VIDEO: Brett Lawrie crushes 447-foot home run to dead center in Oakland

Brett Lawrie is finally turning the corner after a mediocre July and a slow start to August.

The Oakland Athletics third baseman destroyed a Scott Feldman offering in the fifth inning of the club's 5-4 loss to the Houston Astros on Thursday night as part of a 2-for-4 effort at the plate.

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The moonshot to deep center at cavernous O.co Coliseum was the longest homer by an Oakland player this season.

Lawrie hit .241/.267/.337 in July with just a pair of homers, but he's showing signs of life with RBIs in each of his last three contests.