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- Langeliers and Butler lead Athletics past Rays</p>
<p>July 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Athletics Rays BaseballAthletics' Shea Langeliers hits a three-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Monday, June 30, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken)</p>
<p>TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Shea Langeliers smashed a three-run homer in his first plate appearance since coming off the injured list, and Lawrence Butler broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run triple that lifted the Athletics over the Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Monday night.</p>
<p>The Athletics made two key defensive plays in the bottom of the eighth to keep it tied at 4.</p>
<p>The Rays had runners on first and second with no outs when Junior Caminero hit a hard grounder to third, but Max Muncy stepped on the bag and threw to first for a double play. Josh Lowe then singled to left field but Colby Thomas threw a dart to home plate to get Brandon Lowe.</p>
<p>Butler sent a shot to the wall in left-center field to score runners from second and third on his second triple of the season.</p>
<p>Sean Newcomb (2-4) got the final out in the eighth, and Mason Miller worked a scoreless ninth to earn his 16th save.</p>
<p>Brent Rooker had an RBI single for the Athletics, who had lost six of eight.</p>
<p>The Rays, coming off a defeat at Baltimore, had won five straight and 10 of their last 11 following a loss.</p>
<p>Pete Fairbanks (3-2) allowed three hits and two runs in the ninth.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>The first hit for the Rays came in the fourth on Caminero's two-run homer — his 21st of the season — over the center-field wall. Jonathan Aranda and Jose Caballero added RBI singles to tie it at 4.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>The Athletics, who allowed four home runs Sunday, have given up 125 longballs this season, the second-most in team history before the All-Star break.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Athletics LHP Jeffrey Springs (6-6, 4.30 ERA) starts Tuesday against his former team. RHP Shane Baz (8-3, 4.37) goes for the Rays.</p>
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