Astros vs. A's Game Highlights (7/24/24) | MLB Highlights

If the athletics can sweep the Astros the final time Houston's visiting Oakland, that feels like it would be a pretty good day in the BS. This is a historic game for the Astros. Not only is it the final game here at the Oakland Coliseum for them, but they have a overall record of 54 and 54 in this stadium. If they win today, they'll become the only American League team to finish their all time record with a winning mark in this stadium. We told you it was sizzling on the bump. Jp Sizzle, JP Sears 21st start for the Oakland athletics. And I think JP Sears has shown us just what sort of a gutsy competitor he is, Jenny, I think last couple of starts, I think proved that Jose Altuve leading off 30 pitches hit sharply past Abraham Toro, give him another hit in this building 119 for Jose as he leads off with a base hit here in the first Alex Bregman as he drills this one to left field that will be down for a hit playing it there and left is miguel and Duar. So the Astros Blumer who scored a total of two runs in the first two games of the series off to a quick start today. So, runners at the corners and one out for Yer Diaz that's popped up. I don't know if it's going to be deep enough. It might be. But Jose Altuve tagging, we saw Butler throw out somebody yesterday. He's going to get another chance today and Altuve with a little better speed crosses the plate and the Astros do have that first lead of the series. It's one, nothing on a sack fly by Jan De and so Jeremy Pena reaches first and the hit by pitches. Alvarez goes down to second. Here's jake Myers, but at the third base line and it's glove by Sears throw the third and they get the force there. What a play by JP heads up as Toro took the throw, they force Alvarez and that ends the inning for the Astros. They get one on two hits. Hunter Brown gets the final game of this three game series and gets a chance to pitch the final game for the Astros here at Oakland Coliseum. He is coming in on a strong run. He's also pitched well inside the American League West three and two with a 2.89. Er, a Lawrence Butler stands in the first pitch. He line to the centerfield of base hit. You can't get this guy out. He's trying for two, the throw by myers. Not in time and a hustle head long double for Lawrence Butler to start the bottom of the first inning, locked and loaded and look out when Butler's at the plate and now here comes on Duhart with 20 to and slice it down the right field line in the corner. It's down, it's a fair ball. It's extra bases. Butler will come around third. He's score Duar in a second with a double and a span of four pitches. The A's have tied the game at one. This offense is clicking on all cylinders. Duar is 1/12 double and his 20 sixth run batted in Sears facing Dub-n here to lead off the second swing and JP Sears his first strikeout today, here's john Singleton. John grounds one down the line and the first base side, it's off the glove of Seth Brown and John's going to go to second. He easily get there with all this fouled Brown runs it down in front of the Astros bullpen. That was a play that looked like Brown should have made with the pitcher covering the singleton at second base for Jose and Altuve lines this one down the left field line that's headed for the corner and it one hops off the wall singleton around third. He will score altuve racing the second, the throw there beats him. So it will be an RB I single for altuve Singleton scores and it is a 2 to 1 Astros lead and Now , here comes zack Goff swing and a Miss Brown gets goff again. That's strikeout number one for hunter one out runner on here's kyle mccann. The catcher Hunter comes back with back to back strikeouts getting kyle man infield hit for Schuman ground to second base and the inning stays alive. The Astros have to deal with Lawrence Butler got a big strikeout for hunter Brown getting the red hot Lawrence Butler. That was a pitch that Blumer wanted up to Butler for 98. The one on the third, the Jordan Alvarez and a swing and a Miss JP Sears. It's your on Alvarez and that's two K. Now that sweeper that just takes off and I think, you know what you see from JP Sears with this pitch is it almost the visual tells you that that pitch is looking like it's riding upwards up and away. Brown is two for two. Here is that Goff swing and a Miss Goff goes down for the second time today. That's five strikeouts in seven career at bats facing Hunter Brown mccann struck out in the second inning long hold by Hunter using that pitch clock to his advantage again. And that's strike three on the inside corner, man couldn't pull the trigger. You noticed that earlier in the game against Lawrence Butler. Hunter really working with that pitch club called third strike and that'll do it. Schuman looks at a third strike that's six strikeouts for Brown three in the second inning and three here consecutively in the board. Now, the one out of mccormick, this ball hit high in the air to center field but day is back. He is near the wall. Has Chaz done it. Yes, he has. Chas mccormick hits his second career home run against JP Sears. This one in an A's uniform and has his first home run against the lefty this season. 31 Astros. Yeah, it's been a while. We got to figure out what is doing back there. The meatloaf that was well struck. That was a bomb 420 to center field. Butler doubled and scored in the first swing and a miss, he got Butler up on 96. That's a hot hitter to get back to back bats with a strikeout leads off here in the sixth inning and he hits one hard to left field. That will be down for a hit and that will go to the wall and Duar threw out altuve earlier in this game. And that's going to be a stand up double for Jer Diaz as he ropes a double to left. The Astros can tack on to this 3 to 1 lead with Jeremy Painty at the plate. This one up the middle and hits the pitcher and that's going to direct into left field for a base hit around third comes Diaz , he's going to score Jeremy Pena, the RB I single and the Astros lead 4 to 14 pitch walk and now the A's will bring the tying run to the plate here with nobody out in the sixth inning. Here's the 12 to zack Goff ground ball up the middle coming in. He feel shovels to altuve for one on the first double play. 643. Boy did the Astros need that. Toro goes to third but two have been retired. Got him give 12 straight starts of six innings or more. Hunter Brown has been phenomenal for the Astros and he walks off leading 4 to 1. So Chaz following his home run hit by a pitch. The Astros with runners on 1st and 2nd with nobody out for Altuve. That ball is a fair ball down the left field line, one run is going to score. Singleton will cross the plate. Chaz heading to third, he'll be held up Jose Altuve with his third hit of the game and the Astros add to their lead. It's 5 to 1 here. Bregman. Bregman is one for three on the day. There's a fair ball will score two runs. Astros piling on here with a three run seventh inning. They now lead this game 7 to 1 on a Bregy two RB I double the Astros now have a runner on third with one away first pitch and he hits it to center field. That should be bring a run in the day over to his right. Makes the catch Bregman tagging. He'll score it's 8 to 1 on the sacrifice fly by yer Diaz Rooker , the batter, he's their best into center field looping towards jake myers. He'll come on and make a catch and roll over to secure it for the final out of the inning. Jake Myers take another good defensive play to end the seventh inning Astros lead 8 to 1 on Duar with two outs, one towards first singleton will field it. He'll flip the king and that's an Astros winner today. A three and three road trip. The Astros become the only American League team to have a winning record in the history of the Oakland Coliseum, other than the A's themselves as they end up 55 and 54 all time in this building. Blumer. That's a great way to head back home on this, on this long trip back to Houston.