added an RBI single as part of a two-run fifth.Harrisons two-out, two-run double in the sixth put the Pirates up 7-3.LOCKED INPirates starter Jeff Locke (8-5) also struggled early but retired the final nine batters he faced to win his third straight. He gave up three runs over five innings with three walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers combined to retire the final 12 batters and complete the four-hitter. It was a strong finish, Hurdle said. His fastball wasnt of the quality that we had seen the last two times out . but he stayed in the hunt, made pitches, battled and finished very strong. Thats a sign of maturity.LINEUP SHUFFLEJed Lowrie had decent results while batting leadoff for the first time this season. He drew a walk from Locke in the first before Semien homered on a 3-2 pitch. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Daniyar Yeleussinov leaves with a more permanent -- and gnarly -- reminder of his Olympic experience than a gold medal.Yeleussinov suffered a cut so deep and so long that it will leave a scar.He outclassed Uzbekistans Shakhram Giyasov on Wednesday and became the fourth straight boxer from Kazakhstan to win the Olympic welterweight gold medal.He never seemed affected by the vicious cut suffered in his semifinal bout that stopped the fight and gave him the win on points. He used some sharp lefts to rattle Giyasov and won by unanimous decision 29-28 on all three scorecards.With only two days between fights, the cut was not fully healed, and opened up briefly in the second round.Yeleussinov fought with a long strip of tape that covered about a 3-inch gash that stretched from above his left eyebrow down to about the bridge of his nose. When he looks in the mirror, hell be reminded of the blood that flowed down his face as well as the gold he won.I was boxing with this cut and I feel double-happy about that, he said.The second-seeded Yeleussinov won all four bouts by unanimous decision.Moroccos Mohammed Rabii and Frances Souleymane Diop Cissokho won bronze medals.The 25-year-old Yeleussinov, who failed to medal at the 2012 London Games, extended the Kazakh dominance in the welterweight ddivision.dddddddddddd He said new gyms, well-equipped have played a role in helping him continue the medal run begun by others 12 years ago.Kazakh boxers Serik Sapiyev (London), Bakhyt Sarsekbayev (Beijing) and Bakhtiyar Artayev (Athens) won the last three welterweight gold medals.Its our weight, Yeleussinov said. Its the Kazakh weight. I just proved it again.Cuba won four straight heavyweight golds in the Olympics from 1992-2004, though Felix Savon won three of them.Yeleussinov could join his brother Dauren, a former Olympic fighter, in the United States and become a professional. Yeleussinov spoke with joy about his gold triumph through a translator.But he answered in English when asked if he wanted to turn pro.Right now, I dont know, he said.Giyasov had defeated a London gold medalist during an upset run through the tournament to reach the final. He was a hit with his victory celebrations that mimicked soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo. Giyasov added a dash of flash in the tournament by leaping with his mouth open, and arms wide and legs apart.Yeleussinovs win could help ease the sting of Kazakh boxer Vassiliy Levits controversial defeat in the heavyweight gold medal bout. ' ' '