Henry Bolte had his first career multihomer game, Zack Gelof, Jonah Heim and Alika Williams also went deep, and the Athletics scored nine unanswered runs to beat the Texas Rangers 9-2<\/p>\n
ARLINGTON, Texas — Henry Bolte had his first career multihomer game, Zack Gelof, Jonah Heim and Alika Williams also went deep, and the Athletics scored nine unanswered runs to beat the Texas Rangers 9-2 on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Bolte hit the first of his homers in the third inning, a two-run, game-tying shot, before Gelof gave the A’s a 3-2 lead with a solo home run.<\/p>\n
Bolte struck again in the fourth, crushing his eighth homer of the season over the right-field wall for another two-run blast. Heim, in his return to Globe Life Field after playing for the Rangers from 2020-25, followed with a solo homer against his former team, extending the Athletics\u2019 lead to 6-2.<\/p>\n
Alika Williams capped the scoring with a two-run home run in the fifth and an RBI double in the seventh to help the A’s avoid a three-game sweep.<\/p>\n
Jacob Lopez (6-4) threw six innings, striking out seven and allowing both runs on six hits. Over his last 10 starts, he has a 2.28 ERA and 61 strikeouts over 51 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Ezequiel Dur\u00e1n and Justin Foscue both had solo home runs for the Rangers. The hit was Dur\u00e1n’s first career leadoff homer.<\/p>\n
Cody Bradford (0-4) allowed five runs \u2014 all on homers \u2014 in four innings of work for Texas. <\/p>\n
Athletics: RHP Jack Perkins (3-10, 6.42 ERA) takes the mound for a opener of a three-game series against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Rangers: RHP Cal Quantrill (6-5, 3.01) starts Thursday’s Game 1 of a four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n
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