By SCHUYLER DIXON
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Shea Langeliers had no plans to present Elvis Andrus a tough time about overshadowing his large second in entrance of the house people.
Each hits have been particular for Oakland’s rookie and veteran.
Langeliers doubled on the primary pitch he noticed within the large leagues, Andrus homered in opposition to his former group for the primary time and the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Tuesday night time, ending a nine-game dropping streak.
The Rangers had a three-game successful streak stopped a day after supervisor Chris Woodward was fired. Texas beat Oakland in Tony Beasley’s debut as interim supervisor hours after Monday’s transfer.
Andrus, who spent his first 12 years within the majors with the Rangers earlier than a commerce to Oakland going into final season, related on a two-run shot within the seventh inning in his thirty first recreation in opposition to Texas.
Langeliers grew up watching Andrus at shortstop whereas taking part in for a Dallas-area highschool. Main off the second inning to cheers from household and mates within the sparse crowd of 15,260, the 24-year-old lined Kohei Arihara’s pitch down the left discipline line and scored the second Oakland run.
“First at-bat, you’ve obtained the jitters, you’re excited, nervous, all that stuff,” Langeliers stated. “I felt like the one solution to get previous that was if he gave me an excellent first pitch to hit, I used to be swinging at it.”
Andrus’ eight homer of the season and 87th of his profession — the primary 76 have been with the Rangers — put Oakland up 5-1 after the Rangers had the potential tying runs on base the earlier two innings.
“It was fairly, fairly good, since final 12 months I needed to do this for certain,” Andrus stated. “So it felt actually good. With the ability to put that recreation away, it was even higher.”
Sean Murphy hit his longest dwelling run of the season, a 454-foot solo shot within the third. JP Sears pitched 5 scoreless innings within the former New York Yankees left-hander’s first win with the A’s.
Oakland prevented a second 10-game dropping streak this season, which hasn’t occurred because the A’s have been in Philadelphia in 1945.
Langeliers, who went to varsity about 100 miles south of the house of the Rangers at Baylor, was known as up from Triple-A Las Vegas. The last-place A’s launched veteran outfielder Stephen Piscotty.
The ninth total decide by Atlanta three years in the past, Langeliers was acquired within the March commerce that despatched Matt Olson to the Braves. Debuting because the designated hitter with plans for him to be the backup catcher, Langeliers struck out his final thrice up.
That first pitch mattered far more, although.
“I believe it’s nice,” supervisor Mark Kotsay stated. “I believe anyone that will get to the massive leagues and so they see one pitch, they need to be swinging, in my view. I assumed it was nice. I beloved the aggressiveness.”
Arihara (0-1) allowed six hits the primary time via the order in his first begin for Texas since final September. The Japanese right-hander had spent all the season with Triple-A Spherical Rock.
Pitching 5 days after his thirtieth birthday, Arihara settled down and tied his profession highs of 5 2/3 innings and 6 strikeouts whereas permitting eight hits and three runs.
“I assumed he threw the ball very nicely,” Beasley stated. “I assumed the primary inning, he obtained the little base hits that simply had eyes. He had some unlucky issues occur.”
Sears (4-0) had allowed 5 walks in 31 1/3 innings all season with the Yankees and A’s when he walked the bases loaded with one out within the fifth. Sears escaped when proper fielder Seth Brown made a operating catch in foul floor on Marcus Semien’s fly ball, and Leody Taveras obtained caught in a rundown between third and residential.
ROSTER SHUFFLING
The Rangers designated OF Elier Hernandez for task to make room for Arihara. Texas additionally recalled INF/OF Mark Mathias from Spherical Rock and optioned RHP Yerry Rodriguez to the Triple-A membership. The Rangers signed C Wilson Ramos to a minor league contract with plans to assign him to Spherical Rock.
The A’s known as up 1B David MacKinnon together with Langeliers. They're the 53rd and 54th gamers for the A’s this season, matching the Oakland file reached twice beforehand (2007, 2017). The A’s additionally positioned heart fielder Ramón Laureano on the injured listing with left aspect soreness.
TRAINER’S ROOM
A’s: All-Star RHP Paul Blackburn will miss the remainder of the season with tendon injury in his proper center finger. A call on surgical procedure ought to come close to the top of the season. Regardless, Blackburn is anticipated to be prepared for spring coaching.
UP NEXT
Oakland RHP Adam Oller (1-5, 7.26 ERA) and Texas LHP Cole Ragans (0-1, 4.82) are set for a matchup of rookies within the third recreation of the four-game sequence. Oller is on his fourth stint with the A’s. Ragans is about for his third large league begin.
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