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On Friday night, the Oakland Athletics defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 thanks to two more home runs from Brent Rooker, who blasted his 27th home run of the year.
In front of a season-high 21,060 spectators at the Oakland Coliseum, the A’s maintained their impressive play in their opening game of August, having led the majors with 45 home runs in July.
With victories of 18-3 at Philadelphia in their last game before the All-Star break, Shea Langeliers and Seth Brown both hit a home run against Gavin Stone (9-5), assisting the A’s in winning for the tenth time in their previous 14 games.
Langeliers stated, “We really worked on how we approach each game individually in Philadelphia.” “We simply kept expanding using that strategy. It’s just a matter of gaining the players’ trust. We’re certainly putting up high numbers and stringing together quality at-bats. When the offensive plays like that, you usually maintain the upper hand.
The Dodgers struggled to score runs until Shohei Ohtani snapped a 0-for-15 slump with a three-run home run with two outs in the ninth inning against Joey Estes (5-4). Teoscar Hernandez blasted a two-run home run in the first inning against Estes.
For the Dodgers, who dropped their sixth straight game, it was insufficient. Arizona’s lead in the NL West has shrunk to four games for Los Angeles.
After Hernandez’s home run, Estes surrendered two runs and two hits in six innings. Abraham Toro, the third baseman, then made a running grab to deny Ohtani a hit in the sixth inning.
