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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics

2026-04-03 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 12410 · 73°F, Clear · Wind 3 mph, Out To RF · 2:54

Athletics defeated Houston Astros 11–4. Athletics opened the scoring in the 2nd — Denzel Clarke singles on a ground ball to left fielder Brice Matthews. Max Muncy scores. Jeff McNeil to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 3rd: Max Muncy doubles (3) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jake Meyers. Brent Rooker scores. Lawrence Butler scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jeremy Pena SS	4	0	1	0	1	1
Christian Vazquez DH	3	0	0	0	0	0
Yordan Alvarez DH	1	0	0	1	0	0
Shay Whitcomb 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jose Altuve 2B	1	0	0	0	1	1
Joey Loperfido LF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Carlos Correa 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Nick Allen 3B	2	2	2	0	0	0
Christian Walker 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Cam Smith RF	4	1	1	0	0	2
Jake Meyers CF	2	0	0	1	1	1
Yainer Diaz C	3	1	2	1	1	1
Brice Matthews 2B	3	0	0	1	1	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Kurtz 1B	4	0	0	0	1	2
Shea Langeliers C	3	1	0	0	2	1
Tyler Soderstrom LF	4	2	2	2	1	0
Brent Rooker DH	3	2	0	0	2	0
Darell Hernaiz SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Jacob Wilson SS	4	1	2	1	0	0
Lawrence Butler RF	5	2	3	4	0	1
Max Muncy 3B	4	2	3	3	0	0
Jeff McNeil 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0
Andy Ibanez 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Denzel Clarke CF	3	1	1	1	1	2