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 on Sunday.
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. PHILADELPHIA — Lawrence Butler hit three home runs for the first time in his big league career and Brent Rooker and Seth Brown each added two homers as the Oakland Athletics routed the first-placed Philadelphia Phillies 18-3 on Sunday.
The Athletics’ eight home runs, which tied a franchise record, were estimated at a combined 3,340 feet.Trea Turner homered for the Phillies. Philadelphia began play with the most wins in baseball and ahead of the Braves by 9½ 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. Turner put the Phillies ahead by sending a 2-2, 81-mph slider from Estes over the wall in left to give Philadelphia a 1-0 lead. It was the eighth home run in 12 games for Turner, who upped his season total to 11. He missed 38 games with a left hamstring strain.All-Star Houck limits A’s to 2 hits in 6 innings, Red Sox win 7-0
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