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Oakland Athletics at Houston Astros

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Oakland Athletics
63-82, 27-43 Away
Final
4 - 3
Houston Astros
77-67, 41-31 Home

Oakland Athletics score 2 runs in 12th to outlast Houston Astros 4-3

With the score 2-2, Daz Cameron’s bunt single to start the 12th sent Gelof, the automatic runner, to third.

Schuemann then bunted to Héctor Neris (9-5), who spiked his throw home as Gelof scored on the sacrifice. Cameron moved to third on the error as the ball rolled in the field.

With runners at the corners, Allen bunted into a forceout that scored Cameron for a 4-2 lead.

“That was well-executed,” manager Mark Kotsay said. “Obviously Daz was bunting for a hit... We had a couple of guys up there that can bunt and they do a good job with it with Schuman and Allen. We took our chances there getting a run.”

Houston manager Joe Espada was disappointed in his team's defense in the 12th.

“We just didn't do a good job of handling the ball there in that inning,” Espada said.

Jose Altuve hit an RBI double leading off the bottom half off Hogan Harris (4-3), who retired the next three batters. Houston went 2 for 17 with runners in scoring position.

“We battled to the end,” Espada said. “We had the right guys at the plate when we wanted to and we just couldn’t — it was just one of those games.”

Bryan Abreu struck out the side in the 11th for Houston.

Houston had a runner on third with two outs in the 10th when Jeremy Peña hit a fly ball to right field. But Cameron made a diving catch to rob him of a hit and end the inning.

“Right away I thought to myself (go) in, and I made a sick catch,” Cameron said. “The ball was tailing away and I dove at it and caught it. It was good knowing it kept us in the game to win it.”

Jacob Wilson’s sacrifice bunt sent the automatic runner to third to start the 10th before Abreu struck out the next two batters.

Altuve singled off Scott Alexander with two outs in the ninth before Yordan Alvarez sent him to third on a groundball single that rolled just past diving second baseman Gelof. But Alexander struck out Tucker to send it to extra innings.

The Astros had a runner on first trailing with one out in the seventh when pinch-hitter Jon Singleton hit his first career triple off the wall in left-center to cut the lead to 2-1. Pinch-runner Jason Heyward took over for him and scored when Altuve hit a bloop single to shallow center field to tie it.

Oakland starter JP Sears allowed four hits and walked two in six scoreless innings.

Houston’s Spencer Arrighetti tied a season high by allowing seven hits with two runs in 6 2/3 innings. It was his first start since he permitted nine runs — three earned — while getting just two outs in a 12-5 loss to the Reds.

Brent Rooker hit a one-out single in the first and moved to third on a single by J.J. Bleday. The Athletics took the lead when Rooker scored on a sacrifice fly by Shea Langeliers.

Oakland extended the lead to 2-0 when Gelof sent the first pitch of the second inning to the train tracks atop left field for his 17th homer this season.

Trainer’s Room

Athletics: RHP Osvaldo Bido, who was scheduled to start Tuesday’s game, was instead placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Sunday, with right wrist flexor tendonitis. … LHP Brady Basso and 1B/OF Ryan Noda were recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas and INF Tristan Gray was optioned to Las Vegas. … OF Miguel Andujar had core muscle surgery Tuesday with Dr. William Meyers at the Vincera Institute in Philadelphia. He will return to Oakland to begin rehabilitation.

Astros: OF Chas McCormick left in the middle of the fifth with right wrist discomfort.

Up Next

Houston RHP Hunter Brown (11-7, 3.41 ERA) opposes RHP Joey Estes (6-7, 4.46) when the series continues Wednesday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Astros: 59.5%
Athletics: 40.5%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

12th Inning Bregman grounded out to pitcher.
12th Inning Tucker struck out looking.
12th Inning Alvarez grounded out to shortstop, Altuve to third.
12th Inning Altuve doubled to left, Heyward scored.
12th Inning Wilson grounded into double play, third to second to first, Allen out at second.
12th Inning Allen bunted into fielder's choice to first, Cameron scored, Schuemann out at second.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
16 Ground Balls 14
14 Strikeouts 7
4 Runs Batted In 3
2 Sacrifice Hit 0
9 Hits 10
1 Stolen Bases 0
2 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 3
2 Ground Into Double Play 0
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
41 At Bats 46
1 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
17 Runners Left On Base 28
0 Triples 1
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 2
14 Fly Balls 25
0 Caught Stealing 0
156 Pitches 159
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
14 Total Bases 14
46 Plate Appearances 49
162.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
3 Extra Base Hits 3
3.1 Runs Created 3.7
.220 Batting Average .217
.000 Pinch Hit Average .500
.341 Slugging Percentage .304
.195 Secondary Average .152
.250 On Base Percentage .265
.591 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .570
1.1 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
2.3 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 2.8
33.0 Batter Rating 28.5
41.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.39 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.24
.122 Isolated Power .087
0.14 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.43
.043 Walks Per Plate Appearance .061
-.024 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.065
8.0 Runs Produced 6.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.4 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
80.0 MLB Rating 79.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Minute Maid Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 36,234 | Capacity:

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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