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Houston Astros at Athletics

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Houston Astros
84-73, 38-38 Away
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Athletics
74-83, 34-42 Home

Athletics beat slumping Astros 5-1 as slumping Houston falls out of playoff position

Tyler Soderstrom's double gives A's a 3-1 lead

Houston (84-73) has lost four straight. The Astros dropped four games behind AL West-leading Seattle and a game behind Detroit for the third and final American League wild-card spot.

Springs (11-11) worked five innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks. Tyler Ferguson, Justin Sterner and Michael Kelly combined to pitch four innings of hitless relief. Jacob Wilson was 2 for 2 with an RBI and scored twice for the A's.

Astros starter Cristian Javier (2-4) gave up four runs — three earned — in 4 2/3 innings.

Nick Kurtz doubled to lead off the first inning and scored when Brent Rooker reached on a two-out fielding error by Javier.

Wilson doubled and scored on a two-out single by Darell Hernaiz in the fourth.

Christian Walker hit a leadoff single in the second and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Cam Smith.

Key moment Brett Harris led off the fifth with a double and scored when Tyler Soderstrom hit a two-out double. Jayden Murray replaced Javier, Rooker walked and Wilson followed with an RBI single that made it 4-1.

Key stat The Astros went 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position and stranded five.

Up next The Astros had yet to announce their starter for Wednesday against the Athletics' Luis Severino (7-11, 4.72 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Meyers struck out swinging.
9th Inning Diaz grounded out to first.
9th Inning Walker lined out to left.
9th Inning Kelly relieved Sterner
8th Inning B. Harris struck out swinging.
8th Inning Cortes hit sacrifice fly to center, Wilson scored, Butler to third.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
7 Ground Balls 7
6 Strikeouts 7
1 Runs Batted In 4
0 Sacrifice Hit 1
3 Hits 9
0 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 5
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 1
28 At Bats 31
0 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
10 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 0
0 Doubles 4
16 Fly Balls 19
0 Caught Stealing 1
131 Pitches 135
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
3 Total Bases 13
33 Plate Appearances 36
0.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
0 Extra Base Hits 4
0.0 Runs Created 4.5
.107 Batting Average .290
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.107 Slugging Percentage .419
.107 Secondary Average .194
.212 On Base Percentage .343
.319 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .762
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.4
0.0 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 4.8
7.0 Batter Rating 35.0
0.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.97 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.75
.000 Isolated Power .129
0.50 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.43
.091 Walks Per Plate Appearance .083
.000 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.097
2.0 Runs Produced 9.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.5
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.4
60.5 MLB Rating 83.8
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: 9,465 | Capacity:
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