Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros

50-39, 23-17 Away

Final

54-34, 28-17 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	RBI	AVG
R. LaureanoCF	2-5	0	0	.241
E. AndrusSS	2-5	1	0	.237
M. Olson1B	1-4	1	1	.283
J. LowrieDH	2-4	0	1	.257
M. Chapman3B	1-4	0	0	.230
S. PiscottyRF	0-4	0	0	.210
S. BrownLF	0-3	0	0	.186
T. Kemp2B	0-3	0	0	.247
A. GarciaC	0-4	0	0	.205

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
F. Montas	6.2	5	1	1	10	95-71	4.41
Y. Petit	0.1	0	0	0	0	5-3	3.22
L. Trivino	1.0	0	0	1	0	13-7	1.96
J. Diekman	1.0	1	0	0	0	7-4	3.12

According to ESPN Analytics

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Daikin Park

2:10 PM, July 8, 2021

Houston, Texas

Attendance: 29,243

Game Time:2:52

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ben May
First Base Umpire - Bill Welke
Second Base Umpire - Pat Hoberg
Third Base Umpire - Chris Conroy

Strong start by Montas leads Athletics over Astros 2-1

— Oakland manager Bob Melvin was a bit concerned when his team didn't add on after jumping out to a 2-0 first-inning lead Thursday. The Athletics had led in the first two games of this series before the Astros rallied for wins.

Jul 8, 2021, 06:59 pm - AP


OAK
HOU

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

Scoring Summary

		OAK	HOU
1st	Olson hit a ground rule double to left, Andrus scored.	1	0
1st	Lowrie singled to center, Olson scored.	2	0
7th	McCormick doubled to left, Tucker scored.	2	1

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Athletics
6
Astros
9

Game 1

7/6

Athletics
3
Astros
4

Game 2

7/7

Athletics
2
Astros
1

Game 3

7/8

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	69	68	.504	-	W1
Texas	67	70	.489	2	W1
Seattle	64	73	.467	5	L4
Athletics	53	84	.387	16	L3
Los Angeles	52	85	.380	17	L7

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Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros

Strong start by Montas leads Athletics over Astros 2-1

F. Montas8-7

L. McCullers Jr.6-2

J. Diekman7

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