Tyler Soderstrom hit two homers and drove in a career-high six runs and Shea Langeliers additionally homered, doubled and drove in two runs to steer the visiting Athletics to a 12-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox within the opening recreation of a three-game sequence on Tuesday evening.
Soderstrom took over the key league house run lead (eight) with the third multi-homer recreation of his profession. He additionally joined Corridor of Famer Reggie Jackson (1974) as the one gamers in A’s historical past to have three multi-home run video games within the first 17 video games of a season.
Soderstrom and Langeliers every completed with three hits, and Lawrence Butler and Brent Rooker additionally had two hits for the Athletics, who outhit the White Sox 13-6.
Jeffrey Springs (3-1) picked up the win for the A’s, permitting three runs on three hits over 5 innings. He walked three and struck out 4. Mitch Spence pitched the ultimate three innings and allowed two hits and no runs to garner his first profession save.
Andrew Vaughn hit a three-run homer and Lenyn Sosa had two hits and a run for Chicago, which took its second straight loss. Sean Burke (1-3) allowed 5 runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings. He walked two and likewise struck out two.
The Athletics took a 3-0 lead within the first inning when Butler led off with a single, superior to 3rd on a hit-and-run single by Rooker and scored when Soderstrom drilled a three-run homer to right-center.
Chicago tied it 3-3 within the backside of the primary on Vaughn’s homer over the bullpen in left subject, driving in Miguel Vargas, who had doubled, and Sosa, who had walked.
The A’s regained the lead, 4-3, within the second on a double off the underside of the middle subject wall by Gio Urshela. That scored Jacob Wilson, who had singled.
Langeliers made it 5-3 when he led off the third together with his fourth house run, a 409-foot drive that curled across the left subject foul pole.
The A’s then broke open the sport with a four-run sixth — highlighted by Butler’s RBI double and Soderstrom’s second three-run homer of the evening, a 423-foot blast deep into the bleachers in proper.
The Athletics added three extra runs within the ninth off reliever Mike Clevinger — highlighted by Langeliers’ RBI double off the highest of the left subject fence.
–Subject Degree Media