Post Game Thread (Sep 12, 2023): Athletics (46-99) @ Astros (82-64)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
OAK	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	10	0	5
HOU	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	5

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Altuve	4	1	1	0	0	1	.312
SS	Peña	4	0	1	1	0	0	.263
DH	Alvarez, Y	4	0	1	0	0	3	.298
3B	Bregman	3	0	0	0	1	1	.268
RF	Tucker	4	0	0	1	0	0	.286
1B	Abreu, J	4	0	0	0	0	2	.234
LF	McCormick	4	0	0	0	0	1	.282
CF	Dubón	3	1	2	0	0	0	.278
C	Maldonado, M	2	0	1	0	1	0	.187

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Verlander	7.0	8	5	5	0	7	94-72	3.39
Mushinski	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	11-6	5.52
Kuhnel	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	14-10	5.25

OAK		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Kemp	5	1	1	1	0	0	.214
2B	Gelof	5	2	2	0	0	0	.271
1B	Noda	3	2	1	1	0	2	.239
RF	Brown, S	4	0	2	2	0	2	.224
C	Langeliers	4	1	1	2	0	1	.207
CF	Butler, L	3	0	0	0	0	0	.218
PH	Díaz, A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228
CF	Ruiz, E	0	0	0	0	0	0	.249
3B	Diaz, J	4	0	0	0	0	0	.234
3B	Smith, K	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205
DH	Soderstrom	4	0	1	0	0	2	.160
SS	Allen, N	4	0	2	0	0	0	.214

OAK	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Sears	6.0	5	2	2	2	3	83-56	4.45
Erceg	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	18-11	5.44
Jiménez, D	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	13-7	3.78
May	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	3.61

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Ryan Noda singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Kyle Tucker. Zack Gelof scores.	0-1
T1	Shea Langeliers homers (19) on a fly ball to left field. Ryan Noda scores.	0-3
B1	Kyle Tucker grounds out, second baseman Zack Gelof to first baseman Ryan Noda. Jose Altuve scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. Alex Bregman to 2nd.	1-3
T3	Seth Brown doubles (17) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Mauricio Dubon. Zack Gelof scores.	1-4
T5	Tony Kemp homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field.	1-5
B5	Jeremy Pena doubles (30) on a line drive to left fielder Tony Kemp. Mauricio Dubon scores.	2-5
T8	Seth Brown doubles (18) on a ground ball to left fielder Chas McCormick. Ryan Noda scores.	2-6

Highlights

Description	Length	Video
Bullpen availability for Houston, September 12 vs Athletics	0:07	Video
Bullpen availability for Oakland, September 12 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Bench availability for Oakland, September 12 vs Astros	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Oakland, September 12 vs Astros	0:11	Video
Bench availability for Houston, September 12 vs Athletics	0:07	Video
Fielding alignment for Houston, September 12 vs Athletics	0:11	Video
Starting lineups for Athletics at Astros – September 12, 2023	0:09	Video
Shea Langeliers's home run through bat tracking data	0:09	Video
Breaking down Shea Langeliers' home run	0:10	Video
Breaking down Tony Kemp's home run	0:15	Video
Breaking down JP Sears's pitches	0:04	Video
JP Sears's outing against the Astros	0:23	Video
Breaking down Justin Verlander's pitches	0:04	Video
Justin Verlander's outing against the Athletics	0:23	Video
Ryan Noda drives an RBI double to right field	0:16	Video
Shea Langeliers crushes a two-run homer to left field	0:35	Video
Yordan Alvarez lays down a perfect bunt for a single	0:11	Video
Kyle Tucker drives in a run with a ground-ball out	0:13	Video
Jose Abreu strikes out swinging.	0:08	Video
Seth Brown extends Oakland's lead with an RBI double	0:20	Video
Tony Kemp slams a solo home run to right field	0:31	Video
Jeremy Peña rips an RBI double into left field	0:16	Video
JP Sears makes an outstanding catch for a double play	0:25	Video
JP Sears whiffs three Astros	0:23	Video
Seth Brown knocks his second RBI double of the game	0:17	Video
José Abreu makes an outstanding diving stop at first	0:17	Video
Justin Verlander sets down seven Athletics	0:56	Video
Chas McCormick flies out to center fielder Esteury Ruiz.	0:10	Video

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Sears (5-11, 4.45 ERA)	Verlander (11-8, 3.39 ERA)

Game ended at 9:38 PM.