Post Game Thread (Jul 23, 2023): Astros (56-44) @ Athletics (28-74)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

OAK		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Kemp	4	0	0	0	0	0	.206
2B	Gelof	4	0	1	0	0	2	.273
CF	Bleday	3	2	2	1	1	0	.215
1B	Brown, S	2	0	0	0	1	1	.196
RF	Thomas, Cod	4	0	1	0	0	1	.308
C	Soderstrom	3	0	1	1	1	0	.143
3B	Peterson	4	0	0	0	0	1	.215
DH	Diaz, J	4	0	2	0	0	0	.252
SS	Díaz, A	3	0	0	0	0	1	.207

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Medina	5.0	2	1	1	3	6	93-59	5.50
Long	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	12-7	4.14
Scott, Tay	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	23-13	6.94
Moll	0.2	0	0	0	1	0	10-6	4.50
Smith, C	1.2	1	1	1	1	0	25-14	6.59

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Dubón	5	1	1	1	0	2	.269
LF	Julks	2	0	0	1	2	2	.261
RF	Tucker	4	0	1	0	1	0	.302
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	1	.250
DH	Abreu, J	3	0	0	0	1	0	.243
1B	Madris	3	1	1	0	0	1	.154
1B	Kessinger	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250
CF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	1	.277
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	2	1	0	0	.266
SS	Peña	2	0	0	0	1	0	.235

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Brown, H	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	88-57	4.19
Martinez, S	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	7-6	3.86
Neris	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	12-6	1.48
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	9-7	2.66

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	JJ Bleday homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-0
T5	Yainer Diaz homers (11) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-1
B6	Tyler Soderstrom singles on a ground ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. JJ Bleday scores.	2-1
T7	Corey Julks walks. Bligh Madris scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. Jeremy Pena to 2nd.	2-2
T9	Mauricio Dubon homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field.	2-3

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, July 23 vs Athletics	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Oakland, July 23 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Oakland, July 23 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, July 23 vs Athletics	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Astros at Athletics – July 23, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down JJ Bleday's home run	0:10	Video
Yainer Diaz: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:10	Video
Breaking down Luis Medina's pitches	0:08	Video
Luis Medina's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Breaking down Hunter Brown's pitches	0:08	Video
Hunter Brown's outing against the Athletics	0:23	Video
The distance behind Mauricio Dubón's home run	0:10	Video
Jose Abreu lines out to right fielder Cody Thomas.	0:18	Video
JJ Bleday crushes a solo home run to right field	0:27	Video
The Astros turn a double play with the bases loaded	0:27	Video
Cody Thomas makes an incredible diving catch	0:16	Video
Yainer Diaz cranks a solo home run in the 5th inning	0:24	Video
Luis Medina strikes out Corey Julks swinging	0:09	Video
Tyler Soderstrom laces an RBI single during the 6th	0:28	Video
Bligh Madris scores on a walk Corey Julks walk	0:17	Video
Luis Medina strikes out six against the Astros	0:51	Video
Hunter Brown strikes out four against the A's	1:21	Video
Mauricio Dubon mashes the go-ahead homer in the 9th	0:33	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Neris (6-2, 1.48 ERA)	Smith, C (1-2, 6.59 ERA)	Abreu, B (3 SV, 2.66 ERA)

Game ended at 5:46 PM.