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Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros

2019-09-12 · Night game · Minute Maid Park · Att: 34024 · 73°F, dome · 3:39

Oakland Athletics defeated Houston Astros 3–2. Oakland Athletics opened the scoring in the 1st — Seth Brown doubles (5) on a fly ball to left fielder Michael Brantley. Marcus Semien scores. Mark Canha to 3rd. The game's biggest swing came in the 8th: Kyle Tucker strikes out swinging — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Homer Bailey L: Justin Verlander SV: Liam Hendriks

Umpires — HP: Cory Blaser · 1B: Adrian Johnson · 2B: Chris Conroy · 3B: Marvin Hudson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Marcus Semien	4	2	2	0	0	1
Matt Chapman	4	0	0	0	0	4
Matt Olson	4	1	1	2	0	3
Mark Canha	3	0	2	0	1	0
Seth Brown	3	0	1	1	1	1
Khris Davis	4	0	0	0	0	4
Jurickson Profar	4	0	0	0	0	1
Robbie Grossman	4	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Phegley	3	0	0	0	0	2

Houston Astros — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Springer	4	0	0	1	1	2
Jose Altuve	4	1	2	1	1	1
Michael Brantley	4	0	0	0	1	1
Alex Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	1
Yordan Alvarez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Aledmys Diaz	3	0	0	0	1	1
Abraham Toro	3	0	0	0	0	0
Robinson Chirinos	2	1	1	0	2	0
Josh Reddick	2	0	1	0	0	1
Yuli Gurriel	2	0	1	0	0	1
Kyle Tucker	1	0	0	0	0	1

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Homer Bailey	5.1	3	3	4
Jake Diekman	1.1	0	1	1
Yusmeiro Petit	1.0	1	1	2
A. J. Puk	0.0	1	0	0
Blake Treinen	0.1	0	1	1
Liam Hendriks	1.0	1	1	2

Houston Astros — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Justin Verlander	6.0	5	2	11
Joe Smith	1.0	0	0	2
Josh James	1.0	1	0	3
Roberto Osuna	1.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Marcus Semien: S7
Matt Chapman: K
Matt Olson: K
Mark Canha: W.1-2
Seth Brown: D7/F7LS.2-H;1-3
Khris Davis: K

Bot 1

George Springer: W
Jose Altuve: S7/G56+.1-2
Michael Brantley: 46(1)3/GDP/G4+.2-3
Alex Bregman: 8/F8LXD+

Top 2

Jurickson Profar: K
Robbie Grossman: K
Josh Phegley: 6/L6+

Bot 2

Yordan Alvarez: 7/F7D
Aledmys Diaz: K23
Abraham Toro: 43/G4

Top 3

Marcus Semien: S7
Matt Chapman: K
Matt Olson: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Mark Canha: S8/L6MD+
Seth Brown: W.1-2
Khris Davis: K
Jurickson Profar: 3/G3

Bot 3

Robinson Chirinos: S9/F8RD
Josh Reddick: D9/L9LD+.1-3
George Springer: 43/G4M.3-H;2-3
Jose Altuve: K
Michael Brantley: 3/G3-

Top 4

Robbie Grossman: 3/F3DF-
Josh Phegley: K
Marcus Semien: 3/P3F

Bot 4

Alex Bregman: 3/F9LSF
Yordan Alvarez: 43/G4+
Aledmys Diaz: 63/G6

Top 5

Matt Chapman: K
Matt Olson: K
Mark Canha: 9/F89XD+

Bot 5

Abraham Toro: E6/TH/G6MD
Robinson Chirinos: 7/L78M
Josh Reddick: K
George Springer: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Top 6

Seth Brown: 8/F8RXD+
Khris Davis: K
Jurickson Profar: 3/G3

Bot 6

Jose Altuve: W
Michael Brantley: SB2
Michael Brantley: W
Alex Bregman: K
Yordan Alvarez: POCS3(15)
Yordan Alvarez: K

Top 7

Robbie Grossman: 7/L7M+
Josh Phegley: K
Marcus Semien: K

Bot 7

Aledmys Diaz: 3/F3F-
Abraham Toro: 4/F8RS-
Robinson Chirinos: W
Yuli Gurriel: K

Top 8

Matt Chapman: K
Matt Olson: K
Mark Canha: S9/L89M+
Seth Brown: K

Bot 8

George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: HR/F78D+
Michael Brantley: 53/G6S-
Alex Bregman: W
Yordan Alvarez: S7/G6+.1-2
Aledmys Diaz: W.2-3;1-2
Kyle Tucker: K

Top 9

Khris Davis: K
Jurickson Profar: 53/G56
Robbie Grossman: 43/G4

Bot 9

Robinson Chirinos: W
Yuli Gurriel: S9/G4+.1-2
George Springer: K
Jose Altuve: 9/F9LD.2-3
Michael Brantley: K

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