Post Game Thread (Jul 21, 2023): Astros (55-43) @ Athletics (27-73)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

OAK		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Kemp	4	2	2	0	0	0	.213
2B	Gelof	3	1	1	0	2	1	.231
1B	Diaz, J	3	0	1	2	1	0	.243
PH	Soderstrom	1	0	0	0	0	0	.136
3B	Díaz, A	2	0	0	1	0	1	.210
3B	Peterson	1	0	0	0	0	0	.213
CF	Bleday	3	0	0	1	1	0	.210
C	Langeliers	3	0	1	0	1	1	.205
DH	Bride	2	0	0	0	0	0	.189
DH	Thomas, Cod	2	0	1	0	0	0	.316
RF	Brown, S	4	0	0	0	0	2	.196
SS	Allen, N	4	1	1	0	0	1	.193

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Sears	5.2	8	5	5	1	1	95-62	4.19
Scott, Tay	1.1	1	1	1	0	2	19-12	7.36
Pruitt	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	23-15	4.04

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Dubón	5	0	0	0	0	0	.271
SS	Peña	4	2	2	0	0	1	.239
RF	Tucker	4	3	3	4	0	0	.303
3B	Bregman	4	1	2	2	0	0	.249
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	1	0	0	1	.242
CF	McCormick	4	0	1	0	0	1	.285
LF	Julks	4	0	0	0	0	0	.266
DH	Hensley	3	0	0	0	1	1	.120
C	Maldonado, M	4	0	0	0	0	2	.165

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	5.0	6	4	4	2	4	96-59	2.94
Maton, P	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12-9	2.44
Montero	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	6.26
Neris	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	16-7	1.51
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	16-10	2.84

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Kyle Tucker homers (15) on a fly ball to right center field.	0-1
T3	Alex Bregman homers (15) on a fly ball to left center field. Jeremy Pena scores.	0-3
B3	Jordan Diaz singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Corey Julks. Tony Kemp scores. Zack Gelof to 2nd.	1-3
T5	Kyle Tucker homers (16) on a fly ball to right center field. Jeremy Pena scores.	1-5
B5	Jordan Diaz walks. Nick Allen scores. Tony Kemp to 3rd. Zack Gelof to 2nd.	2-5
B5	Aledmys Diaz out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Chas McCormick. Tony Kemp scores. Zack Gelof to 3rd. Jordan Diaz to 2nd.	3-5
B5	JJ Bleday grounds out to first baseman Jose Abreu. Zack Gelof scores. Jordan Diaz to 3rd.	4-5
T7	Kyle Tucker homers (17) on a fly ball to right field.	4-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 21 vs Athletics	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Oakland, July 21 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Oakland, July 21 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 21 vs Athletics	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Athletics – July 21, 2023	0:09	Video
Measuring the stats on Kyle Tucker's home run	0:10	Video
Breaking down Alex Bregman's home run	0:15	Video
Kyle Tucker: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:10	Video
Breaking down JP Sears's pitches	0:08	Video
JP Sears's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:08	Video
Framber Valdez's outing against the Athletics	0:22	Video
Measuring the stats on Kyle Tucker's home run	0:18	Video
Kyle Tucker drills a solo homer to right field	0:30	Video
Alex Bregman lofts a two-run homer to left-center	0:28	Video
Jordan Diaz's RBI single draws Athletics within 3-1	0:16	Video
Kyle Tucker drills his second homer of the game	0:29	Video
Jordan Diaz's RBI walk draws the Athletics within 5-2	0:10	Video
Aledmys Díaz's sac fly draws the Athletics within 5-3	0:21	Video
JJ Bleday's RBI groundout draws Athletics within 5-4	0:18	Video
Kyle Tucker launches his third homer of the night	0:28	Video
JP Sears fans one batter in 5 2/3 innings	1:14	Video
Tyler Soderstrom grounds out, second baseman Mauricio Dubon to first baseman Jose Abreu.	0:17	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (8-6, 2.94 ERA)	Sears (1-7, 4.19 ERA)	Pressly (23 SV, 2.84 ERA)

Game ended at 11:24 PM.