Athletics at Minnesota Twins

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Athletics

57-70, 31-33 Away

Final
6 - 3

Minnesota Twins

58-67, 33-29 Home

Langeliers hits 2-run homer and Soderstrom extends hitting streak as Athletics top Twins 6-3

Rookie slugger Nick Kurtz went 3 for 3 with two walks, including a leadoff double in the first inning and an RBI double that capped a three-run fourth. Brett Harris had a sacrifice fly and Luis Urías delivered an RBI single in the inning as the A's took a 5-1 lead against All-Star pitcher Joe Ryan (12-6).

Jacob Lopez (7-6) struck out eight in six innings of four-hit ball. He allowed three runs — two earned.

Justin Sterner pitched two scoreless innings and Hogan Harris worked a perfect ninth for his first major league save.

Matt Wallner gave Minnesota a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the second. Kurtz scored on Langeliers' two-run homer in the third.

Brooks Lee and Ryan Jeffers each hit a solo homer for the Twins, who dropped to 1-4 on their homestand.

Harris made it 6-3 with an RBI single in the sixth.

Ryan was charged with five runs — two earned — and six hits in four innings. He struck out six and walked one.

Key moment Minnesota put two runners on in the eighth, but Royce Lewis popped out to end the threat.

Key stat Langeliers has 15 home runs since the All-Star break. He began the day leading the league in homers, slugging percentage (.802) and extra-base hits (23) since the break.

Up next The teams continue their series Wednesday night, when J.T. Ginn (2-5, 5.04 ERA) starts for the Athletics against Bailey Ober (5-7, 5.15).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Martin lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Clemens flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Lee grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	H. Harris relieved Sterner
	9th Inning	Schuemann at second base.
	9th Inning	Langeliers lined out to left.

Statistics

ATH		MIN
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	12
9	Strikeouts	10
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
11	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	13
38	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
6	Extra Base Hits	3
5.8	Runs Created	2.7
.314	Batting Average	.182
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.543	Slugging Percentage	.394
.286	Secondary Average	.242
.342	On Base Percentage	.206
.885	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.600
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
5.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.6
48.0	Batter Rating	26.0
35.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.37	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.89
.229	Isolated Power	.212
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.10
.053	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.029
-.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
93.5	MLB Rating	75.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0