{"id":271472,"date":"2026-04-16T22:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271472\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T22:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T22:06:15","slug":"athletics-defeat-rangers-with-multiple-home-runs-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/271472\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Defeat Rangers with Multiple Home Runs in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readers.id\/en\/tag\/oakland-athletics\" title=\"Oakland Athletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oakland Athletics<\/a> secured a victory against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readers.id\/en\/tag\/texas-rangers\" title=\"Texas Rangers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Rangers<\/a> on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, utilizing a powerful offensive display to overcome a mid-game tie. The contest saw Oakland consistently produce runs through both small ball and significant power hitting at their home stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland established an early lead in the first inning when Soderstrom hit a double to left field, allowing Cortes to reach home plate. The advantage grew to 2-0 in the second inning after Clarke drove in Muncy with a single to left field, as reported by ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Texas responded in the third inning when Corey Seager launched a 410-foot home run to right-center field. The two-run blast, which also brought in Nimmo, effectively leveled the score at 2-2 and momentarily halted Oakland&#8217;s momentum.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Nd82KCPSex.jpeg\" alt=\"Athletics Seize AL West Lead Following Victory Over Rangers\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>The tie persisted until the sixth inning when Shea Langeliers broke the deadlock with a 467-foot home run to left-center. The massive hit scored Butler and gave the Athletics a 4-2 lead according to game statistics provided by ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Wilson extended the lead in the seventh inning by hitting a 370-foot home run to left field. This final scoring play brought Soderstrom home, bringing the total to 6-2 in favor of the Athletics.<\/p>\n<p>The Rangers faced the Athletics with Mark Leiter Jr. on the mound and Evan Carter in center field. Despite the loss, Texas saw significant base activity from Wyatt Langford and Corey Seager during the later stages of the game.<\/p>\n<p>            &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                            <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/txNlEvS2vS.jpeg\" alt=\"Cleveland Guardians Host Baltimore Orioles for Four Game Series\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"low\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>Injury concerns persist for the Athletics roster with several players currently on the injured list. Pitchers Carter Baumler, Luis Curvelo, and Chris Martin are all sidelined, with return dates estimated between late April and early May 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Oakland Athletics Injury StatusName, PosStatusEst. Return DateCarter Baumler RP15-Day ILApr 21Luis Curvelo RP15-Day ILMay 1Chris Martin RP15-Day ILMay 1Cody Freeman 3B10-Day ILMay 1Cody Bradford SP60-Day ILMay 26<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oakland Athletics secured a victory against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, utilizing a powerful&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[57482,112179,143,14827,145,144,27512,5224],"class_list":{"0":"post-271472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-oakland","8":"tag-corey-seager","9":"tag-mlb-scores","10":"tag-oakland","11":"tag-oakland-athletics","12":"tag-oakland-headlines","13":"tag-oakland-news","14":"tag-shea-langeliers","15":"tag-texas-rangers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}