Post Game Thread (May 21, 2023): Athletics (10-38) @ Astros (27-19)

Line Score – Game Over

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

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	2	0	1	1	2	1	.222
3B	Bregman	4	0	0	0	0	1	.218
DH	Alvarez, Y	3	1	1	0	1	1	.293
1B	Abreu, J	2	0	0	0	2	1	.215
RF	Tucker	3	0	0	0	1	0	.276
SS	Peña	4	0	0	0	0	1	.247
CF	Meyers	2	1	1	0	2	0	.263
LF	McCormick	3	0	0	0	0	2	.246
C	Maldonado, M	3	0	2	0	0	0	.200

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	9.0	4	0	0	0	7	104-64	2.45

OAK		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Ruiz, E	3	0	1	0	0	0	.287
LF	Rooker	4	0	0	0	0	1	.284
RF	Laureano	4	0	0	0	0	3	.205
1B	Aguilar	3	0	1	0	0	1	.235
3B	Díaz, A	3	0	1	0	0	1	.183
C	Pérez, C	3	0	0	0	0	1	.282
DH	Langeliers	3	0	0	0	0	0	.217
2B	Diaz, J	3	0	0	0	0	0	.217
SS	Allen, N	3	0	1	0	0	0	.206

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Kaprielian	5.0	3	1	1	4	5	82-48	8.68
Moll	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	22-13	5.51
Erceg	0.2	1	0	0	1	2	18-8	5.40
Long	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	11-5	3.38
Acton	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	7-5	2.08

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B5	Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to right fielder Ramon Laureano. Jake Meyers scores. Martin Maldonado out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Ramon Laureano to third baseman Aledmys Diaz. Jose Altuve to 2nd.	1-0
B6	Jake Meyers walks.	2-0

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Oakland, May 21 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, May 21 vs Athletics	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Oakland, May 21 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, May 21 vs Athletics	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Athletics at Astros – May 21, 2023	0:09	Video
Breaking down James Kaprielian's pitches	0:08	Video
James Kaprielian's outing against the Astros	0:22	Video
Ramón Laureano robs Jeremy Peña of a homer in the 2nd	0:30	Video
Allen spins and throws to retire Bregman in the 3rd	0:16	Video
José Altuve rips an RBI single to right field	0:29	Video
Ruiz is ruled safe after the call is overturned	0:29	Video
Alvarez lifts a double to left field in the 6th	0:20	Video
Esteury Ruiz steals 3rd base in the bottom of the 6th	0:13	Video
Yordan Alvarez scores on a passed ball in the 6th	0:08	Video
Lucas Erceg strikes out McCormick to escape the 6th	0:17	Video
James Kapriellian K's five through 5 innings of work	1:23	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (4-4, 2.45 ERA)	Kaprielian (0-4, 8.68 ERA)

Game ended at 3:42 PM.