Five wacky facts about A's home run barrage vs. Phillies

Butler and Langeliers join an exclusive group

Langeliers had a three-homer day against the Texas Rangers in April. With Butler equaling his teammate on Sunday, the pair are now a part of a very short list.

Butler and Langeliers are just the sixth set of A's to post three-homer games in the same season and the first since Khris Davis and Danny Valencia in 2016. 

A's help the Phillies make dubious history

Sunday was the fifth time the Phillies have allowed eight or more home runs in a game during the franchise's long history. That breaks a dubious tie with the Milwaukee Brewers for the most by an MLB team ever.

Oddly enough, the A's long ball barrage was the most by a team since the Cincinnati Reds smashed nine homers in a 22-3 victory over, you guessed it, the Phillies in 1999. 

More unfortunate irony for the Phillies 

With the A's trailing 1-0 in the fourth, Rooker destroyed his 20th homer of the year, which traveled 450 feet over the batter's eye at Citizens Banks Park, giving Oakland a 2-1 lead. But it also etched his name in the record books.

The long ball was No. 14,000 in A's history, occurring in Philadelphia, where the franchise started, playing there from 1901 to 1950. Oakland is just the 10th team in MLB history to surpass that number.

A's power only goes so far

The A's have displayed plenty of power from the plate, recording 122 home runs at the All-Star break, good enough for fourth in MLB. However, despite their ability to go deep often while owning the three-highest-scoring games in the league this year, it hasn't translated to many runs, where they rank 24th with 390.  

The only team in MLB history to score fewer runs while hitting 122 home runs or more over the first 98 games of a season was the 2016 New York Mets, who posted only 364 runs despite hitting 130 balls over the fence.