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Chirinos grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Semien to second baseman Joseph, Gurriel out.

Correa safe at second on fielding error by third baseman Chapman.

Safe at second on fielding error by third baseman Chapman.

Grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Semien to second baseman Joseph, Gurriel out.

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Correa hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Piscotty, Brantley scored.

Hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Piscotty, Brantley scored.

Gurriel singled to center, Bregman scored, Alvarez to third.

Singled to center, Bregman scored, Alvarez to third.

Grossman singled to center, Joseph scored.

Athletics fifth.  Davis struck out.  Canha homered to left on a 2-2 count.  Piscotty struck out.  Joseph lined out to right fielder Reddick.

Astros sixth.  Altuve grounded out, third baseman Chapman to first baseman Olson.  Brantley doubled to center.  Bregman walked.  Alvarez singled to left, Brantley to third, Bregman to second.  Correa hit a sacrifice fly to right fielder Piscotty, Brantley scored.  Gurriel singled to center, Bregman scored, Alvarez to third.  Gurriel was out advancing, center fielder Canha to shortstop Semien, Gurriel out.

Athletics sixth.  Herrmann grounded out, second baseman Altuve to first baseman Gurriel.  Semien homered to center on a 2-0 count.  Grossman lined out to center fielder Springer.  Chapman struck out.

Athletics thirteenth.  Sneed pitching.  Joseph singled to left.  Herrmann sacrificed, catcher Chirinos to first baseman Gurriel, Joseph to second.  Semien struck out.  Grossman singled to center, Joseph scored.

Houston has won nine of 11 games against Oakland this season, holding Oakland to 2.5 runs per game and 6.2 hits per game. They are 22-11 in Oakland since the start of 2016, the best road record by any AL team against the A's in that span.

The Astros are 38-12 (.760) against the AL West this season, on pace to be the best record by any team against its own division since divisional play began in 1969. The current record is 19-7 (.731) by the 1994 Mariners, who played just 26 games in a strike-shortened season.

Oakland split a two-game set with San Francisco and has alternated wins and losses over its last nine games. They've held opponents to a .291 on-base percentage so far this month, third-lowest in MLB; only the Dodgers (.276) and Rays (.288) are better.

Yuli Gurriel hit two home runs on Wednesday, improving his career-best home run total to 25 this season. He's slugging .854 since July 1, best in MLB in that span (minimum 100 PA), and his 17 HR in that span are tied with Mike Trout for the most in baseball.

Mike Fiers will make the start against his former team tonight, boasting an AL-best 1.79 ERA since the All-Star Break (minimum 5 starts). He's thrown 5.0+ innings, allowing three or fewer runs in each of his last 19 starts, the second-longest single-season streak by an AL pitcher in the live-ball era; Johan Santana had 22 consecutive such starts in his 2004 Cy Young season.

Both the Astros and Athletics have seven players with 15+ home runs this season, tied for second-most in MLB behind the Twins (eight). Houston's Robinson Chirinos sits at 13 home runs, two away from becoming the eighth Astro to hit 15 home runs, while Oakland's Stephen Piscotty is three homers away from joining that club.

HP - Gibson, 1B - Conroy, 2B - Carlson, 3B - Blakney

Two veteran pitchers who have had trouble keeping the ball in the park this season seek to cool hot-hitting opponents when the Houston Astros host the Oakland Athletics on Friday night for the second time in their four-game series.
The second-place A's managed to chip into their large deficit in the American League West with a 7-6 win Thursday night in a series opener that featured 10 homers, five by each team.

A's must beat Verlander, Astros to gain ground

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  The Oakland Athletics have been pretty good this season when hitting home runs, and added to their total with a pair of solo shots off Houston ace Justin Verlander.
Manager Bob Melvin's team showed it can be pretty effective playing small ball, too.

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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics on August 17, 2019

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