Houston Astros 7 - Athletics 5: Final score, results, recap, box score, stats

Houston Astros

HOU HOU

79-80

7 7

Final

Athletics

ATH ATH

63-96

5 5

NSPCA
73° F
HOU -180, O 11

Rookie Lucas Spence saves Astros' season with epic 3-homer game

With the Astros desperately needing a win, rookie Lucas Spence stepped up and hit the first three homers of his MLB career.

Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Astros	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	7	10	0
Athletics	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	11	0

Pitching Summary

M. Ullola

Win

1

W
0

L
3.0

IP
0

ER
3

K
0

BB

S. Blewett

Loss

0

W
1

L
1.0

IP
1

ER
0

K
0

BB

B. Abreu

Save

1

SV
1.1

IP
0

ER
0

K
1

BB

Player Stats

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SB	BB	K	LOB	AVG
J. Peña SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	.274
Y. Alvarez LF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	.315
J. Barrosa LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143
I. Paredes 3B	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	.261
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.250
Y. Diaz DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.279
C. Walker 1B	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	.223
C. Smith RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.208
L. Spence CF	4	3	3	5	3	0	0	0	0	.205
C. Vázquez C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.207

Batting

HR - L Spence 3 (3, 2nd inning off M Barnett, 2 on, 1 out, 7th inning off S Blewett, 0 on, 1 out, 9th inning off E Alvarado, 0 on, 0 out), I Paredes (24, 6th inning off M Barnett, 0 on, 0 out), C Walker (27, 8th inning off C Roycroft, 0 on, 2 out) RBI - C Walker (84), L Spence 5 (8), I Paredes (93) 2-out RBI - C Walker Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - I Paredes 2 Team LOB - 5.

Running

SB - J Peña (12, 2nd base off E Alvarado).

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC	HR	WHIP	ERA
P. Lambert P	2.2	6	4	4	2	6	62	2	1.26	3.87
B. King P	1.1	1	0	0	0	3	23	0	1.49	5.28
M. Ullola P	3.0	1	0	0	0	3	35	0	0.70	2.30
B. Sousa P	0.2	2	1	1	0	2	13	1	1.70	5.10
B. Abreu P	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	14	0	1.36	3.73

Pitching

Pitches-strikes - P Lambert 62-40, B King 23-17, M Ullola 35-25, B Sousa 13-11, B Abreu 14-9 Ground balls-fly balls - P Lambert 2-2, B King 2-0, M Ullola 3-3, B Sousa 1-1, B Abreu 2-0 Batters faced - P Lambert 15, B King 5, M Ullola 10, B Sousa 4, B Abreu 5.

Stat Leaders

Strikeouts

6 K

2.2 IP

4 ER

2 BB

P. Lambert

8 K

6.0 IP

4 ER

2 BB

M. Barnett
Total Hits

3 H

4 AB

3 R

0 SB

L. Spence

3 H

5 AB

0 R

0 SB

L. Butler
RBI

5 RBI

L. Spence

3 RBI

J. McNeil
Home Runs

3 HR

L. Spence

2 HR

Z. Gelof

Plays

All Plays

Scoring Plays

E. Alvarado
RHP

1.0

IP

20

PC

1

ER

0

K

2

H

L. Spence
CF

4

AB

.205

AVG

3

H

5

RBI

1

1

In Play

Fastball

97mph

1

1

In Play

Fastball

97mph
Zack Gelof homered (418 ft.) to deep left center

HOU
6

ATH
5
Christian Walker homered (448 ft.) to deep left center

HOU
6

ATH
4
Lucas Spence homered (408 ft.) to deep right center

HOU
5

ATH
4
Isaac Paredes homered (407 ft.) to deep left center

HOU
4

ATH
4
Zack Gelof homered (435 ft.) to deep center

HOU
3

ATH
4

Jeff McNeil homered (389 ft.) to deep right center, Shea Langeliers scored, Jonah Heim scored

HOU
3

ATH
3
Lucas Spence homered (445 ft.) to deep right center, Cam Smith scored, Christian Walker scored

HOU
3

ATH
0

Win Probability

HOU 100%

Final

HOU 7

ATH 5

HOU

100 50 100

ATH

Odds

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Spread Spread	Total Total	Money Line Money
Houston Astros HOU	-1.5	O 11	-180
Athletics ATH	+1.5	U 11	+149

Game Details

NSPCA
Sutter Health Park
Game Duration: 2:42
Umpires: 2B-Ben May. 1B-Brennan Miller. 3B-Gabe Morales. HP-John Tumpane.
Weather: 85 degrees. Partly Cloudy .Wind: 12 MPH, SW.
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