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Altuve grounded out, third baseman Chapman to first baseman Olson.

Grounded out, third baseman Chapman to first baseman Olson.

Bregman singled to left, Brantley to second.

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Bregman homered to left on a 0-2 count, Reddick scored, Altuve scored.

Homered to left on a 0-2 count, Reddick scored, Altuve scored.

Athletics fourth.  Semien homered to left on a full count.  Grossman walked.  Chapman struck out.  Olson singled to center, Grossman to second.  Canha struck out.  Joseph grounded out, second baseman Altuve to first baseman Gurriel.

Astros fifth.  Reddick singled to right.  Springer singled to left, Reddick to second.  Altuve grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Semien to second baseman Joseph, Reddick to third, Springer out.  Brantley popped out to shortstop Semien.  Altuve stole second.  Bregman homered to left on a 0-2 count, Reddick scored, Altuve scored.  Alvarez grounded out, shortstop Semien to first baseman Olson.

Astros sixth.  Correa walked.  Gurriel doubled to left, Correa scored.  Trivino pitching.  Chirinos grounded out, third baseman Chapman to first baseman Olson.  Reddick flied out to left fielder Grossman.  Springer fouled out to first baseman Olson.

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

Newcomer Zack Greinke hopes to continue a personal winning streak while ending his team's skid when the right-hander leads the visiting Houston Astros up against the Oakland Athletics in the finale of a four-game series on Sunday afternoon.
The A's have used a variety of means to sweep the first three games of the series, riding five home runs to a 7-6 victory on Thursday night, extra-inning small-ball to pull out a 3-2 win Friday, and station-to-station hitting to grind out an 8-4 triumph on Saturday.

Greinke hopes to snap Astros out of funk vs. A's

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  After earning his 200th win, Zack Greinke hopes he's on his way to even bigger achievements with the Houston Astros this season.
Greinke reached the milestone with seven smooth innings Sunday, pitching the first-place Astros past the Oakland Athletics 4-1 to avoid a four-game sweep.

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Houston Astros @ Athletics on August 18, 2019

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