The Athletics beat the Houston Astros 7-6 on Aug 23, 2026 at Daikin Park.
Final · Daikin Park
Top performers
- Brian Serven went 2-for-4 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Athletics.
- Jack Perkins pitched 5.0 innings for the Athletics, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Isaac Paredes went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Astros.
- Cristian Javier pitched 4.0 innings for the Astros, allowing 3 earned runs with 8 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy White | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Cortes | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Henry Bolte | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Serven | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Zack Gelof | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lawrence Butler | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Max Muncy | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Donovan Walton | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darell Hernaiz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Team | 36 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Perkins | 5.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Brady Basso | 1.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scott Blewett | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hogan Harris | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Luis Medina | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Walker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeremy Pena | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Daulton Varsho | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jose Altuve | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Christian Vazquez | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Isaac Paredes | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Yordan Alvarez | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cam Smith | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Yainer Diaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Taylor Trammell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 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 | 4.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Steven Okert | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| AJ Blubaugh | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Enyel De Los Santos | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
Before and after
- Athletics · 2026 season · Previous Aug 22, 2026: ATH 4, HOU 3 · Next Aug 24, 2026: MIN 9, ATH 6
- Astros · 2026 season · Previous Aug 22, 2026: ATH 4, HOU 3 · Next Aug 25, 2026: HOU 9, NYY 7