A's win sixth-straight game behind Shea Langeliers three-run double

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All along through the struggles of an awful start, manager Mark Kotsay kept pushing the positives while striving for sound, fundamental baseball.

His Oakland Athletics are beginning to find a rhythm at last against some of baseball's top teams.

Shea Langeliers hit a three-run double in the fifth inning to break up a scoreless game, and the A's won their season-high sixth straight with a 4-3 victory against the major league-leading Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.

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Oakland Athletics Shea Langeliers (23) hits a three-run double in front of Tampa Bay Rays catcher Christian Bethancourt, right, during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Monday, June 12, 2023.  (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

Ryan Noda added an RBI single in the fifth for the big league-worst A's, finally riding some momentum after a weekend sweep in Milwaukee. James Kaprielian (2-6) pitched six solid innings, allowing three runs and five hits to win his second consecutive start.

"I think this team's starting to come closer together," Kaprielian said. "When you pull kind of a bunch of new guys together it's really difficult because guys don't know each other. On paper in my eyes we have a lot of talent in this room, but it takes time to win sometimes. We've got a little hot streak now and we've beat some first-place teams. I think when you're hot it's exciting to go duke up against the guys who are good and guys who are winning games. You want to beat the best at all times."

A's rookie Ken Waldichuk worked out of a jam in the seventh when he struck out Randy Arozarena to strand runners at the corners.