SAN FRANCISCO -- Ever since they traded Ben Zobrist almost two years ago to the day, the Oakland A's have looked for another player just like him.

Well, almost like him, because his versatility is unmatched.

The Athletics' Chad Pinder, one of the standouts in Oakland's 6-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday, could be the guy.

"When you talk about players who can not only play multiple positions but play them all well, Zobrist is the guy you think about," A's manager Bob Melvin said. "He is the standard.

"In general, guys like to settle into one spot and be everyday players. I think in (Pinder's) case, he's really embracing this. I had Ben Zobrist, and I haven't had anybody else like this. He's relishing the fact that, 'Hey, I can do this, and I want to be good at it.'"

Pinder began the season as a Triple-A shortstop/second baseman. He since branched out, making it to the big leagues to be a capable corner outfielder, too. Playing left field on Wednesday, Pinder made a running catch to end the fifth inning and set up Daniel Gossett for the win.

Oakland's lead was already down to 4-1 thanks to Gorkys Hernandez's sacrifice fly when pinch hitter Miguel Gomez roped a laser to left-center. Gossett feared the worst -- a big inning.

"I like to stay in that yellow zone where you don't want to be in the red when you are panicking or in the green where you are too comfortable," Gossett said. "When I let that pitch go, I went to the red real quick. Luckily, I got away with one. That was a heck of a play by a heck of an athlete."

Pinder had played in one game in left field and just seven in right in the big leagues before Wednesday. However, even before the game-saving catch, Melvin was talking about seeing Pinder in center before too much longer. This from a player who has started 17 times at short and nine times at second.

And that's just fine with the 25-year-old, who said, "I just went with the play, then made a little adjustment at the end.

"I will tell you this: Any spot on the field is the spot I want to be in. I want to play every day. That's the goal: to contribute someway, somehow."

Gossett (3-6) has had trouble contributing the way he would like. His previous start against the Twins saw him pulled out of the game in the fourth inning, leaving him with a 5.74 ERA that made his spot in the rotation vulnerable.

Gossett was tough on Wednesday, though, limiting the Giants to one run on three hits and two walks in seven innings. He struck out five.

"I came into the game like it was gut-check time," Gossett said. "I had to come out here tonight and put all that behind me. I needed to go out and throw. Or pitch, rather."

Pinder also drove in the last run for the A's, whose balanced offense included a two-run homer from Ryon Healy that broke the game open in the third. It came off Matt Moore, and if Giants manager Bruce Bochy could have a do-over, that would be it.

"I think the pitch he'd like to have back more than anything is the ball that left the ballpark," Bochy said of Moore. "Two outs, nobody on and they score two runs there. And now we're down where we're forced to pinch-hit."

Moore admitted that homer was difficult to accept, maybe even more than the second-inning walk to Pinder that helped set up a two-run Oakland rally.

"That's upsetting, no doubt, (the pitch) to Healy right there," he said. "I don't right know if I've made up my mind up whether I'm more upset about that at-bat to Healy or (the walk to Pinder). You're not giving (the team) a chance right there, it's just putting them on for nothing. I've been playing plenty long to know that leadoff walks or just walks in general, there's nothing good that can from them."

Moore (3-11) was charged with four runs on six hits in five innings.

NOTES: OF Jarrett Parker, on the disabled list since April 15 due to a fractured right clavicle, joined the Giants on Wednesday and will be activated Thursday. ... A's RHP Kendall Graveman (strained right shoulder) is scheduled to come off the DL to start Thursday against Giants LHP Ty Blach. ... San Francisco RHP Johnny Cueto got a clean MRI after feeling discomfort in his elbow. He will be kept from throwing a baseball for a week, then be re-evaluated. ... The A's promoted 1B/OF Mark Canha and returned RHP Michael Brady to Triple-A Nashville. ... Oakland LF Khris Davis got Wednesday off because of a mild hamstring injury. ... RHP Mark Melancon (strained right pronator) threw one scoreless inning Wednesday for Class A San Jose. He could be back from the DL soon.