Athletics at Houston Astros

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Athletics

49-80, 26-40 Away

Final
0 - 4

Houston Astros

65-64, 33-33 Home

A day after an 18-3 rout, Yordan Alvarez sets the tone in a 4-0 Astros win

The AL West leaders bounced back after an embarrassing 18-3 loss to the Angels on Thursday night behind the strong game from Alvarez, who leads the American League in batting average (.321), home runs (36) and RBI (90).

His first double made it 2-0 in the fifth and his 28th double of the season, which bounced off the wall in left field, extended it to 4-0 in the seventh.

Houston starter Hayden Wesneski (3-1) allowed one hit and struck out four in five innings and four relievers completed the three-hitter.

J.T. Ginn (8-8) yielded six hits and three runs while walking two in five innings as the A’s lost their fifth straight.

Isaac Paredes walked to open Houston’s fourth before a double by Daulton Varsho. The Astros took a 1-0 lead when Paredes scored on a sacrifice fly by Christian Walker.

Nick Allen was on first with two outs in the fifth when Alvarez doubled to center field and Allen slid home just in front of the tag to make it 2-0.

Paredes then singled on a grounder to right field to score Alvarez and push the lead to 3-0.

Donovan Walton singled to give the Athletics their first hit with one out in the third and Henry Bolte walked with two outs in the inning.

Walton walked with two outs in the fifth but the A’s didn’t get another hit until a double by Jeff McNeil with one out in the sixth. There were two outs in the inning when Carlos Cortes singled, but Bennett Sousa struck out Lawrence Butler for the third out.

Up next Houston RHP Hunter Brown (3-3, 3.67 ERA) opposes LHP Jacob Lopez (5-4, 5.22) when the series continues Saturday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walton grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Heim safe at first on fielding error by first baseman Walker, Heim safe at second on error.
	9th Inning	White flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Butler grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	De Los Santos relieved Okert
	8th Inning	Smith grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Diaz out at second.

Statistics

ATH		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	13
9	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
3	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	4
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
30	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	4
11	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	2
167	Pitches	143
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	13
35	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	4
0.2	Runs Created	4.4
.100	Batting Average	.321
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.100	Slugging Percentage	.464
.200	Secondary Average	.179
.229	On Base Percentage	.394
.329	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.858
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
0.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.9
4.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.77	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.000	Isolated Power	.143
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.143	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.143
0.0	Runs Produced	8.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.4
57.5	MLB Rating	83.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 28,477 | Capacity:

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	-	79	W1	0.4968153	78
Texas	-	79	L2	0.4968153	78
Seattle	5	84	L1	0.46496814	73
Athletics	16	95	W1	0.39490446	62
Los Angeles	18	97	L2	0.3821656	60

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