Post Game Thread (May 30, 2022): Astros (31-18) @ Athletics (20-31)

Line Score – Final

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

Box Score

	OAK	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Laureano	4	0	1	1	0	2	.217
3B	Pinder	4	0	0	0	0	2	.256
DH	Lowrie	4	0	0	0	0	1	.227
C	Murphy, S	1	0	0	0	2	0	.206
SS	Andrus	3	0	0	0	0	0	.233
1B	Bethancourt	3	0	0	0	0	1	.228
2B	Neuse	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235
3B	Smith, K	2	0	1	0	0	1	.203
LF	Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0	.207
CF	Pache	2	0	0	0	1	0	.170

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Blackburn	6.2	5	4	4	0	5	91-62	2.15
Puk	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	13-9	1.37
Markel	0.2	0	0	0	2	2	24-12	0.00
Tapia	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	20-13	0.00

	HOU	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	2	2	0	1	.286
2B	Dubón	1	0	0	0	0	0	.219
DH	Brantley	5	0	0	0	0	0	.272
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.230
LF	Alvarez	4	2	2	2	0	1	.260
1B	Gurriel	3	0	0	0	1	0	.217
SS	Peña	4	0	0	0	0	2	.282
RF	McCormick	3	0	0	0	1	0	.213
CF	Siri	3	1	1	0	0	1	.223
C	Maldonado	4	1	1	1	0	2	.127

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	9.0	2	1	1	3	7	114-75	2.57

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T4	Yordan Alvarez homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field.	0-1
T5	Martin Maldonado singles on a line drive to left fielder Chad Pinder. Jose Siri scores.	0-2
T5	Jose Altuve homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Martin Maldonado scores.	0-4
B6	Ramon Laureano singles on a ground ball to center fielder Jose Siri. Seth Brown scores.	1-4
T8	Yordan Alvarez homers (14) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-5

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Kevin Smith makes a sliding catch in foul territory	0:20	Video
Yordan Alvarez launches a solo homer to right-center	0:32	Video
Martín Maldonado lines an RBI single to left-center	0:32	Video
Jose Altuve blasts a two-run homer to right-center	0:36	Video
Ramón Laureano beats the shift for an RBI single	0:32	Video
Jose Altuve crushes a homer	Creator Cuts	0:30
Kevin Smith exits the game with an injury in the 6th	1:08	Video
Yordan Alvarez launches a 469-foot home run vs. A's	0:59	Video
Paul Blackburn strikes out five Astros in his start	0:38	Video
Yordan Alvarez belts his second homer to right-center	0:39	Video
Jose Altuve is subbed out in the 8th inning	0:52	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (5-2, 2.57)	Blackburn (5-1, 2.15)

Game ended at 6:09 PM.