Langeliers ends A’s 81-game triples drought in win over M’s
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers obtained three hits, together with Oakland’s first triple after an odd 81-game drought and not using a three-bagger, and the Athletics beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 Sunday.
No workforce in main league historical past had gone longer and not using a triple since 1901 till Langeliers, a catcher, hit an RBI drive within the eighth inning. He had two triples this season in Triple-A.
JP Sears (5-0) allowed one run, on Mitch Haniger’s homer, in 5 innings. Six A’s relievers held the lead for the workforce with the worst document within the AL.
Seattle, close to the highest of the wild-card standings, misplaced for the second straight day to the A’s. Cal Raleigh had two doubles for the Mariners.
Luis Castillo (1-1) failed to succeed in the seventh inning for the primary time in 4 begins since being traded from Cincinnati to Seattle. He yielded 4 runs and eight hits in 5 innings.
Seth Brown, who hit Oakland’s earlier triple on Might 18, doubled and scored on Sean Murphy’s single within the first. A double by Langeliers keyed a two-run second.
Haniger’s fifth homer made it 3-1 within the third. Oakland added a run within the sixth when Tony Kemp dragged a bunt single and later scored on Stephen Vogt’s single.
Raleigh had an RBI pinch-hit double and Julio Rodriguez singled residence a run within the seventh.
The Mariners stranded runners on the corners within the eighth inning, which ended with A’s left-hander Sam Moll coaxing a groundout from Dylan Moore.
Raleigh once more doubled with one out within the ninth inning, however Austin Pruitt recorded the ultimate two outs for his first save in two alternatives.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: LF Sam Haggerty was scratched from the lineup with left shoulder discomfort. Haggerty aggravated this ailment a few days in the past, supervisor Scott Servais mentioned. Moore, who would have began at second base, occupied left subject as an alternative whereas Adam Frazier crammed in at second. Haggerty entered the sport as a pinch-runner within the eighth.
A’s: CF Ramon Laureano continues to be “transferring ahead fairly shortly” in his restoration from a strained left indirect, supervisor Mark Kotsay mentioned. Laureano, who hasn’t been in a recreation since Aug. 14, performed catch on Sunday, in the future after taking 10 swings with no in poor health results … OF Skye Bolt missed his second begin in a row with left knee soreness however felt match sufficient to enter the sport within the eighth. … RHP Brent Honeywell’s minor league harm rehabilitation project will intensify Tuesday when he turns into out there to pitch in aid for Triple-A Las Vegas. Honeywell is on the injured checklist with a stress response in his proper elbow.
UP NEXT
Mariners: Following Monday’s scheduled off-day, the Mariners face Washington on Tuesday to open a six-game homestand.
Athletics: Host Miami on Monday, with Adam Oller of the A’s opposing right-handed counterpart Pablo Lopez.
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