Major League Baseball
Oakland Athletics
4
Houston Astros
5
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OAK | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| HOU | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Rookie Jonathan Villar scored the winning run from second base in the ninth inning when catcher Derek Norris had a passed ball and then made a bad throw on the same play to give the Houston Astros a 5-4 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
J Villar scored, J Altuve safe at second on throwing error by catcher D Norris.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
M Dominguez homered to center (404 feet), J Maxwell scored.
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
B Moss homered to right (417 feet), J Donaldson scored.
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Altuve hit sacrifice fly to center, B Barnes scored.
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
B Moss grounded into double play, second to first to shortstop to second, C Crisp scored, J Donaldson out at second, J Jaso to third.
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
J Castro singled to right center, J Villar scored, J Altuve to second.
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
B Moss safe at first on error by third baseman M Dominguez, J Lowrie scored, J Donaldson to third.
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 5: foul
End of the 9th
J Villar scored, J Altuve safe at second on throwing error by catcher D Norris.
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
J Castro batting
J Altuve walked.
Pitch 5: ball 4
Pitch 4: ball 3
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Altuve batting
J Villar doubled to deep left.
Pitch 5: in play
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
J Villar batting
M Krauss flied out to right.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 2
Pitch 1: ball 1
M Krauss batting
M Dominguez homered to center (404 feet), J Maxwell scored.
Pitch 8: in play
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 6: ball 3
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: ball 2
Pitch 3: ball 1
Pitch 2: strike 2 (swinging)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (looking)
Showing the last 40 of 620 events.
OAK wins series 2-1
Jonathan VillarSS19
Jose Altuve2B27
Jason CastroC18
Chris CarterDH48
Brett Wallace1B39
J.D. MartinezRF28
Justin MaxwellCF10
Matt Scott Dominguez3B28
Brandon BarnesCF90
Jake ElmoreLF68
Marc KraussRF61
Coco CrispCF4
John JasoC28
Jed LowrieSS8
Josh Donaldson3B3
Brandon Moss1B37
Josh ReddickRF22
Chris YoungLF24
Seth SmithDH12
Eric Sogard2B4
Derek NorrisC33
Yoenis CespedesDH52
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