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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics

2020-08-09 · Day game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · 79°F, sunny · Wind 12 mph L to R · 2:58

Oakland Athletics defeated Houston Astros 7–2. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 2nd — Robbie Grossman homers (2) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Matt Olson homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Tony Kemp scores. Marcus Semien scores — worth 22% in win probability. Also of note: Ejection — Dusty Baker (M): Balls and strikes.

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Line score

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

W: Jesus Luzardo L: Cristian Javier SV: Burch Smith

Umpires — HP: Nick Mahrley · 1B: Ted Barrett · 2B: Adrian Johnson · 3B: Quinn Wolcott · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jose Altuve	4	0	1	0	0	1
Josh Reddick	4	0	2	0	0	0
Alex Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	0
Michael Brantley	3	1	1	0	1	0
Yuli Gurriel	3	1	2	2	1	1
Carlos Correa	4	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Tucker	4	0	0	0	0	2
Myles Straw	3	0	0	0	0	2
Martin Maldonado	3	0	0	0	0	2

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marcus Semien	4	2	1	0	1	0
Ramon Laureano	2	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Olson	4	1	1	3	0	0
Matt Chapman	4	1	2	2	0	1
Mark Canha	4	0	1	1	0	3
Robbie Grossman	3	1	2	1	1	0
Stephen Piscotty	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tony Kemp	3	1	0	0	1	2
Austin Allen	3	0	0	0	0	2
Sean Murphy	0	0	0	0	1	0

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cristian Javier	3.0	3	2	5
Brandon Bailey	1.2	1	1	1
Andre Scrubb	1.1	1	0	2
Humberto Castellanos	1.0	1	0	1
Carlos Sanabria	1.0	1	1	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jesus Luzardo	5.2	5	2	5
Yusmeiro Petit	0.1	0	1	1
Burch Smith	3.0	1	0	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jose Altuve: S8/L8
Josh Reddick: 36(1)1/GDP/G34S
Alex Bregman: 53/G5

Bot 1

Marcus Semien: 5/P5F/FL
Ramon Laureano: 9/F89
Matt Olson: 3/G3

Top 2

Michael Brantley: 31/G3
Yuli Gurriel: D8/L89XD+
Carlos Correa: 8/L89XD.2-3
Kyle Tucker: 5/P5SF/FL

Bot 2

Matt Chapman: K
Mark Canha: K.BX1(23)
Robbie Grossman: HR/F9LD
Stephen Piscotty: 13/G23-

Top 3

Myles Straw: 63/G6MS
Martin Maldonado: K
Jose Altuve: 43/G4D

Bot 3

Tony Kemp: W
Austin Allen: K
Marcus Semien: W.1-2
Ramon Laureano: K
Matt Olson: HR/F89XD.2-H;1-H
Matt Chapman: HR/L78XD
Mark Canha: K

Top 4

Josh Reddick: S7/L78
Alex Bregman: 54(1)3/GDP/G5D
Michael Brantley: D8/L78XD+
Yuli Gurriel: HR/F78XD.2-H
Carlos Correa: K

Bot 4

Robbie Grossman: W
Stephen Piscotty: WP.1-2
Stephen Piscotty: 6/P6
Tony Kemp: K
Austin Allen: 3/G3D

Top 5

Kyle Tucker: 31/G3
Myles Straw: K
Martin Maldonado: K

Bot 5

Marcus Semien: S7/L7LD
Ramon Laureano: HP.1-2
Matt Olson: 3/P9LSF+/FL.2-3;1-2
Matt Chapman: 3/P3DF/FL
Mark Canha: S1/G1.3-H;2-3
Robbie Grossman: 13/G1S-

Top 6

Jose Altuve: K
Josh Reddick: 3/G34+
Alex Bregman: W
Michael Brantley: W.1-2
Yuli Gurriel: W.2-3;1-2
Carlos Correa: K

Bot 6

Stephen Piscotty: 8/F8XD+
Tony Kemp: K
Austin Allen: K

Top 7

Kyle Tucker: K
Myles Straw: K
Martin Maldonado: 5/L5

Bot 7

Marcus Semien: 63/G6
Ramon Laureano: HP
Matt Olson: 4/P9LSF/FL.1-2
Matt Chapman: D7/G5+.2-H
Mark Canha: K

Top 8

Jose Altuve: 9/F9L
Josh Reddick: S7/G56
Alex Bregman: 8/F8XD
Michael Brantley: 13/G4MS

Bot 8

Robbie Grossman: DGR/F9LD
Stephen Piscotty: K
Tony Kemp: 5/P5DF/FL
Sean Murphy: WP.2-3
Sean Murphy: W
Marcus Semien: 64(1)/FO/G6S.B-1

Top 9

Yuli Gurriel: K
Carlos Correa: 3/P3F/FL
Kyle Tucker: K

Notes & reviews

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Astros manager Baker ejected by HP umpire Mahrley for arguing strike 2 call to Tucker
On-field Delay. ej,laurr001,P,barrt901,Fighting
Laureano ejected by 1B umpire Barrett for charging Astros dugout after he was hit by pitch; in the bench-clearing brawl that followed, Athletics Allen and Fiers also ejected by Barrett

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