A’s demolish Phillies behind big bats and Ginn’s arm, 12-1!

Athletics catcher Shea Langelierscelebrates with Nick Kurtz after his homer put the A’s on top in the first inning. Tonight was She’s first game back from Paternity Leave and he went 2-5. | Bill Streicher-Imagn Images The Athletics finished off the three game series in a big way with the Philadelphia Phillies this afternoon before packing up to head to Baltimore to finish up this road trip.

Now that’s the kind of first inning we were hoping for. A walk, a bomb, a walk, another bomb and before the Philly fans could wipe the cheese whiz off their chins their hometown boys were down 4-0. Welcome back to the squad Shea Langeliers with his MLB leading 46 th hit which just so happened to leave the ballpark for his eleventh long ball of the season.

Dad strength 💪 pic. twitter. com/GlfU7wH650 — Athletics (@Athletics) May 7, 2026 After a Tyler Soderstrom walk, Brent Rooker launched his fourth homer of the season.

In the meantime, J. T. Ginn worked two effective and efficient innings to get his defense back into the dugout.