Powered by Lawrence Butler, Seth Brown, Brent Rooker and Zack Gelof, the Oakland A’s bashed the Philadelphia Phillies, 18-3, on Sunday, tying a franchise with eight residence runs.
Listed below are 5 attention-grabbing stats from their one-sided victory.
Butler makes distinctive historical past
Having simply turned 24 on July 10, Butler turned the sixth-youngest participant in A’s historical past to document three homers in the identical sport. Solely Mickey Cochrane (22 years, 45 days), Jordan Diaz (22 years, 269 days), Reggie Jackson (23 years, 45 days), Mark McGwire (23 years, 259 days) and Jose Canseco (24 years, sooner or later) achieved the feat at a youthful age.
In the meantime, Michael Toglia additionally homered 3 times on Sunday for the Colorado Rockies. They’re the primary pair to take action on the identical day since Marcel Ozuna and Alex Dickerson in 2020.
