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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics

2013-09-06 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 15502 · 80°F, sunny · Wind 7 mph to RF · 3:26

Oakland Athletics defeated Houston Astros 7–5. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 3rd. A.J. Griffin earned the win and Grant Balfour picked up the save. Josh Donaldson went 3-for-5 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	11
OAK	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	0		7	13

W: A.J. Griffin L: Dallas Keuchel SV: Grant Balfour

Umpires — HP: Alan Porter · 1B: Greg Gibson · 2B: Hunter Wendelstedt · 3B: Jerry Layne · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonathan Villar	5	2	3	1	0	2
Jose Altuve	5	1	2	1	0	1
Trevor Crowe	5	1	2	1	0	0
Jason Castro	5	0	0	0	0	2
Matt Dominguez	5	0	1	2	0	4
Chris Carter	4	0	1	0	0	1
Brett Wallace	3	1	2	0	1	0
Brandon Barnes	2	0	0	0	0	2
Cody Clark	2	0	0	0	0	2
L. J. Hoes	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marc Krauss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Coco Crisp	3	2	1	0	2	0
Josh Donaldson	5	3	3	2	0	0
Jed Lowrie	5	1	2	2	0	2
Yoenis Cespedes	5	1	2	1	0	1
Nate Freiman	4	0	2	1	0	1
Alberto Callaspo	4	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Young	3	0	1	1	1	0
Brandon Moss	3	0	0	0	1	2
Derek Norris	3	0	1	0	0	1
Stephen Vogt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Seth Smith	1	0	0	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dallas Keuchel	3.1	10	2	3
Philip Humber	3.2	3	2	3
Chia-Jen Lo	1.0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
A. J. Griffin	6.0	7	1	9
Sean Doolittle	1.1	0	0	3
Ryan Cook	0.2	2	0	2
Grant Balfour	1.0	2	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jonathan Villar: K
Jose Altuve: 13/BG
Trevor Crowe: D9/F89D+
Jason Castro: 8/F8RD

Bot 1

Coco Crisp: 53/G56S
Josh Donaldson: 63/G6
Jed Lowrie: K

Top 2

Matt Dominguez: K
Chris Carter: 7/F7D+
Brett Wallace: W
Brandon Barnes: K

Bot 2

Yoenis Cespedes: S8/G6M
Nate Freiman: S9/G34.1-2
Alberto Callaspo: 46(1)/FO/G4S.2-3
Chris Young: S4/BP13.3-H;1-2
Brandon Moss: K
Derek Norris: S6/G56.2-3;1-2
Coco Crisp: 9/F89S-

Top 3

Cody Clark: K
Jonathan Villar: D7/L7LD+
Jose Altuve: S9/L4D+.2-H
Trevor Crowe: S8/F8RS.1-2
Jason Castro: 9/F89D.2-3;1-2
Matt Dominguez: S7/L7S.3-H;2-H
Chris Carter: 3/F3DF-

Bot 3

Josh Donaldson: D8/L8LD+
Jed Lowrie: D7/L78M.2-H
Yoenis Cespedes: S7/G56+.2-3
Nate Freiman: S6/G6M.3-H;1-2
Alberto Callaspo: 5(2)3/GDP/G5+.1-2
Chris Young: IW
Brandon Moss: K

Top 4

Brett Wallace: S9/G4
Brandon Barnes: HP.1-2
Cody Clark: 54/SH.2-3;1-2
Jonathan Villar: S3/BG13+.3-H;2-3
Jose Altuve: 5/F5F-
Trevor Crowe: SB2
Trevor Crowe: 9/F8RM

Bot 4

Derek Norris: 53/G5
Coco Crisp: W
Josh Donaldson: S7/L6D+.1-2
Jed Lowrie: S8/G6M.2-H;1-2
Yoenis Cespedes: SB3
Yoenis Cespedes: 53/G6S-.3-H;1-2
Nate Freiman: 63/G6

Top 5

Jason Castro: K
Matt Dominguez: K
Chris Carter: K

Bot 5

Alberto Callaspo: 8/F78D
Chris Young: 7/F78M
Brandon Moss: E7/F7LD.B-2
Derek Norris: K

Top 6

Brett Wallace: 6/F4M-
Brandon Barnes: K
Cody Clark: K

Bot 6

Coco Crisp: T9/L8RS
Josh Donaldson: HR/F8LXD+.3-H
Jed Lowrie: K
Yoenis Cespedes: 8/F8LXD+
Nate Freiman: K

Top 7

Jonathan Villar: K
Jose Altuve: K
Trevor Crowe: 9/F9LD+

Bot 7

Alberto Callaspo: S8/L8RS
Chris Young: 9/F89D
Brandon Moss: W.1-2
Stephen Vogt: 5/L56
Coco Crisp: W.2-3;1-2
Josh Donaldson: 9/F9D

Top 8

Jason Castro: K
Matt Dominguez: K
Chris Carter: D7/L78S+
Brett Wallace: S7/G56+.2-3
L. J. Hoes: K

Bot 8

Jed Lowrie: 8/F8RD+
Yoenis Cespedes: FLE3
Yoenis Cespedes: K
Seth Smith: 43/G34D

Top 9

Marc Krauss: 3/G3
Jonathan Villar: S6/G6M
Jose Altuve: S9/L3.1-3
Trevor Crowe: E4/FO/G4.3-H;1-2
Jason Castro: 36(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Matt Dominguez: WP.1-2
Matt Dominguez: K

Notes & reviews

a pitch struck Brandon Barnes but HP umpire Alan Porter ruled that Barnes leaned into the ball
Astros center fielder Brandon Barnes ejected by HP umpire Alan Porter for continuing to yell from the dugout

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