Shea Langeliers went 4-for-4 with a double and an RBI and Lawrence Butler homered to lead the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday in West Sacramento, Calif.Gio Urshela added two doubles and an RBI for the A’s, who snapped a two-game losing streak. First baseman Nick Kurtz, rated the team’s No. 1 prospect and 35th overall by MLB Pipeline, hit an RBI single in his first major league at-bat and finished 1-for-4.Athletics starter JP Sears (3-2) allowed two runs on five hits in five-plus innings. He walked one and struck out five. Mason Miller, who hit 102 mph on the radar gun with a fastball to Marcus Semien, struck out three in the ninth for his seventh save in seven tries.Wyatt Langford homered and Kyle Higashioka doubled for Texas. Kumar Rocker (1-3) gave up five runs on seven hits over 1 2/3 innings. He walked one and struck out two.The Athletics, who entered the contest with the fewest home wins in the majors (2-8) while getting outscored 70-38 in the process, jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning.Butler led off with a 425-foot homer to center, capping an eight-pitch at-bat. One out later, Tyler Soderstrom doubled, and he scored on a single by Langeliers. With two outs, Jacob Wilson singled and Kurtz followed with a ground single to center to drive in Langeliers. Urshela then knocked in Wilson with a single.
