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Athletics
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 28, 2018
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Oakland Athletics, played on April 28, 2018 at Minute Maid Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Houston Astros
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Houston Astros |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Daniel Mengden |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lance McCullers |
| Ballpark | Minute Maid Park |
| City | Houston |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 41,493 |
| Time of Game | 3 hours 14 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Tom Hallion 1B: Chris Segal 2B: Adam Hamari 3B: Dan Bellino |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Matt Joyce | Left Fielder |
| Marcus Semien | Shortstop |
| Jed Lowrie | Second Baseman |
| Khris Davis | DH |
| Matt Olson | First Baseman |
| Matt Chapman | Third Baseman |
| Mark Canha | Center Fielder |
| Stephen Piscotty | Right Fielder |
| Bruce Maxwell | Catcher |
| Bob Melvin | Manager |
Houston Astros Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Springer | Center Fielder |
| Jose Altuve | Second Baseman |
| Carlos Correa | Shortstop |
| Yulieski Gurriel | DH |
| Josh Reddick | Right Fielder |
| Alex Bregman | Third Baseman |
| Marwin Gonzalez | First Baseman |
| Brian McCann | Catcher |
| Derek Fisher | Left Fielder |
| A.J. Hinch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Astros
Minute Maid Park
April 28, 2018
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. McCullers
Joyce hits a line drive into right field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Semien vs. McCullers
Semien hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. McCullers
Lowrie strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Springer vs. Mengden
Springer hits a fly ball into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Altuve vs. Mengden
Altuve hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Springer moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Correa vs. Mengden
Correa takes first base on ball four. Springer moves to third. Altuve moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Gurriel vs. Mengden
Gurriel hits a line drive into center field. Canha settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Springer tags and scores. Altuve tags and moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Reddick vs. Mengden
Reddick hits a fly ball into right field. Piscotty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Altuve tags and scores. Correa tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-1, RoB: -2-
Bregman vs. Mengden
Bregman hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Canha. Bregman reaches second base with a double. Correa scores. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: -2-
Gonzalez vs. Mengden
Gonzalez strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCullers
Davis hits a fly ball into left field. Fisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Olson vs. McCullers
Olson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. McCullers
Chapman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCann vs. Mengden
McCann hits a popup towards third. Chapman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Mengden
Fisher hits a ball on the ground towards short. Semien misplays the ball. That's an error on Semien. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Springer vs. Mengden
Springer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Semien scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Fisher moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Altuve vs. Mengden
Altuve hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piscotty. Altuve reaches second base with a double. Fisher scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
Correa vs. Mengden
Correa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Mengden fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Canha vs. McCullers
Canha hits a fly ball into left field. Fisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Piscotty vs. McCullers
Piscotty hits a fly ball into right field. Reddick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. McCullers
Maxwell strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Mengden
Gurriel hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chapman fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Mengden
Reddick hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bregman vs. Mengden
There's a wild pitch. Reddick moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Bregman vs. Mengden
Bregman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Chapman fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Reddick moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: 1-3
Gonzalez vs. Coulombe
Daniel Coulombe now pitching.
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into left field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Reddick tags and scores. Bregman tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 1-1, RoB: -2-
McCann vs. Coulombe
There goes Bregman. The throw from Maxwell and he is out, Chapman applying the tag. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. McCullers
Joyce hits a ball on the ground towards first. Gonzalez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Joyce for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Semien vs. McCullers
Semien hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. McCullers fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Lowrie vs. McCullers
Lowrie strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
McCann vs. Coulombe
McCann hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Fisher vs. Coulombe
Fisher hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Springer vs.
Unknown Player now pitching.
Springer hits a fly ball into right field. Piscotty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Altuve vs.
Altuve hits a line drive into right field. Piscotty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Correa vs.
Correa strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCullers
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Springer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olson vs. McCullers
Olson strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Chapman vs. McCullers
Chapman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Correa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Hatcher
Chad Pinder now playing second base. Chris Hatcher now pitching.
Gurriel hits a line drive into center field. Canha settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Hatcher
Reddick hits a fly ball into left field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Hatcher
Bregman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 1--
Gonzalez vs. Hatcher
Gonzalez takes first base on ball four. Bregman moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
McCann vs. Hatcher
McCann takes first base on ball four. Bregman moves to third. Gonzalez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 123
Fisher vs. Hatcher
Fisher strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Canha vs. McCullers
Canha hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Piscotty vs. McCullers
Piscotty hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Canha moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Maxwell vs. McCullers
Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Altuve fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Canha moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 2-0, RoB: --3
Joyce vs. McCullers
Joyce hits a fly ball into left field. Fisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Springer vs. Font
Wilmer Font now pitching.
