Butler had six RBIs and Brent Rooker tied his career high with five RBIs for Oakland, which entered the game Sunday with the fourth-fewest wins in baseball.
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.
“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.
“I wanted to put the barrel on the ball,” Butler said. “I got it how I wanted to get it, and it went pretty far.”“That was a pretty cool moment,” he said.
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