Athletics at Houston Astros

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Athletics

50-80, 27-40 Away

Final
4 - 3

Houston Astros

65-65, 33-34 Home

Athletics rally with a 3-run 8th inning to beat the Astros 4-3, snapping a 5-game skid

The A’s trailed 3-1 and had runners on second and third with one out in the eighth when they scored on a wild pitch by Bennett Sousa (1-2).

Lawrence Butler singled on a grounder to right field to tie it at 3-3. White doubled, and Butler scored on a groundout by Jonah Heim to put the Athletics on top.

Elvis Alvarado pitched the ninth for his third save.

Daulton Varsho's homer off Luis Medina (5-3) put the Astros ahead in the seventh and a two-out RBI single by Jeremy Peña extended the lead to 3-1.

Houston starter Hunter Brown allowed seven hits and a run in 5 2/3 innings.

Jacob Lopez struck out nine, allowing one run on three hits in six innings for the Athletics.

Walton opened the third inning with his shot near the bullpen in right-center to put the Athletics up 1-0.

Houston tied it on an RBI double by Yainer Diaz with two outs in the fourth.

The Athletics had runners on first and second with two outs in the sixth when Houston manager Joe Espada pointed toward right field as he ran out of the dugout. He apparently was not pointing toward the bullpen and wanted a timeout to talk to Brown and leave him in the game.

But the umpires thought otherwise and forced him to pull Brown. Espada talked with the umpires for a bit before play resumed. AJ Blubaugh took over and retired Heim.

Up next Houston RHP Cristian Javier (1-4, 6.44 ERA) opposes LHP Brady Basso (0-0, 3.91) when the series concludes Sunday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Trammell flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Diaz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Alvarado relieved Harris
	9th Inning	Bolte picked off first.
	9th Inning	McNeil lined out to left.

Statistics

ATH		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	6
8	Strikeouts	14
3	Runs Batted In	3
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
3	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	2
11	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
154	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
14	Total Bases	11
38	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.9	Runs Created	2.3
.313	Batting Average	.176
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.438	Slugging Percentage	.324
.281	Secondary Average	.206
.405	On Base Percentage	.222
.843	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.546
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
29.0	Batter Rating	25.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.05	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.92
.125	Isolated Power	.147
0.63	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.14
.132	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
-.031	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
7.0	Runs Produced	6.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.0	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 31,009 | 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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