Oakland Athletics Virtual Press
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
POST-GAME NOTES OAKLAND ATHLETICS Oakland Athletics Baseball Company • 510-638-4900 • athletics.com • A’s PR @AsMediaAlerts OAKLAND ATHLETICS (24-14) VS. HOUSTON ASTROS (21-20) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2020 — OAKLAND COLISEUM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Oakland 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 X 6 8 0 Win: Chris Bassitt (3-2) Loss: Cristian Javier (4-2) Save: None Game Time Temperature: 86 First Pitch: 6:10 pm Time of Game: 2:55 OAKLAND NOTES HOUSTON NOTES • Oakland is 10-4 in the last 14 games against Houston (since • Houston has lost five games in a row, the second time this sea- Aug. 15, 2019), including 7-1 at the Oakland Coliseum. son with a five game losing streak (also: 5, Aug. 5-9). • Chris Bassitt tossed a season-high 7.0 shutout innings...second • Houston was shut out for the first time this season and the first time this season tossing 7.0 innings (also: 7.0, Aug. 7 vs. Hous- time since July 11, 2019 at Texas. ton)...in four home starts this season, he has a 1.14 ERA (3 er, • Cristian Javier allowed two earned runs...has allowed two 23.2 ip) with 18 strikeouts...in his last 12 games, including 10 earned runs or less in five of his eight starts, and three runs or starts, he has a 1.71 ERA (12 er, 63.0 ip) with 63 strikeouts (since less in seven of eight starts this season. June 19, 2019). • George Springer extended his hitting streak to six games... • Oakland recorded its second shutout of the season (also: July during the streak, he’s hitting .375 (9-for-24) with seven runs, 27 vs. Los Angeles-AL)...Bassitt started and tossed 4.0 shutout one double, one triple, two home runs and three RBI. frames in the July 27 game. • Carlos Correa extended his hitting streak to five games, includ- • Sean Murphy homered in the second inning, his second consec- ing three multi-hit games...during the streak, he is hitting .400 utive game with a home run...it is the second time in his ca- (8-for-20) with three runs, two doubles, one home run and two reer to homer in back-to-back games (also: Sept. 10-11, 2019 at RBI. Houston)...four of his eight career home runs have been against Houston. HOME RUNS • Sean Murphy collected a season-high three RBI...it was his sec- Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher ond three-plus RBI game of his career (also: 4, Sept. 10, 2019 at None Houston). • Jake Diekman tossed a scoreless eighth inning...has not allowed a run in 14 games this season spanning 14.0 innings...dating back to last season, has a career-high 17.2-inning scoreless streak since Sept. 16, 2019. • Stephen Piscotty has six multi-hit efforts in his last 12 games... has 11 multi-hit games this season. • Ramon Laureano was hit by a pitch in the 5th inning, his Amer- ican leading ninth hit by pitch of the season. HOME RUNS Player Inning Count RBI Location Pitcher Sean Murphy 2 2-2 1 CF Javier Oakland Athletics (24-14) 6, Houston Astros (21-20) 0 Sep 7th, 2020 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Houston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 Oakland 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 x 6 8 0 Houston AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A Springer, CF .230 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Reddick, DH .252 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Brantley, LF .301 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Gurriel, 1B .273 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Tucker, RF .276 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Correa, SS .301 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Díaz, A, 2B .179 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Toro, 3B .154 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Garneau, C .174 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 Javier, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Pérez, C, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Scrubb, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sneed, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .250 33 