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Noda entered Tuesday's extra-innings win over the Diamondbacks as a pinch hitter in the fifth inning and remained in the game at first base, going 1-for-3 with a grand slam and a walk.

Noda's 424-foot shot to center in the seventh with the bases jammed erased an 8-4 deficit and set the Athletics up to eventually prevail in extras. The 27-year-old rookie hadn't left the yard since April 28, and the big blast snapped him out of the 1-for-21 funk he'd been mired in over the previous eight games.

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