WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit a two-run homer in a four-run first inning and the Athletics beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-1 on Friday night.
Brent Rooker had a sacrifice fly, Langeliers followed with his 19th home run and Carlos Cortez added a two-out RBI single as the A's built a 4-0 lead against Anthony DeSclafani. Rooker singled and scored on Tyler Soderstrom's second double of the game to make it 5-0 in the fourth.
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a sacrifice fly to score a run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics Lawrence Butler, middle, high fives teammates as the Athletics celebrate the teams win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics pitcher Sean Newcomb, left, and catcher Shea Langeliers, right, celebrate the teams win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Shea Langeliers watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Jacob Lopez (4-6) gave up five hits in five scoreless innings for the Athletics, who have won three straight and seven of their last eight. Luis Morales allowed a run in two innings in his major league debut. Elvis Alvarado and Sean Newcomb each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out.
Langeliers led the way with three of the Athletics' 11 hits.
Corbin Carroll's sacrifice fly drove in Jose Herrera, who singled before advancing to third on Ketel Marte's ground-rule double in the seventh to get Arizona on the scoreboard.
DeSclafani (1-2) gave up four runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings in his second start. Jake Woodford allowed one run and five hits in 2 1/3 innings as the Diamondbacks lost their sixth straight.
Langeliers hit the first pitch he saw from DeSclafani 376 feet out to left at 100.4 mph.
Arizona's 4.59 ERA is 25th out of 30 teams while the Athletics' 5.03 is 28th.
Diamondbacks RHP Zac Gallen (7-12, 5.60 ERA) starts Saturday opposite Athletics RHP J.T. Ginn (2-2, 3.89).
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Arizona Diamondbacks' Corbin Carroll hits a sacrifice fly to score a run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics Lawrence Butler, middle, high fives teammates as the Athletics celebrate the teams win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics pitcher Sean Newcomb, left, and catcher Shea Langeliers, right, celebrate the teams win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in a baseball game Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
Athletics' Shea Langeliers watches his two-run home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Marshall)
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media. The ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean,” she said.
U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”
Several U.S. government social media accounts posted brief videos that appeared to show various parts of the ship’s capture. Black-and-white footage showed at least four helicopters approaching the ship before hovering over the deck while armed troops dropped down by rope. At least nine people could be seen on the deck of the ship.
The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.
The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.
The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.
According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.
As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”
Speaking to reporters at the White House later Thursday, Noem declined to say how many sanctioned oil tankers the U.S. is tracking or whether the government is keeping tabs on freighters beyond the Caribbean Sea.
“I can’t speak to the specifics of the operation, although we are watching the entire shadow fleet and how they’re moving,” she told reporters.
However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.
Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.
This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro’s capture and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.
Associated Press writer Ben Finley contributed to this report.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks with reporters at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a press conference, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at a news conference at Harry Reid International Airport, Nov. 22, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Ronda Churchill, File)
