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Olson flied out to center fielder Springer.

La Stella singled to right, Murphy to third.

Semien grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Bregman to second baseman Mayfield, Kemp out.

Grounded into fielder's choice, third baseman Bregman to second baseman Mayfield, Kemp out.

Laureano grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Correa to catcher Maldonado, Murphy out, Semien to second.

Grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Correa to catcher Maldonado, Murphy out, Semien to second.

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Laureano singled to left, Pinder scored, Semien to second.

Singled to left, Pinder scored, Semien to second.

Brantley homered to right on the first pitch, Springer scored.

Homered to right on the first pitch, Springer scored.

Grossman singled to center, Laureano scored.

Davis doubled to center, Grossman scored.

Athletics third.  Davis homered to center on a 2-2 count.  Pinder hit an infield single to shortstop.  Murphy struck out.  La Stella walked on a full count, Pinder to second.  Semien grounded into fielder's choice, shortstop Correa to second baseman Mayfield, Pinder to third, La Stella out.  Laureano singled to left, Pinder scored, Semien to second.  Olson grounded out, second baseman Mayfield to first baseman Gurriel.

Astros fifth.  Mayfield struck out.  Springer singled to left.  Bregman popped out to third baseman Pinder.  Brantley homered to right on the first pitch, Springer scored.  Gurriel flied out to right fielder Canha.

Athletics sixth.  Laureano doubled to right.  Olson grounded out, second baseman Mayfield to first baseman Gurriel, Laureano to third.  Grossman singled to center, Laureano scored.  Canha flied out to left fielder Brantley.  Davis doubled to center, Grossman scored.  Pinder struck out.

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.

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A's left-hander Mike Minor gets introduced to the Houston-Oakland rivalry, but surely not to the Astros, when the American League West front-runners duel in a doubleheader Tuesday on the Athletics' home field.
Oakland (24-14) opened up a 4 1/2-game lead over Houston (21-20) atop the division with a 6-0 win Monday night in the opener of a four-day, five-game series, handing the Astros a fifth consecutive defeat.

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)  Dusty Baker waited for the Houston Astros to catch even a small break, and then his club finally got a few.
Yuli Gurriel hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning set up by an Oakland error, and the Astros beat the Athletics 5-4 Tuesday to split a doubleheader and end a six-game losing streak.

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Oakland Athletics @ Houston Astros on September 8, 2020

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