Sean Murphy went deep twice, and rookie Shea Langeliers mashed his first major league home run in his second game with Oakland, leading the Athletics to a 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, pulling within 2-1 in the four game series.
Murphy got ahold of a solo home run to left field in the first inning and launched an opposite-field, two-run shot into the home bullpen in right-center in the third inning.
Langeliers, from nearby Keller, Texas, homered on an 0-2 pitch to the opposite field into the same bullpen with one on during Oakland’s four-run eighth inning. The 24-year-old was called up Tuesday and doubled on the first pitch he saw.
During batting practice, A’s manager Mark Kotsay told Langeliers he’d pay him $100 for a homer into that bullpen.
Sean Murphy doubled in the eighth inning and scored, extending his hitting success at Globe Life Field. He has a .347 batting average with eight homers and 17 RBI in 18 games played at the ballpark.
Both of Murphy’s home runs came off rookie left-hander Cole Ragans ,who gave up three runs on four hits and one walk in five innings while striking out three. It was Ragans’ third big league start.
Earlier in the day, Rangers president of baseball operations Jon Daniels, who led the front office for 17 years, was relieved of his duties, two days after the dismissal of manager Chris Woodward. Chris Young, the club’s executive vice president and general manager, takes over all aspects of baseball operations.
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