MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Miguel Tejada, Eric Chavez and Ramon Hernandez each had three hits to lead the Oakland Athletics to a 6-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.

The bottom third of Oakland's lineup combined for nine hits, four runs and three RBIs to lead the Athletics.

Oakland rookie Mark Mulder (4-2) allowed two runs, eight hits and four walks over six innings for the win.

Jason Isringhausen pitched the ninth for his 16th save, allowing a sacrifice fly to Butch Huskey.

The Athletics were aided by eight Minnesota walks, including two with the bases loaded.

With the score tied at 2 in the fourth, Oakland scored twice off Joe Mays (3-8) with help from a bungled pickoff play.

Tejada led off the inning with a double and scored on a single by Hernandez. After Randy Velarde's single put runners at the corners, Mays caught Velarde leaning off first base, but a wild throw by Twins' first baseman Ron Coomer allowed Hernandez to score from third and Velarde to reach second on the error.

Oakland made it 5-2 in the fifth on two-out singles by Tejada, Chavez and Hernandez.

The Athletics added a run 2 in the seventh on singles by Chavez and Hamilton, an infield single by Terrence Long and a bases-loaded walk to Jason Giambi.

The Twins scored two in the seventh on Matt Lawton's RBI double and Huskey's run-scoring groundout off Jeff Tam.

Oakland took a 1-0 lead in the second as John Jaha walked, took second on Tejada's single and scored on Chavez' RBI single.

The Athletics made it 2-0 in the third after opening the inning with three walks and a single. Long walked and took third on Velarde's single. A walk to Jason Giambi loaded the bases, and a four-pitch walk to Stairs made it 2-0. A strikeout and double-play grounder ended the threat.

Minnesota tied the game in the bottom of the third on an RBI double by Canizaro and Lawton's RBI single. Mulder struck out Brian Buchanan with the bases loaded to end the threat.<

Mays allowed five runs _ four earned _ nine hits and seven walks in six innings.

Notes: Jason Giambi walked in his last four at-bats, his second four-walk game of the season. He leads the AL in walks with 58. ... Oakland stranded 13 runners from the second through seventh innings. ... Lawton extended his hitting streak to 11 games and has hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games.