Tyler Soderstrom hits a pair of 3-run home runs and the Athletics beat
the White Sox 12-3
[April 16, 2025]
CHICAGO (AP) — Tyler Soderstrom hit a pair of three-run home
runs, his major league-leading seventh and eighth homers of the season,
and the Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 12-3 on Tuesday night.
Soderstrom went deep with nobody out in the first off White Sox starter
Sean Burke (1-3) for a 3-0 lead.
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Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom (21) runs the bases after hitting a
three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against
the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in Chicago. (AP
Photo/Erin Hooley) |
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Andrew Vaughn, just 6 for 53 to begin the
season, answered with a three-run shot off Jeffrey Springs (3-1)
in the bottom half to tie it.
The Athletics took the lead for good in the second on an RBI
double by Gio Urshela. Shea Langeliers, who had three hits,
added a solo homer in the third for a 5-3 lead.
Max Muncy hit a two-out double before Soderstrom's long ball
capped a four-run sixth for a 9-3 lead.
Langeliers added an RBI double in a three-run ninth.
Burke threw six shutout innings in his first start on March 27,
but he's allowed nine runs in three starts since.
Springs went five innings, yielding three runs on three hits and
three walks. Mitch Spence pitched three shutout innings to earn
his first career save.
Key moment
The Athletics broke the game open with a four-run sixth.
Lawrence Butler had an RBI single before Soderstrom went deep
with two outs. The six RBIs are a career high and give him 17
this season. Soderstrom is the fifth player with three
multi-home run games in his team’s first 17 games of a season,
joining: Teoscar Hernández in 2020; Carlos Delgado in 2001;
Reggie Jackson in 1974; and Ken Keltner in 1948.
Key stat
The Athletics scored their most runs this season after being
shut out for the first time in an 8-0 loss to the Mets on Sunday
to end a homestand.
Up next
Osvaldo Bido (1-1, 3.60 ERA) starts for the Athletics on
Wednesday. The White Sox will send out Jonathan Cannon (0-2,
5.79).
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