Post Game Thread (Apr 3, 2021): Astros (2-0) @ Athletics (0-2)

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	9	13	1
OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0

Box Score

	OAK	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Canha	2	1	0	0	2	0	.200
1B	Olson	3	0	2	0	1	0	.400
3B	Chapman, M	2	0	0	0	2	2	.000
DH	Moreland	3	0	1	1	0	2	.143
DH	Lowrie	1	0	0	0	0	1	.286
LF	Pinder	4	0	0	0	0	3	.300
RF	Piscotty	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
SS	Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	0	.091
2B	Kemp, T	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167
C	Garcia, Ar	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Irvin	4.1	7	4	4	1	2	82-55	8.31
Trivino	2.2	1	1	1	0	4	37-23	2.45
Smith, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	18-10	3.00
Guduan	1.0	4	4	4	1	0	35-22	31.50

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	1	1	1	1	.455
LF	Brantley	0	1	0	0	0	0	.667
LF	McCormick	3	2	1	1	0	1	.333
3B	Díaz, A	5	2	3	1	0	1	.600
RF	Tucker	4	0	1	2	0	0	.167
SS	Correa	5	0	2	0	0	1	.231
DH	Alvarez	5	2	3	3	0	0	.385
1B	Gurriel	4	0	0	0	1	0	.364
CF	Straw	4	0	1	0	0	1	.154
C	Maldonado	4	1	1	0	0	1	.077

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McCullers Jr.	5.0	2	1	1	3	7	95-54	1.80
Stanek	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	23-16	0.00
Paredes	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	16-6	0.00
Raley	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	16-10	9.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to right fielder Stephen Piscotty. Michael Brantley scores. Aledmys Diaz to 3rd.	0-1
B1	Mitch Moreland singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Myles Straw. Mark Canha scores. Matt Olson to 2nd.	1-1
T2	Jose Altuve singles on a line drive to left fielder Chad Pinder. Yordan Alvarez scores. Yuli Gurriel to 3rd. Myles Straw to 2nd.	1-2
T5	Yordan Alvarez homers (1) on a fly ball to center field. Chas McCormick scores. Aledmys Diaz scores.	1-5
T9	Chas McCormick doubles (1) on a sharp fly ball to left fielder Chad Pinder. Martin Maldonado scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.	1-6
T9	Aledmys Diaz singles on a line drive to left fielder Chad Pinder. Jose Altuve scores. Chas McCormick to 3rd.	1-7
T9	Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Chad Pinder. Aledmys Diaz scores.	1-9

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Kyle Tucker hits an RBI single through the right side	0:34	HD
Mitch Moreland collects his 1st hit with the A's	0:48	HD
Jose Altuve smacks RBI single to left field	0:26	HD
Brantley leaves in 2nd after getting hit by a pitch	1:17	HD
Andrus dives, gets up on his feet to make the out	0:37	HD
Yordan Alvarez hammers a three-run HR to center field	0:31	HD
McCullers Jr. dazzles with 7 K's, 2 hits vs. A's	1:27	HD
Ryne Stanek hurls three consecutive strikeouts in 6th	0:41	HD
Chas McCormick's first MLB hit is an RBI vs. A's	0:23	HD
Myles Straw helps Brooks Raley break free from jam	0:11	HD
Aledmys Díaz hits an RBI single to shallow left	0:20	HD
Chas McCormick crosses the dish after a wild pitch	0:47	HD
Kyle Tucker lifts a sac fly to left, plates Díaz	0:17	HD
Cole Irvin records his 2nd K in his A’s debut	0:09	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
McCullers Jr. (1-0, 1.80)	Irvin (0-1, 8.31)	Raley (1, 9.00)

Game ended at 6:32 PM.