The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 11-4 on Apr 3, 2026 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Yainer Diaz went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 3.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 6 earned runs with 2 strikeouts.
- Lawrence Butler went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 4 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jeffrey Springs pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 7 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer Diaz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Brice Matthews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Correa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jake Meyers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Loperfido | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shay Whitcomb | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
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 | 3.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ryan Weiss | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 6.2 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence Butler | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Muncy | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff McNeil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Wilson | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Kurtz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brent Rooker | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Shea Langeliers | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Denzel Clarke | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 |
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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| J.T. Ginn | 2.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
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