Shea Langeliers belts 27th homer as Athletics edge Twins

Shea Langeliers hit a two-run homer, Brett Harris drove in a pair of runs, and the Athletics edged the Minnesota Twins, 6-3 on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.

Nick Kurtz finished 3-for-3 with two doubles and an RBI for the Athletics, who won the opener of a three-game series. Luis Urias also drove in a run.

Brooks Lee and Ryan Jeffers each hit solo home runs for Minnesota.

Recap: Athletics continue winning ways

Athletics left-hander Jacob Lopez (7-6) allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out eight.

Twins right-hander Joe Ryan (12-6) surrendered five runs (two earned) on six hits in four innings. He walked one and fanned six.

Athletics’ southpaw Hogan Harris pitched a scoreless inning to earn his first career save. The 28-year-old achieved the feat in his 69th career appearance.

The Twins opened the scoring in the second. Matt Wallner hit a two-out double to right field to score Lee from second base.

The Athletics quickly responded to go ahead 2-1 in the third. Kurtz drew a walk before Langeliers belted a two-run homer — his 27th of the season — over the wall in left.

One inning later, the Athletics added three more runs to pull ahead 5-1.

Harris started the scoring with a sacrifice fly. Urias ripped an RBI single in the next at-bat, and Kurtz followed moments later with an RBI double to cap the three-run frame.

The Twins cut the deficit to 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth. Lee hit a solo shot to right-center field for his 13th homer of the season and his second in the past two games.

Another solo homer, this one by Jeffers, allowed the Twins to pull within 5-3 in the fifth.

Harris knocked in his second run of the evening when he singled to center in the sixth. His hit scored Darell Hernaiz, who led off with a double and advanced to third on a flyout by JJ Bleday.

–Field Level Media

When is the next Athletics game?

• Tuesday, August 19th – Thursday, August 21st – @ Minnesota Twins
• Friday, August 22nd – Sunday, August 24th – @ Seattle Mariners
• Monday, August 25th – Wednesday, August 27th – vs. Detroit Tigers
• Friday, August 29th – Sunday, August 31st – vs. Texas Rangers
• Monday, September 1st – Wednesday, September 3rd – @ St. Louis Cardinals

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