The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 4-1 on Jul 22, 2023 at Oakland Coliseum.
Final · Oakland Coliseum
Top performers
- Alex Bregman went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Zack Gelof went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Paul Blackburn pitched 5.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Abreu | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Tucker | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grae Kessinger | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Martin Maldonado | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 27 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cristian Javier | 5.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| Ryne Stanek | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joel Kuhnel | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Phil Maton | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 7.1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Allen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jace Peterson | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Shea Langeliers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Zack Gelof | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| JJ Bleday | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 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 | 5.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Lucas Erceg | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Trevor May | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Austin Pruitt | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
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