Springer hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 8
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Altuve vs. Font
Altuve hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Correa vs. Font
Correa hits a line drive into right field. Piscotty settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Gurriel vs. Font
Gurriel strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Reddick vs. Font
Reddick strikes out. Maxwell drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Reddick out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Semien vs. McCullers
Jake Marisnick now playing center field.
Semien strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Pinder vs. McCullers
Pinder strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Davis vs. McCullers
Davis hits a fly ball into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 3-1, RoB: ---
Bregman vs. Font
Mark Canha now playing right field. Jake Smolinski now playing center field.
Bregman hits a fly ball into left field. Joyce settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Gonzalez vs. Font
Gonzalez hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Gattis vs. Font
Evan Gattis pinch hits for Brian McCann.
Gattis hits a popup towards first. Olson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Fisher vs. Font
Fisher strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Olson vs. Rondon
Evan Gattis now catching. Hector Rondon now pitching.
Olson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Chapman vs. Rondon
Chapman hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Olson moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Canha vs. Rondon
Canha hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bregman fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Olson moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: --3
Smolinski vs. Rondon
Smolinski hits a line drive into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Marisnick vs. Pagan
Emilio Pagan now pitching.
Marisnick takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Altuve vs. Pagan
Altuve hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Marisnick moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Correa vs. Pagan
Correa hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pagan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marisnick moves to third. Altuve moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: 123
Gurriel vs. Pagan
Gurriel hits a line drive towards short. Semien reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Reddick vs. Pagan
Reddick hits a popup, foul, towards third. Chapman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 3-2, RoB: 123
Bregman vs. Pagan
Bregman takes first base on ball four. Marisnick scores. Altuve moves to third. Correa moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 123
Gonzalez vs. Pagan
Gonzalez hits a fly ball into center field. Smolinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 0 - Astros, 11
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Maxwell vs. Sipp
Tony Sipp now pitching.
Maxwell hits a line drive into left field. Fisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 11
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Joyce vs. Sipp
Joyce hits a line drive into center field. Marisnick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Astros, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Semien vs. Sipp
Semien strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/28/2018 -- Oakland at Houston (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Houston AB R H RBI
Joyce M, lf 4 0 0 0 Springer G, cf 4 2 2 1
Semien M, ss 4 0 0 0 Marisnick J, cf 0 1 0 0
Lowrie J, 2b 2 0 0 0 Altuve J, 2b 5 2 4 2
Pinder C, 2b 1 0 0 0 Correa C, ss 4 1 1 0
Davis K, dh 3 0 0 0 Gurriel Y, dh 4 0 0 1
Olson M, 1b 2 0 0 0 Reddick J, rf 4 1 1 1
Chapman M, 3b 3 0 1 0 Bregman A, 3b 3 0 2 2
Canha M, cf-rf 3 0 1 0 Gonzalez M, 1b 3 1 1 2
Piscotty S, rf 2 0 1 0 McCann B, c 2 1 1 0
Smolinski J, cf 1 0 0 0 Gattis E, ph-c 1 0 0 0
Maxwell B, c 3 0 0 0 Fisher D, lf 4 2 1 2
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
28 0 3 0 34 11 13 11
Oakland 000 000 000 -- 0
Houston 311 202 11x -- 11
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Mengden D (L) 2.1 6 5 4 1 1
Coulombe D* 0.2 2 2 2 0 0
Trivino L 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Hatcher C 1.0 0 0 0 3 1
Font W 2.0 3 3 3 0 3
Pagan E 1.0 2 1 1 2 0
Houston IP H R ER BB SO
McCullers L (W) 7.0 2 0 0 0 7
Rondon H 1.0 1 0 0 1 0
Sipp T 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
* Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Semien M
DP -- Houston 2
LOB -- Oakland 2, Houston 8
2B -- Bregman A, Altuve J
HR -- Fisher D, Springer G, Altuve J, Gonzalez M
CS -- Bregman A
SF -- Gurriel Y, Reddick J, Gonzalez M
WP -- Mengden D
T -- 3:14
A -- 41493
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