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 guide the visiting Athletics to a 12-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox within the opening recreation of a three-game collection on Tuesday night time.
Soderstrom took over the most important league residence 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 in addition 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 discipline, 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 discipline wall by Gio Urshela. That scored Jacob Wilson, who had singled.
Langeliers made it 5-3 when he led off the third along with his fourth residence run, a 409-foot drive that curled across the left discipline 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 night time, 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 discipline fence.
–Subject Stage Media
