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Athletics
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 9, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics, played on April 9, 2021 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 9, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 9, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Sean Manaea |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lance McCullers |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 21,768 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jose Navas 1B: Ted Barrett 2B: Angel Hernandez 3B: Stu Scheurwater |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mark Canha | Left Fielder |
| Ramon Laureano | Center Fielder |
| Jed Lowrie | Second Baseman |
| Matt Olson | First Baseman |
| Matt Chapman | Third Baseman |
| Stephen Piscotty | Right Fielder |
| Seth Brown | DH |
| Elvis Andrus | Shortstop |
| Aramis Garcia | Catcher |
| Bob Melvin | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | Second Baseman |
| Michael Brantley | Left Fielder |
| Alex Bregman | Third Baseman |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH |
| Yulieski Gurriel | First Baseman |
| Carlos Correa | Shortstop |
| Kyle Tucker | Right Fielder |
| Myles Straw | Center Fielder |
| Martin Maldonado | Catcher |
| Dusty Baker | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 9, 2021
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Canha vs. McCullers
Canha hits a fly ball into left field. Brantley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laureano vs. McCullers
Laureano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. McCullers
Lowrie strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Manaea
Altuve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Brantley vs. Manaea
Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Manaea
Bregman hits a line drive into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Olson vs. McCullers
Olson hits a line drive beyond second. Altuve can't hold onto the ball. That's a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. McCullers
Chapman hits a line drive into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Piscotty vs. McCullers
Piscotty strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. McCullers
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Manaea
Alvarez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Manaea
Gurriel hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Piscotty. Gurriel reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Correa vs. Manaea
Correa hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: -2-
Tucker vs. Manaea
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lowrie scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. McCullers
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Andrus for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. McCullers
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Canha vs. McCullers
Canha takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Laureano vs. McCullers
Laureano strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Straw vs. Manaea
Straw hits a line drive into right field. Piscotty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Manaea
Maldonado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Altuve vs. Manaea
Altuve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chapman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Maldonado moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 12-
Brantley vs. Manaea
Brantley strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Bregman vs. Manaea
Bregman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chapman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. McCullers
Lowrie hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Olson vs. McCullers
Olson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. McCullers
Chapman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Piscotty vs. McCullers
Piscotty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Correa. Chapman moves to third. Piscotty moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: -23
Brown vs. McCullers
Brown takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Andrus vs. McCullers
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel fields it and throws to home to get Chapman. Piscotty moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Garcia vs. McCullers
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Manaea
Alvarez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Manaea
Gurriel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Correa vs. Manaea
Correa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gurriel moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Tucker vs. Manaea
Tucker hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Gurriel scores. Correa moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Straw vs. Manaea
Straw hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Manaea fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Canha vs. McCullers
Canha hits a fly ball into center field. Straw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laureano vs. McCullers
Laureano is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Lowrie vs. McCullers
Lowrie strikes out. There goes Laureano. The throw from Maldonado to Correa, and Laureano is out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maldonado vs. Manaea
Maldonado hits a line drive into left field. Canha settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Manaea
Altuve hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Brantley vs. Manaea
Brantley hits a line drive into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Bregman vs. Manaea
Bregman hits a line drive into left field. Canha settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Abreu
Bryan Abreu now pitching.
Olson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Maldonado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Abreu
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piscotty vs. Abreu
Piscotty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Altuve settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Manaea
Alvarez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Manaea
Gurriel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Andrus scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Correa vs. Manaea
Correa hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Tucker vs. Manaea
Tucker hits a line drive into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Abreu
Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Maldonado settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Abreu
Andrus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gurriel scoops it up and throws to first, with Abreu covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Abreu
Garcia hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Straw vs. Petit
Yusmeiro Petit now pitching.
Straw hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Maldonado vs. Petit
Maldonado hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Petit fields it and throws to first for the out. Straw moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altuve vs. Petit
Altuve hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chapman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Brantley vs. Petit
Brantley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Olson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brantley for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Canha vs. Abreu
Canha hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Laureano vs. Abreu
Laureano strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Lowrie vs. Taylor
Blake Taylor now pitching.
Lowrie hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Canha moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Olson vs. Taylor
Olson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. Taylor
Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Tucker settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Piscotty vs. Taylor
Piscotty takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Taylor
Brown strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Trivino
Lou Trivino now pitching.
Bregman hits a fly ball into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Alvarez vs. Trivino
Alvarez strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Trivino
Gurriel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Correa vs. Trivino
Correa strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Andrus vs. Smith
Joe Smith now pitching.
Andrus hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garcia vs. Smith
Garcia bunts in front of the plate. Maldonado fields it and throws to first for the out. Andrus moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Canha vs. Smith
Canha hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Laureano vs. Smith
Laureano strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. Smith
Lowrie hits a fly ball into center field. Straw settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Tucker vs. Diekman
Jake Diekman now pitching.
Tucker takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Straw vs. Diekman
Straw hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tucker moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Maldonado vs. Diekman
Maldonado hits a fly ball into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tucker moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1-3
Altuve vs. Diekman
Altuve hits a line drive into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Tucker tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1--
Brantley vs. Diekman
Brantley hits a line drive into center field. Laureano settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/9/2021 -- Oakland at Houston (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Canha M, lf 4 2 2 2 Altuve J, 2b 4 0 2 1
Laureano R, cf 4 0 0 0 Brantley M, lf 5 0 0 0
Lowrie J, 2b 5 2 2 1 Bregman A, 3b 4 0 0 0
Olson M, 1b 4 1 2 3 Alvarez Y, dh 4 0 0 0
Chapman M, 3b 3 0 0 0 Gurriel Y, 1b 2 1 1 0
Piscotty S, rf 3 0 0 0 Correa C, ss 4 0 2 0
Brown S, dh 3 0 0 0 Tucker K, rf 3 1 0 1
Andrus E, ss 4 1 1 0 Straw M, cf 4 0 2 0
Garcia A, c 3 0 0 0 Maldonado M, c 4 0 1 0
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33 6 7 6 34 2 8 2
Oakland 000 100 032 -- 6
Houston 000 100 001 -- 2
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Manaea S 6.0 6 1 1 1 4
Petit Y (W) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Trivino L 1.0 0 0 0 1 2
Diekman J 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
McCullers L 5.0 2 1 1 3 6
Abreu B (L) 2.1 1 1 1 0 1
Taylor B 0.2 2 2 2 1 1
Smith J 1.0 2 2 2 0 1
E -- Correa C
DP -- Houston 1
LOB -- Oakland 6, Houston 9
2B -- Gurriel Y
HR -- Lowrie J, Olson M, Canha M
CS -- Laureano R
SH -- Garcia A
SF -- Altuve J
HBP -- by McCullers L (Laureano R)
T -- 3:14
A -- 21768
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