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 24 7 BATTING TB : Brantley; Correa 2; Díaz, A; Gurriel; Springer; Toro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Tucker; Díaz, A; Toro. GIDP : Gurriel. Team RISP : 0-for-3. Team LOB : 7. Oakland AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A La Stella, 3B-2B .269 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 Laureano, CF .216 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 Canha, DH .252 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Olson, 1B .191 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 Grossman, LF .265 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Piscotty, RF .264 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 Kemp, T, 2B .258 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 a-Pinder, PH-3B .205 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy, S, C .231 3 2 2 0 0 1 3 1 0 5 0 Machín, SS .171 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 2 Bassitt, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Diekman, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Trivino, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .226 30 6 8 2 0 1 6 6 4 27 9 a-Flied out for Kemp, T in the 6th. BATTING 2B : Kemp, T (3, Javier); Pinder (2, Sneed). HR : Murphy, S (4, 2nd inning off Javier, 0 on, 2 out). TB : Grossman; Kemp, T 2; La Stella; Murphy, S 5; Pinder 2; Piscotty 2. RBI : Kemp, T (2); Laureano (16); Murphy, S 3 (9); Piscotty (28). 2-out RBI : Murphy, S. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out : Laureano. SF : Laureano. Team RISP : 3-for-6. Team LOB : 8. BASERUNNING SB : Grossman (5, 2nd base off Javier/Garneau). CS : Kemp, T (1, 3rd base by Javier/Garneau). FIELDING DP : (Machín-La Stella-Olson). Houston ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Javier (L, 4-2) 3.38 5.0 3 2 2 3 3 1 21 Pérez, C 1.80 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 Scrubb 1.06 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 6 Sneed 6.00 1.0 3 3 3 2 0 0 8 Totals 4.56 8.0 8 6 6 6 4 1 38 Oakland ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF Bassitt (W, 3-2) 3.12 7.0 7 0 0 0 4 0 28 Diekman (H, 8) 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 Trivino 2.76 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Totals 3.56 9.0 7 0 0 1 4 0 34 HBP : Laureano (by Javier). Pitches-strikes : Javier 94-50; Pérez, C 12-7; Scrubb 23-16; Sneed 40-25; Bassitt 89-58; Diekman 12-5; Trivino 3-3. Groundouts-flyouts : Javier 3-4; Pérez, C 2-0; Scrubb 1-1; Sneed 1-1; Bassitt 7-4; Diekman 2-0; Trivino 0-2. Batters faced : Javier 21; Pérez, C 3; Scrubb 6; Sneed 8; Bassitt 28; Diekman 3; Trivino 3. Inherited runners-scored : Scrubb 1-0. Umpires : HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Ted Barrett. 2B: Mark Ripperger. 3B: Quinn Wolcott. RF: NO UMPIRE. Official Scorer : Jim Young Weather : 86 degrees, Clear Wind : 12 mph, Out To CF First pitch : 6:10 PM T : 2:55 Venue : Oakland Coliseum September 7, 2020 Oakland Athletics 6, Houston Astros 0 Sep 7th, 2020 Astros starting lineup: George Springer (CF), Josh Reddick (DH), Michael Brantley (LF), Yuli Gurriel (1B), Kyle Tucker (RF), Carlos Correa (SS), Aledmys Diaz (2B), Abraham Toro (3B), Dustin Garneau (C), Cristian Javier (P), Athletics starting lineup: Tommy La Stella (3B), Ramon Laureano (CF), Mark Canha (DH), Matt Olson (1B), Robbie Grossman (LF), Stephen Piscotty (RF), Tony Kemp (2B), Sean Murphy (C), Vimael Machin (SS), Chris Bassitt (P), Umpires -- HP: Adrian Johnson. 1B: Ted Barrett. 2B: Mark Ripperger. 3B: Quinn Wolcott. RF: NO UMPIRE. Gametime Weather: 86 degrees, Clear Wind: 12 mph, Out To CF First pitch by Chris Bassitt at 6:10 PM local time. Astros 1st (Astros 0, Athletics 0) -- George Springer singles to deep shortstop. Josh Reddick flies out to Robbie Grossman. Michael Brantley strikes out swinging. Yuli Gurriel singles to right-center field, George Springer to 3rd. Kyle Tucker grounds out, Tony Kemp to Matt Olson. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB) Athletics 1st (Astros 0, Athletics 0) -- Tommy La Stella grounds out, Yuli Gurriel to Cristian Javier. Ramon Laureano pops out to Abraham Toro in foul territory.