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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics

2015-08-09 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 20278 · 70°F, cloudy · Wind 11 mph to RF · 3:35

Oakland Athletics defeated Houston Astros 5–4. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 4th — Danny Valencia homers (9) on a line drive to left field. Houston Astros took the lead in the 9th — Colby Rasmus homers (14) on a fly ball to right field. Carlos Gomez scores. Jed Lowrie scores. Oakland Athletics took the lead in the 9th — Danny Valencia singles on a line drive to left fielder Jake Marisnick. Josh Phegley scores. Billy Burns to 3rd. Josh Reddick to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Colby Rasmus homers (14) on a fly ball to right field. Carlos Gomez scores. Jed Lowrie scores — worth 54% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	6
OAK	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	5	12

W: Fernando Abad L: Luke Gregerson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Pat Hoberg · 1B: Chris Guccione · 2B: Cory Blaser · 3B: Jeff Nelson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	3	1	1	0	1	0
Preston Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	3
Carlos Correa	3	0	1	1	1	1
Carlos Gomez	4	1	1	0	0	1
Jed Lowrie	4	1	1	0	0	0
Colby Rasmus	4	1	2	3	0	1
Luis Valbuena	2	0	0	0	1	2
Chris Carter	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jason Castro	4	0	0	0	0	3
Marwin Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Burns	4	0	2	1	1	1
Coco Crisp	5	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Reddick	5	0	2	2	0	0
Danny Valencia	4	1	2	2	1	1
Stephen Vogt	3	0	1	0	1	1
Brett Lawrie	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ike Davis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Phegley	3	2	1	0	1	1
Marcus Semien	4	1	1	0	0	1
Billy Butler	1	0	0	0	0	0
Mark Canha	1	1	1	0	0	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Fiers	6.2	5	1	4
Oliver Perez	0.1	0	0	0
Will Harris	0.0	2	1	0
Tony Sipp	0.2	1	1	1
Pat Neshek	0.1	0	0	0
Luke Gregerson	0.2	4	1	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Bassitt	6.2	3	2	10
Fernando Rodriguez	1.1	0	2	2
Edward Mujica	0.0	3	0	0
Fernando Abad	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Altuve: 9/F89D+
Preston Tucker: K
Carlos Correa: W
Carlos Gomez: SB2
Carlos Gomez: K

Bot 1

Billy Burns: K
Coco Crisp: K
Josh Reddick: 3/G3

Top 2

Jed Lowrie: 7/F7M
Colby Rasmus: D8/L78M
Luis Valbuena: K
Chris Carter: 8/F8LXD+

Bot 2

Danny Valencia: K
Stephen Vogt: W
Brett Lawrie: 64(1)/FO/G6
Ike Davis: 163/G13+

Top 3

Jason Castro: K
Jose Altuve: 63/G6
Preston Tucker: K

Bot 3

Josh Phegley: 63/G56-
Marcus Semien: 4/F34-
Billy Burns: S8/G4M
Coco Crisp: PO1(13)/MREV

Top 4

Carlos Correa: K
Carlos Gomez: 53/G5S-
Jed Lowrie: 9/L9M+

Bot 4

Coco Crisp: 5/L56S-
Josh Reddick: 43/G34
Danny Valencia: HR/F7D+
Stephen Vogt: S9/L89S-
Brett Lawrie: CS2(24)/MREV

Top 5

Colby Rasmus: K
Luis Valbuena: K
Chris Carter: K

Bot 5

Brett Lawrie: 9/F89S
Ike Davis: 43/G34
Josh Phegley: K

Top 6

Jason Castro: K
Jose Altuve: S8/L8LS
Preston Tucker: 3/F23F-
Carlos Correa: D8/L78S+.1-H
Carlos Gomez: WP.2-3
Carlos Gomez: 63/G6-

Bot 6

Marcus Semien: 9/F9LS
Billy Burns: 63/G6
Coco Crisp: S8/G6M+
Josh Reddick: 3/G3-

Top 7

Jed Lowrie: 7/F7M
Colby Rasmus: 31/G3
Luis Valbuena: W
Chris Carter: W.1-2
Jason Castro: K

Bot 7

Danny Valencia: 43/G6MD
Stephen Vogt: 43/G4
Brett Lawrie: D7/G5
Billy Butler: 63/G6M-

Top 8

Jose Altuve: W
Preston Tucker: CS2(26)
Preston Tucker: K
Carlos Correa: 43/G4

Bot 8

Josh Phegley: W
Marcus Semien: S9/L9S.1-3
Billy Burns: S7/L56D+.3-H;1-2
Coco Crisp: 3/IF
Josh Reddick: D7/G5+.2-H;1-3
Danny Valencia: IW
Stephen Vogt: K
Brett Lawrie: 7/F7M

Top 9

Carlos Gomez: S7/G56+
Jed Lowrie: S8/L8RM.1-3
Colby Rasmus: HR/F9D+.3-H;1-H
Marwin Gonzalez: 7/F7D+
Chris Carter: 4/F34-
Jason Castro: 5/F5D-

Bot 9

Mark Canha: S6/G6
Josh Phegley: S9/G34.1-3
Marcus Semien: K
Billy Burns: PB.1-2
Billy Burns: IW
Coco Crisp: 7/F78M
Josh Reddick: S13.3-H;2-3;1-2
Danny Valencia: S7/L5D+.3-H;2-3;1-2

Notes & reviews

replay,3,crisc001,OAK,nelsj901,OAK01,,Y,M,HOU,A $when Billy Burns was called safe at 1B, Astros manager A.J. Hinch challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,4,lawrb002,OAK,nelsj901,OAK01,,N,M,OAK,A $when Stephen Vogt was called out at 2B, Athletics manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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