MLB

Houston Astros at Athletics

· Major League Baseball
Houston Astros
43-31, 16-18 Away
Final
11 - 4
Athletics
30-46, 13-25 Home

Altuve, Caratini, Dubón homer, Astros have 20 hits in 11-4 win over Athletics

Nick Kurtz blasts a home run

Framber Valdez (8-4) limited the A's to two runs and five hits in six innings to help the Astros win for the seventh time in eight games.

Altuve, Caratini. Jeremy Peña. Cam Smith and Jake Meyers had three hits apiece, and Yandy Diaz and Mauricio Dubón each added two.

Nick Kurtz hit a double and scored on a single by Austin Wynns to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead in the second. The 22-year-old rookie had a solo homer in the ninth.

Dubón hit a leadoff homer in the third inning and Peña's RBI single off starter Luis Severino (2-7) in the fourth made it 2-1.

The Athletics had a four-game win streak snapped Tuesday with a 13-3 loss to Houston.

Key moment Tyler Ferguson replaced Severino to start the sixth and gave up a single to Meyers before Dubón grounded into a 4-6-3 double play but Peña followed with a single, Isaac Paredes followed with a walk and Altuve's three-run shot sparked Houston's seven-run sixth that made it 9-1.

Key stat The Athletics gave up three home runs and have yielded a major league-leading 113 this season, sixth most before the All-Star break in franchise history. The A's are on pace to allow 247 homers this season and shatter the franchise record of 220 set by the 1964 Kansas City A’s.

Up next Houston's Colton Gordon (2-1, 4.70 ERA) was scheduled to pitch Thursday against Jacob Lopez (1-4, 4.80) to wrap up the four-game series.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Rooker grounded out to third.
9th Inning Wilson walked, Schuemann to second.
9th Inning Schuemann singled to right, Wynns scored.
9th Inning Clarke flied out to center.
9th Inning Wynns doubled to left.
9th Inning Bleday struck out swinging.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
19 Ground Balls 15
8 Strikeouts 7
11 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
20 Hits 8
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 6
0 Catcher Interference 0
11 Runs 4
2 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
45 At Bats 33
3 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
20 Runners Left On Base 16
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 2
18 Fly Balls 11
0 Caught Stealing 1
174 Pitches 148
0 Games Started 0
2 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
31 Total Bases 13
48 Plate Appearances 39
486.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
5 Extra Base Hits 3
12.1 Runs Created 4.0
.444 Batting Average .242
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.689 Slugging Percentage .394
.311 Secondary Average .303
.479 On Base Percentage .359
1.168 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .753
1.1 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.4
12.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 3.9
77.0 Batter Rating 31.0
15.0 At Bats Per Home Run 33.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.63 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.79
.244 Isolated Power .152
0.38 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.86
.063 Walks Per Plate Appearance .154
-.133 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .061
22.0 Runs Produced 8.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.7 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.5 Balls In Play Average 0.3
124.5 MLB Rating 81.3
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Venue: Sutter Health Park

Location: Sacramento, California
Attendance: 8,803 | Capacity:
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