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Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros

2018-08-27 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 43171 · 73°F, dome, dry · 3:16

Houston Astros defeated Oakland Athletics 11–4. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 2nd — Marcus Semien homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. Khris Davis scores. Houston Astros took the lead in the 3rd — Tyler White singles on a line drive to left fielder Nick Martini. Marwin Gonzalez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Marcus Semien homers (11) on a fly ball to left field. Khris Davis scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
HOU	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6		11	16

W: Gerrit Cole L: Brett Anderson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jim Reynolds · 1B: Jordan Baker · 2B: Mark Wegner · 3B: John Tumpane · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Martini	4	0	0	0	0	3
Matt Chapman	4	1	2	2	0	1
Jed Lowrie	4	0	0	0	0	0
Khris Davis	3	1	0	0	1	2
Matt Olson	3	0	0	0	1	2
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marcus Semien	4	1	1	2	0	2
Jonathan Lucroy	3	0	1	0	0	0
Ramon Laureano	3	1	1	0	0	1

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	3	2	1	1	2	1
Alex Bregman	5	2	4	4	0	0
Jose Altuve	4	1	2	1	1	0
Carlos Correa	5	1	1	0	0	1
Marwin Gonzalez	4	2	3	1	1	0
Tyler White	4	1	2	4	1	0
Evan Gattis	5	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Reddick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Martin Maldonado	4	1	1	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Brett Anderson	2.2	7	0	1
Yusmeiro Petit	0.1	2	0	0
Daniel Mengden	4.0	4	2	2
Lou Trivino	0.1	2	2	1
Emilio Pagan	0.2	1	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gerrit Cole	6.0	4	2	8
Collin McHugh	1.0	1	0	2
Ryan Pressly	1.0	0	0	0
Joe Smith	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Nick Martini: K
Matt Chapman: K
Jed Lowrie: 43/G34-

Bot 1

George Springer: K
Alex Bregman: S7/G56
Jose Altuve: 54(1)3/GDP/G56

Top 2

Khris Davis: W
Matt Olson: K
Stephen Piscotty: 3/F3F
Marcus Semien: HR/F7D+.1-H
Jonathan Lucroy: 31/G34S-

Bot 2

Carlos Correa: S8/L8LS
Marwin Gonzalez: 8/F8LXD+
Tyler White: 54(1)/FO/G5-
Evan Gattis: 63/G56

Top 3

Ramon Laureano: D7/L7D+
Nick Martini: K
Matt Chapman: WP.2-3
Matt Chapman: HR/F7LD.3-H
Jed Lowrie: 5/F6MS-
Khris Davis: 43/G6MD

Bot 3

Josh Reddick: 4/F4D-
Martin Maldonado: S8/G4M+
George Springer: D57/G5.1-H
Alex Bregman: D7/F7LD.2-H
Jose Altuve: D7/L7S+.2-H
Carlos Correa: 9/L9S
Marwin Gonzalez: S7/G56+.2-H;B-2
Tyler White: S7/L7S.2-H
Evan Gattis: S9/L89S.1-2
Josh Reddick: 5/F56D-

Top 4

Matt Olson: W
Stephen Piscotty: 54(1)3/GDP/G5
Marcus Semien: K

Bot 4

Martin Maldonado: 7/F78D+
George Springer: 53/G6S-
Alex Bregman: S7/L7LM+.BX2(74)

Top 5

Jonathan Lucroy: 53/G6S-
Ramon Laureano: 63/G56
Nick Martini: K

Bot 5

Jose Altuve: S8/G6M
Carlos Correa: K
Marwin Gonzalez: S8/G4M+.1-2
Tyler White: 8/F8RD+
Evan Gattis: K

Top 6

Matt Chapman: D7/G5+
Jed Lowrie: 5/F5DF
Khris Davis: K
Matt Olson: K

Bot 6

Josh Reddick: 9/L9D+
Martin Maldonado: 8/F8LD
George Springer: W
Alex Bregman: 8/F8LXD+

Top 7

Stephen Piscotty: 8/F8LXD+
Marcus Semien: K
Jonathan Lucroy: S7/L8LS-
Ramon Laureano: K

Bot 7

Jose Altuve: 7/F78M
Carlos Correa: 8/F8RXD+
Marwin Gonzalez: D89/L8RD+
Tyler White: W
Evan Gattis: 54(1)/FO/G56

Top 8

Nick Martini: 31/G34S-
Matt Chapman: 8/F8RXD+
Jed Lowrie: 3/G3-

Bot 8

Josh Reddick: S7/F7D.B-3(E7/TH)
Martin Maldonado: K
George Springer: W
Alex Bregman: HR/F9D+.3-H;1-H
Jose Altuve: W
Carlos Correa: 54(1)/FO/G5
Marwin Gonzalez: W.1-2
Tyler White: HR/F7D.2-H;1-H
Evan Gattis: 6/F6-

Top 9

Khris Davis: K
Matt Olson: 5/F56S-
Stephen Piscotty: S8/L8RS+
Marcus Semien: DI.1-2
Marcus Semien: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

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