OAK 2, HOU 1 | Jul 8, 2021 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, July 8, 2021•Minute Maid Park•73°F, Roof Closed

OAK

Athletics

HOU

Astros

Final

WIN

Frankie Montas

LOSS

Lance McCullers Jr.

SAVE

Jake Diekman

The Athletics edged the Astros 2-1 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

⚾Frankie Montas10 K in 6.2 IP

⚾Lance McCullers Jr.7.0 IP, 2 ER, 8 K

Key Moment

Bot 7: Chas McCormick doubles (6) on a ground ball to left fielder Seth Brown. Kyle Tucker scores.

Weather: 73°F, Roof ClosedWind: 0 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 2:52Att: 29,243Venue: Minute Maid Park

Ump Audit

Ben May

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90.8%C

12 missed calls

+3.0% ATH

No run favor

Win Probability

HOU WinOAK Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Game 633354 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Oakland Athletics

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Ramón LaureanoCF	5	0	2	0	0	1	.241/.323/.456	107.3	.227	.304
Elvis AndrusSS	5	1	2	0	0	0	.237/.278/.325	103	.213	.225
Matt Olson1B	4	1	1	1	0	2	.283/.373/.557	78.6	.099	.091
Jed LowrieDH	4	0	2	1	0	0	.257/.331/.399	91.8	.274	.261
Matt Chapman3B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.230/.325/.393	103.7	.238	.217
Stephen PiscottyRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.210/.278/.348	88.6	.015	.016
Seth BrownLF	3	0	0	0	1	0	.186/.267/.395	102.3	.008	.009
Tony Kemp2B	3	0	0	0	1	1	.247/.372/.397	64.3	.052	.047
Aramis GarciaC	4	0	0	0	0	2	.205/.233/.289	88.8	.057	.091
Bench
Frankie MontasP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Yusmeiro PetitP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	36	2	8	2	2	10	-	-	-	-

2B:Laureano; Olson; Andrus

TB:11

RBI:Lowrie; Olson

Team LOB:9

Houston Astros

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jose Altuve2B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.282/.366/.502	86.5	.109

Pitching

Oakland Athletics

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Frankie MontasW	6.2	5	1	1	1	10	95-71	91.8	4.41
Yusmeiro PetitH	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	86.6	3.22
Lou Trivino IIIH	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	94.6	1.96
Jake DiekmanS	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	7-4	88.2	3.12
Totals	9.0	6	1	1	2	10	120-85	-	-

WP:Montas

Inherited runners-scored:Petit 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Montas 95-71; Petit 5-3; III 13-7; Diekman 7-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Montas 6-3; Petit 1-0; III 1-2; Diekman 1-1

Houston Astros

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Lance McCullers Jr.L	7.0	7	2	2	2	8	0	107-72	88	2.94

Game Notes

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T4Replay review: Athletics challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was overturned: Aramis Garcia reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Abraham Toro. Tony Kemp to 2nd.

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T1Wild pitch by Lance McCullers Jr.

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B7Wild pitch by Frankie Montas

Bench
Yordan AlvarezLF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.304/.373/.548	107.9	.350	.314
Martín MaldonadoC	2	0	0	0	0	0	.173/.259/.284	80.2	.264	.257
Lance McCullers Jr.P							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Andre ScrubbP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Joe SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-