Texas Rangers at Athletics
Final
Recap
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Shea Langeliers hit the longest homer in the majors this season and Jacob Wilson also had a two-run shot to help the Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 6-5 on Wednesday night. The Athletics (10-8) are alone atop the AL West, a game ahead of Texas (9-9), for the first time since since June 19, 2021. Lawrence Butler hit a leadoff single before Cole Winn replaced Jalen Beeks (1-1) with two outs in the sixth and Langeliers hit a towering 467-foot home run the majors' longest that gave the Athletics a 4-2 lead.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteOAK -118 · 52% to win
WonRun LineTEX -1.5
OAK coveredTotalO/U 9.5 · 11 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
5Hits7
2Home runs2
5Walks6
8Strikeouts11
1Stolen bases2
169Pitches thrown152
11Pitching strikeouts8
Box score
Batting
| Batters | AB | R | H | RBI | HR | BB | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey SeagerSS | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Danny JansenC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake BurgerPH-1B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew McCutchenPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan CarterCF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Brandon NimmoRF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Josh Smith2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Joc Pederson1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezequiel DuranLF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wyatt LangfordDH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Jung3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
Pitching
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen BeeksP | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Kumar RockerP | 4.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| Jacob LatzP | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole WinnP | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Gavin CollyerP | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |