Athletics at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Athletics

51-80, 28-40 Away

Final
7 - 6

Houston Astros

65-66, 33-35 Home

Muncy's solo homer caps off A's rally as Oakland beats Houston 7-6

Max Muncy crushes a home run to give the A's a lead

Brian Serven hit a three-run shot, his fourth, that began the six-run rally in the fifth inning. Lawrence Butler had an RBI double, and Tommy White drove in two to even the score 6-6.

Muncy then drove a fastball from Steven Okert (6-2) to center to give the A's the lead for good.

Jack Perkins (3-9) threw five innings of relief, striking out six while allowing three runs on three hits. He walked five, including two intentional walks of Yordan Alvarez.

Alvarez, currently in the hunt for just the second Triple Crown this century, fouled a ball off of his foot in the fourth, but remained in the game.

He passed Jeff Bagwell's franchise record with his 28th intentional walk of the season in the eighth, and his third intentional walk of the game also tied a franchise record.

The Astros scored three in the first, one in the second, and two more in the fourth to take what seemed to be a commanding 6-0 lead. Jose Altuve hit his 14th home run in the first, a two-run shot to left-center, and Isaac Paredes drove a homer of his own to left in the fourth.

Hogan Harris locked down the ninth for his 13th save.

Astros manager Joe Espada was away from the squad Sunday due to a family emergency, per the team. Bench coach Omar López managed in his absence.

Up next The A's host the Twins for a three-game series starting Monday. Minnesota RHP (7-8, 5.12 ERA) starts opposite A's LHP Jeffrey Springs (3-11, 6.02).

The Astros have Monday off before beginning a three-game series against the Yankees in The Bronx. RHP Will Warren (8-6, 4.43 ERA) goes for New York, and Houston has not named a starter.

See AP's full MLB coverage here

How can I watch Athletics vs. Houston Astros?

TV Channel: Athletics at Astros 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.TV.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Walker struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Varsho flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Altuve struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Harris relieved Medina
	9th Inning	White grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Butler struck out looking.

Statistics

ATH		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
2	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	9
16	Strikeouts	10
7	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
36	At Bats	35
2	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	18
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	3
2	Doubles	1
13	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
189	Pitches	158
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	15
41	Plate Appearances	42
324.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
6.3	Runs Created	5.6
.278	Batting Average	.229
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.500	Slugging Percentage	.429
.306	Secondary Average	.371
.366	On Base Percentage	.333
.866	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.762
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
6.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.4
48.0	Batter Rating	40.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.222	Isolated Power	.200
0.19	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.073	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
.028	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
14.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.8	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 30,708 | 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

Full Standings