{"id":607500,"date":"2026-04-16T07:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607500\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:23:10","slug":"shea-langeliers-jacob-wilson-homer-as-athletics-beat-texas-rangers-to-sit-atop-al-west-for-first-time-since-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/607500\/","title":{"rendered":"Shea Langeliers, Jacob Wilson homer as Athletics beat Texas Rangers to sit atop AL West for first time since 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Shea Langeliers<\/a> hit the longest homer in the majors this season and Jacob Wilson<\/a> also had a two-run shot to help the Athletics<\/a> beat the Texas Rangers<\/a> 6-5 on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

The Athletics<\/a> (10-8) are alone atop the AL West, a game ahead of Texas (9-9), for the first time since since June 19, 2021.<\/p>\n

Lawrence Butler<\/a> hit a leadoff single before Cole Winn<\/a> replaced Jalen Beeks<\/a> (1-1) with two outs in the sixth and Langeliers hit a towering 467-foot home run \u2014 the majors\u2019 longest \u2014 that gave the Athletics<\/a> a 4-2 lead. <\/p>\n

Hogan Harris<\/a> (1-0) replaced starter J.T. Ginn<\/a> with one out in the sixth and retired the only two batters he faced for the win. Ginn allowed two runs and two hits and walked four in 5 1\/3 innings. <\/p>\n

Joel Kuhnel<\/a> got the final out in the eighth and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save in six appearances this season, his first with the Athletics<\/a>. The 31-year-old right-hander, who split last season between the Triple-A affiliates for the Yankees and Phillies, went into this year with 82 career appearances and one save. <\/p>\n

Tyler Soderstrom<\/a> walked to lead off the seventh and Wilson hit his first homer of the season two pitches later to make it 6-2.<\/p>\n

Corey Seager<\/a> hit a two-run homer in the third and Jake Burger<\/a>\u2019s three-run shot with two outs in the eighth made it a one-run game. <\/p>\n

Soderstrom had an RBI double and Denzel Clarke<\/a> added a run-scoring single. <\/p>\n

Rangers starter Kumar Rocker<\/a> gave up two runs in 4 1\/3 innings. He allowed four hits, walked four and had six strikeouts. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Texas\u2019 Jack Leiter<\/a> (1-1, 4.91 ERA) is set to start opposite Jacob Lopez<\/a> (1-1, 7.43) on Thursday to wrap up a four-game series. <\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Shea Langeliers hit the longest homer in the majors this season and Jacob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":607501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-607500","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/607501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}