Athletics' Brent Rooker: Plates two in three-hit effort
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Rooker went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's 7-6 extra-innings win over the Tigers.
Rooker had an RBI double in the 10th inning and a sacrifice fly in the 12th, tying the game on both plays. He's gone 19-for-42 (.452) during a 10-game hitting streak. Rooker is at a .301/.373/.589 slash line with 35 homers, 99 RBI, 74 runs scored and eight stolen bases over 125 contests this year.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Homers twice in loss
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Rooker went 2-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Mariners.
Rooker took Bryan Woo deep in the fifth inning and then Andres Munoz in the ninth but still couldn't lead his team to a win. Rooker also extended his hitting streak to a career-best nine games in the process. The 29-year-old now has 35 home runs this season, surpassing Jose Ramirez for fifth most in the American League. Rooker is seeking to become the first Oakland hitter since 2021 to finish a season top five in the American League homer race.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Raps out four hits in loss
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Rooker went 4-for-5 with an RBI single in an extra-inning loss to the Rangers on Sunday.
The Athletics stranded 11 men overall Sunday, but Rooker went 2-for-3 with runners in scoring position. That included a fifth-inning single that plated Jacob Wilson with Oakland's first run of the day, pushing Rooker's RBI total to eight over the last eight games. The multi-hit tally was also Rooker's third consecutive, and he now boasts a .295 average and elite .951 OPS across 503 plate appearances this season.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Nabs eighth steal
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Rooker went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 3-2 loss to the Rangers.
The top two hitters in the Oakland order, Rooker and Lawrence Butler, accounted for all the team's offense and four of its five hits on the night. Rooker closed the books on a productive August that saw him slash .275/.365/.538 with seven homers, 14 RBI and 16 runs in 24 games, and Saturday's steal was his eighth of the year -- doubling his previous career high set in 2023. The 29-year-old needs just nine more RBI to reach 100 for the first time in his career.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Two solo shots in win
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Rooker went 2-for-4 with a pair of solo homers, a walk and an additional run scored in Friday's 9-2 win at Texas.
The Oakland designated hitter opened the game's scoring when he slugged a 416-foot solo home run off Jon Gray in the first inning. Rooker then returned in the seventh to crack another solo homer, this one travelling 397 feet, off reliever Dane Dunning. The one-time All-Star is having a career year, as he's slashing .287/.366/.575 with 33 homers, 90 RBI, 69 runs scored and seven steals in 494 plate appearances.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Launches 31st homer Wednesday
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Rooker went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a win over the Reds on Wednesday.
It was a banner night for the Athletics' offense, and Rooker, its most prodigious power hitter, got in on the fun with a 432-foot shot to left center in the sixth inning to extend Oakland's lead to 3-0. The blast also extended the slugger's on-base streak to eight games, a stretch in which he's hitting only .233 but has completed that figure with a .343 OBP and .467 slugging percentage across 35 plate appearances.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Reaches 30 homers
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Rooker went 3-for-4 with a walk, a double, a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 9-5 loss to the Brewers.
His two-run shot in the sixth inning off Colin Rea came when Oakland had already fallen into a 5-1 hole. Rooker has proven that last year's breakout wasn't his ceiling, and while his 30 homers matches his career-high total from last year, the 29-year-old's 87 RBI and .935 OPS blow away his 2023 production.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Two hits in Sunday's loss
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Rooker went 2-for-5 in the Athletics' extra-inning loss to the Giants on Sunday.
Rooker had gone 0-for-3 with a walk in his return from the paternity list Saturday, but he upped his production Sunday by generating his fourth multi-hit effort of the last five games. The veteran outfielder is in the stretch run of what has turned out to be a career season, as he's already boasting a career-high 83 RBI and is just one home run away from equaling the 30 he belted in 2023. Rooker's .942 OPS is also far and away the highest of his major-league tenure when factoring out his initial seven-game cameo with the Twins back in 2020.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Back from paternity list
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The Athletics reinstated Rooker (personal) from the paternity list ahead of Saturday's game against the Giants.
As expected, Rooker will return after being away from the team for three days. He is hitting .316 with five home runs, 12 runs, 13 RBI and one steal in his last 15 games.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Expected back Saturday
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Rooker (personal) is expected to return from the paternity list Saturday, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
He'll miss a second straight game Thursday against the Mets following the birth of his new child but Rooker looks like he'll be ready to go coming out of the Athletics' off day Friday for the start of a two-game set versus the Giants. Rooker had put up three straight multi-hit games before going on the paternity list and has a .910 OPS over 38 at-bats in August.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Goes on paternity list
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The Athletics placed Rooker on the paternity list Wednesday.
