Texas Rangers at Athletics

WEST SACRAMENTO – There was a running joke around the Athletics clubhouse as of late that “Tommy Tanks,” the nickname Tommy White earned during a prolific display of power during his college career, was relegated to “Tommy Singles.” It has been a bit of an ironic start to his Major League career. Since White got called up from Triple-A Las Vegas on July 17, 22 of his first 24 hits over his first 25 games with the A’s had been singles. The other two were a pair of doubles. Not exactly Tanks-like for the A’s No. 10 prospect. During Sunday’s 5-2 A’s victory over the Rangers at Sutter Health Park, however, “Tommy Tanks” finally arrived. Leading off the bottom of the eighth against reliever Peyton Gray, White unloaded on a 2-0 fastball and sent it well beyond the center-field wall onto the berm for a Statcast-projected 413-foot solo home run, the first of his big league career.