Athletics Crush Rangers, Cortes Hits Two HRs

0:00On April 25th, the athletics lit up the Rangers 8-1 last night, with Carlos Cortez stealing the show by smashing two home runs off starter, Nathan Eel-Valdi. Right out the gate in the first inning, lead off man Nick Kurtz and Tyler Sodistrom went deep on the first pitch each, then Cortez followed with his. Own bomb on the seventh pitch total, talk about a brutal welcome. Luis Severino took the mound for Oakland in Delt, giving up just one run on six hits over six and two thirds innings to snack his first win. Eel-Valdi, on the other hand, got shelled for six runs in six innings, including Cortez's three run jack in the fifth, and Zach Gelov's two run shot in. The ninth, this flipped the script from their April 13th clash, where Eel-Valdi blanked the a's for seven innings in an 8-1 Rangers route. Wow. Severino struggled. Cortez, a 28-year-old rookie from last July, has now gone deep twice in a game before, doing it against Cincinnati last September.

1:00Nick Kurtz kept his hot streak alive with a fifth inning walk. His 14th straight game reaching base on balls, one shy of the franchise mark. Last time the a's launched, three homers in the first, was July 8th against Atlanta. Up next, Jeffrey Springs takes on Mackenzie Gore tomorrow night as these A.O. West contenders battle for positioning. That wraps MLB news today brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with the story.