The Athletics are 51 games under .500 for the first time since finishing 54-108 in 1979.
Ruiz homered for the second consecutive night to help Washington win for the seventh time in its last 10 — and 11th victory in the last 13 home games.Kyle Finnegan pitched a scoreless ninth for Washington.
Oakland starter Luis Medina was pulled after throwing 84 pitches in four innings. The rookie allowed a run in the second when leadoff hitter Ildemaro Vargas hit a sharp grounder back to the mound. As Medina jogged toward the bag and didn’t throw it to first baseman Tyler Soderstrom, Vargas hustled down the line for a single.
Washington sandwiched Stone Garrett’s walk and Blake Rutherford’s single — his first big league hit — around a strikeout, and Vargas scored on Alex Call’s forceout. Irvin served up Butler’s first big-league hit, a searing double high off the wall in left center field in the seventh inning.
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