The Associated Press
August 16, 2026 - 4:17 pm
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Zack Gelof and Lawrence Butler each deed two-run homers, Tommy White had his archetypal large league homer and the Athletics bushed the Texas Rangers 5-2 connected Sunday.
The A’s won their archetypal location bid since June 12-14 successful Las Vegas, and archetypal bid successful West Sacramento since April 28-30. They were 0-12-1 implicit the erstwhile 13 bid astatine their existent location ballpark.
The Athletics program to determination to Las Vegas successful 2028, erstwhile they are scheduled to unfastened play astatine a caller ballpark connected the Strip.
Jacob Lopez (6-4) struck retired six and gave up 2 runs connected 5 hits successful six innings for his archetypal triumph successful his past 4 starts, aft getting no-decisions successful his erstwhile three.
After Jake Burger deed a solo location tally successful the 2nd to enactment the Rangers ahead, Butler responded with a 394-footer that wrapped astir the right-field rod to springiness the A’s the lead.
Burger drove successful a 2nd tally for Texas connected a forceout successful the third. He finished 3 for 4.
Shortstop Jacob Wilson astir had his large league-record errorless streak extremity astatine 114 games successful the 4th aft helium misplayed a grounder, but the play was scored arsenic a single.
Gelof enactment the A’s backmost successful beforehand successful the seventh, hitting a 403-foot homer disconnected Jakob Junis (1-2) into the Rangers bullpen successful right-center. White deed the archetypal of his vocation successful the eighth to springiness the A’s a three-run cushion.
White, a 2024 second-round pick, debuted connected July 17 and was the A’s 10th-ranked imaginable by MLB Pipeline.
Hogan Harris locked down the ninth with 2 strikeouts for his 12th save.
Soderstrom to IL
The Athletics mislaid different slugger erstwhile they placed outfielder Tyler Soderstrom connected the 10-day injured database with a near hep impingement.
The 24-year-old Soderstrom is batting .245 with 19 homers and 56 RBIs successful 109 games this season. He acceptable vocation highs with 25 homers, 93 RBIs and a .276 batting mean successful 158 games past year.
The Athletics already were playing without archetypal baseman Nick Kurtz and catcher Shea Langeliers. Kurtz is connected the IL with a close thumb wounded that could sideline him for the remainder of the year. Langeliers had season-ending country connected his close genu past month.
Also Sunday, the A’s claimed left-hander Joe Rock disconnected waivers from the Chicago White Sox and optioned him to Triple-A Las Vegas. Infielder Darell Hernaiz was recalled from the Aviators, and right-hander Justin Sterner was transferred to the 60-day IL.
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