PHILADELPHIA — Lawrence Butler homered, Shea Langeliers drove in a two runs and the Oakland Athletics beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-2 on Friday night.
Miguel Andujar and Brent Rooker also had RBIs for the A's, who are in last place in the AL West and have the fourth-fewest wins (36) in baseball.
''They can compete each night when they play good, fundamental baseball,'' Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said.
The Phillies have the most wins (61) and were coming off a three-game home sweep of the NL West-leading Dodgers while outscoring Los Angeles 19-5. But NL East-leading Philadelphia dropped the first in a three-game series against cellar-dwelling Oakland.
''It just didn't happen tonight,'' Philadelphia's Kyle Schwarber said. ''That one big hit avoided us.''
Ranger Suárez (10-4), one of a franchise-record seven Phillies All-Stars, continued his recent struggles, allowing four runs and six hits in six innings. Suárez had a 1.83 ERA through his first 16 starts but has an 8.62 mark in his last three outings.
''I'm not choosing my pitches correctly, and I'm not pitching where I want to,'' Suárez said through a translator. ''I'm trying to be too perfect on the mound.''
Osvaldo Bido (1-1) tossed three scoreless innings of relief to get the win.
