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

Line Score – Final

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	3	2	0	0	1	0	3	9	14	0
OAK	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	5	8	1

Box Score

	OAK	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Canha	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
CF	Laureano	3	1	1	1	0	0	.429
LF	Kemp, T	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500
1B	Olson	4	1	2	0	0	1	.286
3B	Chapman, M	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000
DH	Moreland	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000
DH	Piscotty	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000
2B	Lowrie	3	1	2	0	1	0	.333
SS	Andrus	4	0	0	0	0	0	.143
RF	Tom	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
RF	Pinder	2	1	1	2	0	1	.500
C	Garcia, Ar	3	0	0	0	1	1	.000

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Luzardo	5.0	8	5	5	1	8	92-56	9.00
Smith, B	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	30-16	4.50
Romo	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	21-12	0.00
Diekman	0.2	3	3	2	1	2	26-15	27.00
Wendelken	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	13-5	0.00

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	3	4	3	0	2	0	.571
LF	Brantley	5	2	3	1	0	1	.667
3B	Bregman	4	2	2	3	1	1	.500
RF	Tucker	4	0	1	3	0	0	.143
SS	Correa	5	0	0	0	0	3	.125
DH	Alvarez	5	0	1	0	0	3	.250
1B	Gurriel	3	1	3	1	2	0	.571
CF	Straw	5	0	1	0	0	0	.111
C	Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	3	.000

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Javier	3.2	3	2	2	0	4	73-46	4.91
Abreu, B	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	35-19	0.00
Raley	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	14-7	54.00
Smith, J	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	11-5	0.00
Taylor, B	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	15-10	6.75
Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	16-10	0.00

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T3	Alex Bregman homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. Jose Altuve scores. Michael Brantley scores.	0-3
T4	Yuli Gurriel homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	0-4
T4	Michael Brantley doubles (3) on a fly ball to center fielder Ramon Laureano. Jose Altuve scores.	0-5
B4	Ramon Laureano triples (1) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Myles Straw. Mark Canha scores.	1-5
B4	Mitch Moreland out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Ramon Laureano scores.	2-5
T7	Kyle Tucker out on a sacrifice fly to shortstop Elvis Andrus. Jose Altuve scores.	2-6
B7	Chad Pinder homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jed Lowrie scores.	4-6
B8	Stephen Piscotty grounds out, shortstop Carlos Correa to first baseman Yuli Gurriel. Matt Olson scores.	5-6
T9	Kyle Tucker singles on a ground ball to center fielder Mark Canha, deflected by shortstop Elvis Andrus. Jose Altuve scores. Michael Brantley scores. Alex Bregman to 2nd.	5-8
T9	Myles Straw reaches on a fielding error by first baseman Matt Olson. Alex Bregman scores. Kyle Tucker to 3rd. Yuli Gurriel to 2nd.	5-9

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Myles Straw makes a diving catch in center field	0:42	HD
Alex Bregman launches three-run homer to left field	0:53	HD
Yuli Gurriel belts a solo homer to left field	0:34	HD
Michael Brantley hits RBI double to left-center field	0:38	HD
Ramón Laureano drills an RBI triple to center field	0:52	HD
Mitch Moreland lifts a sacrifice fly to right field	0:39	HD
Carlos Correa turns DP, lays out Matt Chapman	0:35	HD
Jesús Luzardo strikes out eight in season debut	1:41	HD
Jose Altuve scores on popup to second base	0:44	HD
Chad Pinder crushes two-run homer to left field	0:43	HD
Stephen Piscotty hits an RBI groundout to shortstop	0:36	HD
Kyle Tucker hits two-run single to center field	0:36	HD
Jose Altuve runs at 30.4 ft/sec to score on pop-up	0:48	HD
Bryan Abreu beats Ramón Laureano on close play	0:51	HD
Alex Bregman scores on error in the top of the 9th	0:32	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Abreu, B (1-0, 0.00)	Luzardo (0-1, 9.00)

Game ended at 12:18 AM.