The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 15-3 on Jul 25, 2025 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Nick Kurtz went 6-for-6 with 4 home runs and 8 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jeffrey Springs pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Zack Short went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Ryan Gusto pitched 3.1 innings for the Astros, allowing 8 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos Cortes | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Kurtz | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Shea Langeliers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Gio Urshela | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jacob Wilson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Colby Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 36 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Springs | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Short | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Cam Smith | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jon Singleton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Matthews | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mauricio Dubon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Trammell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 24 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
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