WEST SACRAMENTO – The Athletics still have a little over a month of games left, but Shea Langeliers may have just locked up their signature moment of the 2025 season on Monday night.
With the A’s mounting a late comeback in the seventh inning against Tigers ace Tarik Skubal, Langeliers stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and crushed a majestic 450-foot grand slam off the left-hander to flip a one-run deficit into a three-run lead in what ended up an 8-3 victory over Detroit at Sutter Health Park.
Langeliers’ blast continued what has been a spectacular month. The A’s catcher now has 11 homers in August, tied with Gus Zernial (1952) for second-most homers by an A’s player in August in franchise history. Langeliers also leads all of MLB with 17 home runs since the All-Star break.
It was an overall late power surge for the A’s. Colby Thomas got things started in the seventh with a solo blast off Skubal. In the eighth, rookie slugger Nick Kurtz came off the bench and launched a two-run blast.
