The Houston Astros beat the Athletics 8-3 on Jul 8, 2022 at Oakland Coliseum.
Final · Oakland Coliseum
Top performers
- Martin Maldonado went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Jose Urquidy pitched 8.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Elvis Andrus went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Athletics.
- Paul Blackburn pitched 4.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 6 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
Houston Astros box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Bregman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Martin Maldonado | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
Athletics box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramon Laureano | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Murphy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vimael Machin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Elvis Andrus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 21 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Blackburn | 4.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Sam Moll | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Before and after
- Astros · 2022 season · Previous Jul 7, 2022: KC 2, HOU 5 · Next Jul 9, 2022: HOU 2, ATH 3
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