Athletics' Shea Langeliers: Receiving Thursday off

Langeliers is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Royals.

Kyle McCann will draw the start behind the dish while Langeliers rests for a day game after a night game. Langeliers went 0-for-7 with four strikeouts over the first two games of the series with Kansas City, bringing his batting average down to .198 for the season.