Freeman and Helman — two rookies who weren’t on the roster as of last week — posted significant career achievements Monday night.

Josh Jung homered and scored three times in his return to the majors, Cody Freeman and Michael Helman had big-league firsts on consecutive pitches and the Texas Rangers beat the Athletics 7-2.

Cody Freeman and Michael Helman had big-league firsts on consecutive pitches for the Texas Rangers after Josh Jung homered in his first at-bat back in the majors. Freeman lined a tiebreaking RBI double into the right-center gap for his first big league hit in the fifth inning of the Rangers' 7-2 win over the Athletics on Monday night.