The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 4-3 on Aug 22, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Donovan Walton went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jacob Lopez pitched 6.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 9 strikeouts.
- Daulton Varsho went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Astros.
- Hunter Brown pitched 5.2 innings for the Astros, allowing 1 earned run 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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Donovan Walton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Max Muncy | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tommy White | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Gelof | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lawrence Butler | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Bolte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Carlos Cortes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 32 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
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 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Luis Medina | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Elvis Alvarado | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Hogan Harris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeremy Pena | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Yainer Diaz | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Cam Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Isaac Paredes | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Daulton Varsho | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Christian Walker | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunter Brown | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Bryan Abreu | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bennett Sousa | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous Aug 21, 2026: ATH 0, HOU 4 · Next Aug 23, 2026: ATH 7, HOU 6
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Aug 21, 2026: ATH 0, HOU 4 · Next Aug 23, 2026: ATH 7, HOU 6