Post Game Thread (May 20, 2021): Astros (26-18) @ Athletics (26-19)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	OAK	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Canha	4	1	2	1	1	0	.250
RF	Brown	5	1	1	1	0	2	.209
CF	Laureano	4	0	0	0	0	3	.237
1B	Olson	3	1	1	0	1	0	.261
3B	Chapman, M	4	0	0	0	0	3	.222
DH	Lowrie	4	0	1	1	0	1	.248
C	Murphy, S	3	0	0	0	1	1	.209
PR	Barrera	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
C	Garcia, Ar	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167
2B	Kemp, T	3	1	2	1	1	0	.232
SS	Andrus	4	0	1	0	0	0	.188

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Irvin	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	86-55	3.59
Smith, B	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	30-21	3.00
Guduan	2.0	4	2	1	0	1	27-21	7.11

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	3	2	0	1	0	.314
LF	Brantley	5	0	1	1	0	0	.307
3B	Bregman	4	0	3	2	1	0	.324
DH	Alvarez	5	1	1	1	0	2	.338
1B	Gurriel	5	0	1	1	0	0	.333
SS	Correa	5	0	2	0	0	0	.268
RF	Tucker	4	1	1	0	0	0	.226
CF	Straw	4	1	1	0	0	2	.236
C	Maldonado	4	2	2	3	0	0	.157

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Garcia, L	5.0	3	2	2	2	7	92-58	3.38
Raley, B	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	16-11	7.41
Abreu, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	15-8	3.52
Stanek	0.2	0	0	0	2	2	23-10	4.00
Pressly	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	5-3	1.47
Scrubb	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	20-11	4.82

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B1	Mark Canha homers (8) on a line drive to left field.	1-0
T3	Martin Maldonado doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Mark Canha. Myles Straw scores.	1-1
T3	Michael Brantley singles on a line drive to center fielder Ramon Laureano. Martin Maldonado scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.	1-2
T3	Alex Bregman singles on a line drive to center fielder Ramon Laureano. Jose Altuve scores. Michael Brantley to 2nd.	1-3
B3	Tony Kemp homers (1) on a fly ball to right field.	2-3
T4	Martin Maldonado homers (3) on a fly ball to right center field. Kyle Tucker scores.	2-5
B6	Jed Lowrie singles on a line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Matt Olson scores.	3-5
T7	Alex Bregman doubles (8) on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Mark Canha. Jose Altuve scores.	3-6
T9	Yordan Alvarez grounds into a force out, first baseman Matt Olson to shortstop Elvis Andrus. Jose Altuve scores. Alex Bregman out at 2nd. Yordan Alvarez advances to 2nd, on a throwing error by shortstop Elvis Andrus.	3-7
T9	Yuli Gurriel singles on a line drive to center fielder Ramon Laureano. Yordan Alvarez scores.	3-8
B9	Seth Brown homers (6) on a fly ball to right field.	4-8

Highlights

Description	Length	HD
Mark Canha hits a leadoff homer to left	0:38	HD
Martín Maldonado drives a double into left field	0:42	HD
Michael Brantley drives in a run with a line drive	0:43	HD
Alex Bregman sneaks a hit into center field	0:29	HD
Tony Kemp hits his first home run of the season	0:44	HD
Martín Maldonado hits a two-run home run to right	0:42	HD
Luis Garcia gets Seth Brown swinging	0:14	HD
Jed Lowrie hits a line drive to score a run	0:33	HD
Alex Bregman sneaks a double down the left-field line	0:28	HD
Ryan Pressly gets a weak grounder to end the inning	0:19	HD
José Altuve scores on a error in the ninth	0:23	HD
Yuli Gurriel knocks a line drive into center field	0:20	HD
Ramón Laureano makes a sliding catch in center field	0:33	HD
Seth Brown hits a solo home run to right field	0:27	HD
Ramon Laureano called out on strikes.	0:10	HD

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Garcia, L (2-3, 3.38)	Irvin (3-5, 3.59)

Game ended at 6:06 PM.