Major League Baseball

FINAL Sunday, September 27, 2026
Houston Astros 9
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Athletics 0
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Match Report

Astros win AL West with 81-81 record, worst for first-place team, beat A's 9-0

— The Houston Astros won their fifth AL West title in six years despite finishing with the worst record for a first-place team, beating the Athletics 9-0 Sunday behind Lucas Spence’s two-run triple to finish at 81-81.

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Top Performers

HOU

  • Jeremy Pena · ·
  • Yordan Alvarez · ·
  • LaMonte Wade Jr. · ·
  • Isaac Paredes · ·

ATH

  • Henry Bolte · ·
  • Lawrence Butler · ·
  • Shea Langeliers · ·
  • Michael Stefanic · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Clarke struck out swinging.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
  7. · 9th Inning Tatsuya Imai pitches to Denzel Clarke
  8. · 9th Inning

Head to Head

HOU wins series 3-1

Injuries

Athletics

  • Max Muncy Out
  • Seth Johnson Out
  • J.T. Ginn 60-Day-IL
  • Brent Rooker 60-Day-IL
  • Nick Kurtz 60-Day-IL

Houston Astros

  • Mike Burrows 60-Day-IL
  • Enyel De Los Santos Out
  • Cristian Javier Out
  • Brice Matthews Out
  • Daulton Varsho Out

Lineups

ATH

  1. 33Henry BolteLF
  2. 4Lawrence ButlerRF
  3. 23Shea LangeliersDH
  4. 20Zack Gelof3B
  5. 22Jeff McNeil2B
  6. 29Donovan Walton2B
  7. 44Joshua Kuroda-GrauerSS
  8. 26Carlos CortesLF
  9. 10Brian ServenC

HOU

  1. 3Jeremy PenaSS
  2. 44Yordan AlvarezDH
  3. 15Isaac Paredes3B
  4. 27Jose Altuve2B
  5. 21Yainer DiazC
  6. 8Christian Walker1B
  7. 28Lucas SpenceCF
  8. 11Cam SmithRF
  9. 26Taylor TrammellLF

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