Athletics and Astros meet in series rubber match

Houston Astros (6-3) vs. Athletics (2-6)

West Sacramento, California; Sunday, 4:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Astros: Lance McCullers (1-0, 1.29 ERA, 0.71 WHIP, nine strikeouts); Athletics: Jacob Lopez (0-1, 6.75 ERA, 2.75 WHIP, zero strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Athletics and Houston Astros play on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

The Athletics went 76-86 overall and 36-45 in home games last season. The Athletics scored 4.5 runs per game while giving up 5.0 in the 2025 season.

Houston went 87-75 overall and 41-40 in road games a season ago. The Astros averaged 8.5 hits per game last season while batting a collective .250.

INJURIES: Athletics: Gunnar Hoglund: 15-Day IL (knee)

Astros: Hayden Wesneski: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brandon Walter: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nate Pearson: 15-Day IL (elbow), Zach Dezenzo: 10-Day IL (elbow), Ronel Blanco: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 15-Day IL (oblique), Enyel De Los Santos: 15-Day IL (knee), Josh Hader: 15-Day IL (biceps)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.