Houston astros score1/31/2024 The result was a 106.8 mph liner, Houston’s hardest-hit ball of the day, but it went directly at a glove for the third out. Sam Moll came in to bail out Jackson, but to do so he’d need to face Yordan Alvarez.Zach Jackson retired two of his three batters in the 8th, but the other lucked into a bloop single to shallow center, so he was replaced mid-inning.Domingo Acevedo retired all three of his hitters in the 7th, though with some extra drama - one of them struck out, reached base on a passed ball, and was later eliminated in a double play.Puk hit a batter but otherwise retired the heart of the lineup in the 6th. The Astros only hit the ball hard against him four times, and two of those were routine skyouts at too high of launch angles to be useful. Logue: 5 ip, 2 runs, 2 Ks, 1 BB, 3 hits, 75 pitches.A spot of turbulence in the 2nd inning resulted in two runs, but the left-hander responded by retiring his next 11 batters through the end of the 5th. Rookie Zach Logue made a spot start today, filling in for the briefly injured Frankie Montas, and he put his team in a position to win. ![]() Those three runs turned out to be enough. After that, Oakland never reached base again for the rest of the game. ![]() Neuse eventually finished that at-bat by drawing a walk. Just how we drew it up /3zWy8fzBmx- Oakland A's July 9, 2022 The next one after that was buried too far in the dirt and it skipped past the catcher, allowing Piscotty to score.Ī grounder that didn’t travel 20 feet, a passed ball, and a wild pitch, all within the span of four pitches. The next pitch missed way outside but Maldonado corralled this one. But the very first pitch to Neuse crossed up Maldonado and clanked off his glove, rolling plenty far enough away for Andrus to trot home. One run was across, and Sheldon Neuse was next to bat. Houston catcher Martin Maldonado quickly pounced on it, but Murphy had been running on contact, allowing him to sneak past before Maldonado could hustle back to tag him. He did hit the ball, but only barely, dribbling a grounder maybe a dozen feet away from the plate. Next up was Seth Brown, who more or less just needed to make some contact to drive in a run. Sean Murphy led off with a sharp single, Elvis Andrus worked an 0-2 count into a walk, and Stephen Piscotty laced a clean single to left field. The A’s at least earned their way on base. ![]() How about a closer look at that 4th inning? Six pitchers combined to keep the Astros in check, limiting them to two runs on five hits and almost no hard contact. First a swinging bunt trickled just far enough in front of the plate for a runner to scamper home, then a passed ball by a former Gold Glove catcher let through another runner, and finally a wild pitch opened the door for the third runner to score.īut hey, the runs still count all the same! The important thing is Oakland took full advantage of the opportunity, holding that early lead the rest of the way to turn it into a victory. ![]() They loaded the bases in the 4th inning, and all three runners eventually came home, but not because of any noteworthy hitting by the A’s. The box score says two of Oakland’s three runs were earned, but that’s a generous conclusion. *** Click here to revisit today’s Game Thread! *** The A’s beat the Houston Astros by a 3-2 final on Saturday at the Coliseum, scoring all three of their runs in one weird rally and then shutting down the opponent’s powerful lineup the rest of the way. That’s about as gift-wrapped as a win can be, but the Oakland A’s will happily take anything they can get against a division rival and championship contender.
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