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Gurriel grounded out, shortstop Semien to first baseman Olson.

Grounded out, shortstop Semien to first baseman Olson.

Springer homered to center on a 2-1 count.

La Stella doubled to left, Machín scored, Murphy scored.

Doubled to left, Machín scored, Murphy scored.

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Laureano singled to center, La Stella scored, Semien to second.

Singled to center, La Stella scored, Semien to second.

Astros first.  Springer homered to center on a 2-1 count.  A.Díaz struck out.  Brantley grounded out, second baseman Kemp to first baseman Olson.  Gurriel flied out to right fielder Canha.

Astros sixth.  A.Díaz lined out to center fielder Laureano.  Brantley struck out.  Gurriel homered to left on a 2-1 count.  Tucker flied out to left fielder Grossman.

Athletics seventh.  Canha fouled out to first baseman Gurriel.  Machín walked on four pitches.  James pitching.  Murphy walked on a full count, Machín to second.  Kemp fouled out to third baseman Mayfield.  La Stella doubled to left, Machín scored, Murphy scored.  Semien walked on four pitches.  Laureano struck out.

Athletics ninth.  Pressly pitching.  Murphy walked on a full count.  Piscotty pinch-running for Murphy.  Kemp was hit by a pitch, Piscotty to second.  La Stella grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Correa to second baseman A.Díaz, Piscotty to third, Kemp out.  Semien grounded into fielder's choice, second baseman A.Díaz to catcher Maldonado to third baseman Bregman, Piscotty out, La Stella to second.  Laureano singled to center, La Stella scored, Semien to second.

The A's are still in first place in the AL west and the Astros are still comfortably in second place 3.5 games behind, but Oakland has lost four of its last five games, and Houston was swept in a four-game series in Anaheim over the weekend.

The home team has won all five meetings between these teams this season, and the home team has won eight straight in this series dating back to last season. In 2020, Oakland swept a 3-game series from August 7-9 holding Houston to five runs total, and Houston swept a doubleheader in Texas on August 29.

The A's have only played five games in the last 11 days. Their games on August 27 and August 28 in Texas and Houston, respectively, were both postponed in protest of racial inequality, then they were swept in a doubleheader at Houston on August 29, before having a positive Covid-19 test. Sunday August 30th was postponed, August 31 was a scheduled off day and the three-game series in Seattle from Tuesday-Thursday was postponed. Oakland returned to play on Friday, but lost 2-of-3 at home against the Padres.

One bright spot from the weekend set against San Diego was Matt Olson, who went 5-for-9 in the series and strung together back-to-back multi-hit games for the first time this season and also had multiple RBI in back-to-back games for the first time this year.

Houston was swept in Anaheim over the weekend despite putting up five-plus runs in all four games. All four losses occurred in Los Angeles' last at bat of the game. It was just the second time in team history that the Astros were swept in a four-game series despite scoring 5+ runs in each game. Unsurprisingly, the first time occurred in Colorado from May 28-31, 2012.

Despite the sweep, Kyle Tucker had seven hits and seven RBI in the series against the Angels. Since August 19, 17 games, Tucker leads the American League with a .414 batting average, .485 on-base percentage, a .948 slugging percentage (all based on min. 50 PA), five triples and 14 extra-base hits. Tucker also leads all of MLB in RBI (26) since August 19.

HP - Mahrley, 1B - Wolcott, 2B - Barrett, 3B - Ripperger

Right-hander Luis Garcia will try to do to the Oakland Athletics what lefty Jesus Luzardo did to the Houston Astros earlier this season when the young pitchers duel Wednesday night in the fourth game of the American League West showdown series in Oakland.
The A's (25-15) have won two of the first three in the five-game set, allowing them to increase their lead in the AL West to 4 1/2 games with less than three weeks remaining in the regular season.

Astros, A's turn to electric arms in showdown series

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  Ramon Laureano might have celebrated a little harder for this hit.
Suspended last month for charging the Houston dugout and triggering a bench-clearing brawl, he delivered an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning that lifted the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics over the Astros 3-2 on Wednesday night.

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Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics on September 10, 2020

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