Post Game Thread (Jul 8, 2021): Athletics (50-39) @ Astros (54-34)

Line Score – Final

	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	0	0	1	6	1

Box Score

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	0	0	0	0	2	.282
DH	Brantley	4	0	0	0	0	1	.332
SS	Correa	4	0	0	0	0	2	.288
LF	Alvarez	4	0	1	0	0	2	.304
PR	Straw	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273
1B	Gurriel	4	0	2	0	0	0	.319
RF	Tucker	3	1	1	0	1	1	.265
CF	McCormick	3	0	2	1	0	1	.248
3B	Toro	3	0	0	0	0	1	.230
C	Maldonado	2	0	0	0	0	0	.173
C	Castro, J	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
McCullers Jr.	7.0	7	2	2	2	8	107-72	2.94
Scrubb	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	12-8	5.60
Smith, J	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	11-9	5.89

	OAK	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Laureano	5	0	2	0	0	1	.241
SS	Andrus	5	1	2	0	0	0	.237
1B	Olson	4	1	1	1	0	2	.283
DH	Lowrie	4	0	2	1	0	0	.257
3B	Chapman, M	4	0	1	0	0	2	.230
RF	Piscotty	4	0	0	0	0	2	.210
LF	Brown	3	0	0	0	1	0	.186
2B	Kemp, T	3	0	0	0	1	1	.247
C	Garcia, Ar	4	0	0	0	0	2	.205

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Montas	6.2	5	1	1	1	10	95-71	4.41
Petit	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.22
Trivino	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	13-7	1.96
Diekman	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	7-4	3.12

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Matt Olson hits a ground-rule double (19) on a fly ball down the left-field line. Elvis Andrus scores.	0-1
T1	Jed Lowrie singles on a ground ball to center fielder Chas McCormick. Matt Olson scores.	0-2
B7	Chas McCormick doubles (6) on a ground ball to left fielder Seth Brown. Kyle Tucker scores.	1-2

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Olson's RBI double gives the A's a lead in the 1st	0:34	HD
Jed Lowrie's RBI single scores Olson in 1st inning	0:34	HD
Garcia reaches on throwing error after review	0:48	HD
Chas McCormick's RBI double scores Tucker in the 7th	0:32	HD
Frankie Montas fans 10 in strong start against Astros	1:35	HD
McCullers Jr. strikes out eight in seven innings	1:27	HD
Kyle Tucker lines out to second baseman Tony Kemp.	0:14	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Montas (8-7, 4.41)	McCullers Jr. (6-2, 2.94)	Diekman (7, 3.12)

Game ended at 4:06 PM.