Whole lineup contributes

After Sunday’s dramatic walk-off victory, A’s manager

Bob Melvin talked about the key to his team’s success.

“We can’t rely on one or two guys,” Melvin said. “... It takes a full 25 for us to be successful. You gotta get contributions on all ends of it from us, and we did.”

The A’s got timely contributions

from up and down their lineup the past two days.

Yonder Alonso and Ryon Healy combined to drive in four runs in Saturday’s game, but Adam Rosales, who batted eighth, had the hit to give them the win. Healy and Alonso were the primary contributors Sunday, too, again driving in two runs apiece. But the A’s also got

RBIs from Rajai Davis and Jed Lowrie, the top two batters in their lineup, as well as from Trevor Plouffe and Rosales, in the six- and eight-hole, respectively.

Every A’s starter aside from catcher Bruce Maxwell had at least one hit Sunday.

Healy’s new ending: Healy said that when he committed two errors in Saturday’s game, he thought to himself, “Don’t let that be the headline.”

Rosales’ walk-off single prevented that from happening Saturday, but Sunday Healy took matters into his own hands, winning the game with a walk-off homer.

“I was very upset about that, but what am I going to do, sulk?” he said. “No. I need to go out there and have professional at-bats and give our team an opportunity to win.”

Axford’s next step: Before Sunday’s game, reliever John

Axford (shoulder) threw a bullpen session. He said his shoulder felt “really good” and that he looks forward to extending his arm and shoulder. He said he was going to throw live batting practice on Wednesday.

“Face some live hitters and get a better feel, a true feel, especially when someone is swinging,” Axford said.

Walk-off wins: The A’s have won back-to-back games after trailing after seven innings or later. Before this past weekend, they had lost 28 straight such games.