Lawrence Butler hit three home runs, Brent Rooker and Seth Brown each had two homers, and the Oakland Athletics routed the first-placed Philadelphia Phillies 18-3. Butler had six RBIs.
Oakland Athletics ’ Lawrence Butler reacts to his two-run home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies , Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Philadelphia. Oakland Athletics ’ Brent Rooker hits a two-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies , Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Philadelphia.
“It sounds like the distance back to Oakland,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “They hit the ball hard today. There weren’t really any cheap home runs.”Trea Turner homered for the Phillies. Philadelphia began play with the most wins in baseball and ahead of the Braves by 9 ½ games in the NL East. The Phillies were trying to extend their club record of 62 victories before the All-Star Game and match the 1973 and ’74 Dodgers for the most NL wins before the break.
Butler hit three two-run shots, in the fifth, seventh and eighth. The last of the trio went 449 feet into the second deck in right-center field. Rooker completed a red-hot three games in Philadelphia in which he went 7 for 12 with a double, three homers and seven RBIs.
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