The Houston Astros beat the Athletics 4-0 on Aug 21, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Carlos Cortes went 1-for-3 for the Athletics.
- J.T. Ginn pitched 5.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 3 earned runs with 4 strikeouts.
- Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 with 2 RBI for the Astros.
- Hayden Wesneski pitched 5.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 0 earned runs with 4 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McNeil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonah Heim | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Carlos Cortes | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Max Muncy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Donovan Walton | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Henry Bolte | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Alika Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.T. Ginn | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
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 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Allen | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Wesneski | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous Aug 20, 2026: ATH 2, KC 6 · Next Aug 22, 2026: ATH 4, HOU 3
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