SAN FRANCISCO -- Matt Duffy homered and drove in three runs and Buster Posey went 4-for-4 to back Tim Hudson's abbreviated performance Sunday as the Giants completed a three-game Interleague series sweep of the Oakland A's with a 4-3 triumph.The Giants have won five consecutive games and 11 of their last 12 to trim their deficit behind first-place Los Angeles in the National League West to one game. San Francisco also lengthened its home winning streak to six games while recording its first three-game sweep of the A's at AT&T Park since May 20-22, 2011. 
Fourth-inning RBI singles by Brett Lawrie and Billy Butler enabled the A's to trim the difference to a single run. But four relievers combined to blank Oakland for the final five innings to preserve the decision for Hudson, who worked five innings. This gave Hudson the distinction of recording a victory over every team during his Major League career, which began in 1999 with Oakland.MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Send me an Angel: Somebody had to get on base to enable Duffy to drive in those runs. That was Angel Pagan, who drew a first-inning walk and singled in the second inning. Pagan is surging offensively, batting .321 (17-for-53) and scoring 10 runs in his last 12 games.Digging his own Grave: Kendall Graveman lasted just 1 1/3 innings, yielding four earned runs on seven hits before he left the game. The right-handed Graveman has now given up at least four runs in each of his last three starts, following a streak where he didn't allow four runs or more for nine straight games.
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