Giants rookie Jarrett Parker has 3 home runs in 10-14 win against A's

OAKLAND - Jarrett Parker had no words for being mentioned right along with Hall of Famer Willie Mays.

The rookie became the first Giants player to have at least three homers and seven RBIs in a game since Mays did it 54 years ago, overshadowing the disappointing starts in the feel-good matchup of Tim Hudson and Barry Zito as San Francisco beat the Oakland Athletics 14-10 on Saturday.

Parker hit a tie-breaking grand slam in the eighth for his third home run. Mays had four homers and eight RBIs on April 30, 1961, at Milwaukee.

“That’s unbelievable,” Parker said. “Speechless. I can’t really even respond to that to be even mentioned in that kind of company.”

Hardly at their best of yesteryear when they dominated as part of Oakland’s “Big Three,” Hudson and Zito shared their brief moment to say goodbye to the Bay Area baseball fans in what began as a nostalgic, throwback moment and ended with Parker’s power surge.

Short it was for the starters, with Oakland’s Zito throwing two innings and outlasting Hudson’s 1 ? for the Giants, 11 years after they last pitched together here in 2004.

Parker’s grand slam came against Ryan Dull (0-1) after a solo shot off Zito in the second and a two-run drive in the seventh.

Bruce Bochy has managed late Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, Mo Vaughn and home run king Barry Bonds and this was the best offensive performance he has seen.

“He looks like ‘The Natural’ right now the way he’s swinging the bat,” Bochy said, calling it “light-tower power.”

Parker is the first San Francisco player with a three-homer game since Pablo Sandoval on Sept. 4, 2013, at San Diego and the first Giants rookie to hit three homers. He hit a monster drive into the second deck Friday night and has five home runs in his last nine at-bats.

“Parker’s obviously doing something pretty special over there right now. I guess it was fun to be a part of that for him,” Zito said.

Marlon Byrd hit a tying sacrifice fly in the eighth after a two-run double in the first against Zito as San Francisco went ahead 4-0.

Hudson yielded consecutive bases-loaded walks and a hit batsman with the bases full to make it 4-3 in the second. Bochy removed Hudson to boos, then the pitcher walked off and gave a slight wave and tip of his cap though clearly disappointed. It wasn’t an easy call for the skipper.

Just a few minutes later, Zito walked Buster Posey to begin the third and his day, too, was done. The left-hander briefly covered his face with his jersey and walked off, tipping his cap before disappearing into the dugout.

Josh Osich (2-0) pitched two innings for the win. Santiago Casilla got two outs for his 36th save.