Rooker will miss between one and three games while he takes time away from the Athletics to welcome a new addition to his family. The Athletics recalled Armando Alvarez from Triple-A Las Vegas to provide an extra bat off the bench in the meantime, while Oakland could rotate some of its normal position players at Rooker's usual spot at designated hitter while Rooker is away.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Provides only offense in win
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Rooker went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 1-0 win over the Blue Jays.
Rooker provided the game's only run in the sixth inning when he hit a ball that was originally ruled a double but overturned to a solo home run upon review. The 29-year-old continues to mash, as he tallied his third long ball in eight August contests after going yard 11 times in July. On the season, his 29 home runs place him in a tie for seventh in the majors with Gunnar Henderson, while he ranks eighth in RBI with 82.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Lifts long ball in loss
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Rooker went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Dodgers.
Rooker was responsible for the Athletics' only scoring play of the day when he took River Ryan deep in the first inning. With 10 homers over his last 17 contests -- a span in which he's batting .328 (21-for-64) with 25 RBI -- Rooker is providing power at an elite level. The slugger is up to 28 long balls, 81 RBI, 55 runs scored, seven stolen bases and a .290/.365/.591 slash line through 98 games this season.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Goes deep in win
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Rooker went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers.
Rooker saw a seven-game hitting streak snapped Wednesday, but he bounced back quickly. The designated hitter, who now has nine home runs over his last 15 games, provided the Athletics' last runs of the contest with a two-run blast in the fifth inning, his fifth homer over the last nine games. For the season, he's up to 27 long balls, 79 RBI, 54 runs scored, seven stolen bases and a .293/.367/.591 slash line through 96 contests.
Rooker went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Giants.
Rooker hit the third home run of the night against Robbie Ray with a two-run blast in the fifth to push the A's out to a 4-0 lead. His home run put an exclamation point on what's been an incredible month for the 29-year-old slugger. Rooker leads all of the majors with 11 homers, 30 RBI and 24 runs scored in July and is second in average (.410) and OPS (1.347). He's now slashing .297/.372/.593 with 26 homers, 77 RBI, 53 runs, seven steals and a 40:118 BB:K in 390 plate appearances this season. He currently sits seventh in all of baseball with a .965 OPS for the year.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Drives in three Sunday
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Rooker went 2-for-4 with a three-run double and a run in a loss to the Angels on Sunday.
Rooker cleared the bases in the third with his two-bagger, plating JJ Bleday, Lawrence Butler and Miguel Andujar to give Oakland a 4-0 lead at the time. Rooker's body of work in July -- perhaps partly fueled by a well-publicized All-Star snub -- has featured one of the best stretches of hitting in the majors this season, as he heads into the final two games of the month having generated a .412 average, 1.329 OPS, 10 home runs and 28 RBI across 22 games. Rooker's .385 average with runners in scoring position during that span has helped push him to a career-high 75 RBI on the season, while his power surge puts him just five homers shy of the career-best 30 he slugged in 2023 over 44 additional games.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Another productive showing Saturday
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Rooker went 3-for-4 with a stolen base and a run in a win over the Angels on Saturday.
Rooker authored one of two multi-hit efforts for the Athletics on the night, his first such tally since July 20. In the process, he extended his hitting streak to 12 games, a blistering stretch during which he's now boasting a .383/.423/.872 slash line while lacing nine of 18 hits for extra bases and knocking in 17 runs. The stolen base was a welcome bonus for fantasy managers, and it puts Rooker just three more swipes away from his first career double-digit tally in that category.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Keeps power surge rolling
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Rooker went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's 5-4 win over the Angels.
Rooker has been locked in at the plate in July, going 28-for-72 (.389) with 10 homers and 25 RBI over 20 contests this month. He took Angels reliever Hans Crouse deep in the sixth inning to tie Friday's game at 4-4. Rooker's power surge has him up to 25 homers on the year, and he's added a fantastic .288/.365/.583 slash line, 72 RBI, 50 runs scored and six stolen bases over 91 contests.
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Athletics' Brent Rooker: Lifts 24th homer in win
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Rooker went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in a win over the Angels on Thursday.
Rooker uncorked a mammoth 441-foot shot to left field in the first inning shortly after Lawrence Butler led off the game with a double and scored on an error. Rooker has been on a long-ball tear since shortly before the All-Star break, now having left the yard in six of the last nine games. After reaching the 30-homer mark in a career-best 2023 season, he's just six shy of that number in 47 fewer games during the current campaign.
