"Jack Cust, who had hit just one home run in his previous 26 games, belted two on Sunday, supporting another excellent pitching performance by Brett Tomko as the Athletics closed out a nine-game homestand with a 9-4 victory over Detroit.

With 17,690 fans watching, Cust delivered a 3-run homer to left to cap a four-run third inning, then hit a solo shot to right leading off the sixth to power the A's past the AL Central-leading Tigers.

The A's designated hitter hadn't done much of it since the club traded Matt Holliday on July 24, batting just .215 with one homer over that span. But his three-hit game Sunday was his second in three days.

Tomko, signed by the A's earlier this month after being released by the New York Yankees, scattered three hits and allowed just one run over six innings to post his second win in six days for Oakland. He had struck out just 12 batters in 25 2/3 innings all season, but fanned eight Tigers.

The 36-year-old right-hander made his A's debut last Monday, pitching five scoreless innings against the Yankees in a 3-0 victory. In 11 innings for the A's, he has allowed eight hits and one run.

The Tigers led 1-0 when Curtis Granderson opened the game with a home run off the right-field pole, his 21st career leadoff homer. One pitch earlier, Granderson hit a foul ball near the A's dugout that catcher Landon Powell could not haul in."