Shea Langeliers and Jacob Wilson Go Back-to-Back Homers to Sink the Rangers
The Oakland Athletics are not messing around early in the season. Shea Langeliers absolutely demolished a tiebreaking two-run shot in the sixth inning Wednesday night, then Jacob Wilson went deep one inning later with another two-run blast to seal a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers at West Sacramento, California. Back-to-back power? That is how you put a game away.
The Homers That Won It
Langeliers got the party started in the sixth, his two-run bomb breaking a tie and giving Oakland the lead they would not relinquish. Wilson followed up with his own two-run shot in the seventh, essentially putting the Rangers in a hole they could not climb out of. That is four runs on two swings of the bat. When your lineup produces power like that in the middle innings, you win baseball games. The Rangers pulled within one at 6-5, but it was too little, too late.
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Oakland grabbed the victory on Wednesday night and showed the kind of pop that wins ballgames in April. Early season homers like these can set the tone for how a team sees itself offensively. The A's are making their statement loud and clear through the early stretch.
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