The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 12-10 on Apr 5, 2026 at Sutter Health Park.
Final · Sutter Health Park
Top performers
- Yordan Alvarez went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Lance McCullers Jr. pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Brent Rooker went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs and 6 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jacob Lopez pitched 4.1 innings for the Athletics, allowing 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yainer Diaz | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Walker | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Cam Smith | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Correa | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jake Meyers | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Joey Loperfido | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brice Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 40 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance McCullers Jr. | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Bryan King | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Christian Roa | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Steven Okert | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shea Langeliers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Wilson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lawrence Butler | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Muncy | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Rooker | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Tyler Soderstrom | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeff McNeil | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nick Kurtz | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Carlos Cortes | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Denzel Clarke | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 39 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Lopez | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Hogan Harris | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Justin Sterner | 1.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J.T. Ginn | 1.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mark Leiter Jr. | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 10.0 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
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