Astros VS Athletics Condensed Game 9/10/24

and Ryan Nota rounds out the A's lineup we are ready to go first pitch strike to Jacob Wilson what's going around in the A's Clubhouse into center field playable for Jake Meyers Jake will have an easy play to start this one reversal two- two pitch looped into right field Chaz McCormack will have to play it on a hop Brett Rooker on base for the 20th consecutive game nobody has a longer streak in active in six of the nine plate appearances ground ball right side under the glove of Yer Diaz and into right field that's one where maybe a more experienced first baseman gets down and makes that play but that's scooted under jer's glove and that'll be a base hit think about the position he is you know 90% of the time behind home plate this ball lofted into left field should be deep enough to score a run yordan will make the throw all the way in and it'll be let go by bregman and that'll be a sack fly by langelier as the A's on the board in the first inning one to nothing Seth Brown sends one into left Center Alvarez will watch Jake Myers take control and make the catch for the final out of the inning one record this season Jose Altuve goes after a first pitch and sends it into right field Seth Brown underneath it puts it away one pitch and one out for Sears yon stays with it and sends one into center field eventually a slider sweeper was going to get hit you would think by yordon that's all he's seen now in three straight of b as he Skies one on the infield second baseman Zach gof is back there and he'll make the catch for out number two to the left side off the end of the bat to center field blade will back up Alex didn't get all of that that'll be the final out of the inning for a rookie pitcher this ball crushed and Zach gof has made it two to nothing a this will be up on the train tracks gof hitting his 17th home run didn't miss the first pitch of the inning and connects over the Crawford boxes over the community leader boards and on of the train tracks to make it two nothing well it looked like kelloff was hunting that fast ball and got it that is a fast ball that stayed middle and up just a little bit right in the swing path of [Applause] Goff as Zack gof gets him in the second inning swinging a Miss Alvarez goes down on strikes first strike out for arag Getti you have to use all three of those guys who starts game one of that division series is the question this one misses the bag fortunately and Altuve is there schuman's retired on a broken bat for the second out ever bet against a future Hall of Famer but Justin Verlander has to pitch better to make a start in the postseason I agree and you also have to look at the matchup too who would be that matchup in that potential Division Series if you get there him in this Oakland series and then we could still see him make a start of the next series Yer Diaz continues to hit well at home Yer on an 02 pitch singles into center field Yer back up at that 300 mark he knows how to handle himself out of that Bullpen and threw a couple of innings the other day it's ball in the left field P will fly out for the first out of the inning but you also talked about matchups and I think that's going to be important for Justin Berliner is well aware of what the situation is now as Victor kartini sends one the left and Victor has himself a Bas hit the Astros with two base hits here against JP Sears in the second was in the bullpen was 17 game seven wasn't it the world series 2-1 pitch sent into right field tagging it second is Yer he's going to try and go to Third and he will no plays even made there as Myers flies out to right for the second [Applause] out jaaz hits one well deep into the left center field back goes BL near the wall and he puts it away in front of the wall Chaz didn't miss that one by much hit it almost 400 ft field his first time up hits the ball sharply it almost eats up Alex bregman but good glove work as Alex maneuvered his body to make that play for the first out and rotation with Blanco skipping his turn he's still working on five days rest with yesterday's off part of the bats broken yordon Alvarez will come in and make the play for out number [Applause] two Le hits one well into left center field that'll be down for a base hit and go all the way to the wall JJ blade who is a doubles machine has 39 now on the season langers called third strike Clint bondra the home PL umpire said that had the outside corner as arag and slider staying on the outside corner stayed with it and walked out [Applause] Tov yordon lost one into shallow left coming on is Alvarez playing his first major league game in left field and he puts it away for the first out Alvarez flies out to Alvarez 3 to one after six Tucker sends one to center field JJ blade backs up Altuve is going to tag and Altuve is going to try to get to second base and he is just in there ahead of the tag those two sections like yeah we're good this ball hit pretty well to right field sending Seth Brown back he backs up near the wall and puts it away the Astros have had a couple of close calls this ball tapped slowly to first base Jer Diaz will flip it to arag Getti covering in time to get set [Applause] Brown this ball hit hard pass Jeremy PNE into left field so gof is two for two he's a one- out base runner runner on the go the pitches a strike kelloff picks up his team leading 23rd steal of the year to short Runner is going to cross over as Peña makes the play to second to first for the second out got him Spencer arti picking up strike out number three ends the inning getting Schuman with a runner on third just one ahead of yordon rounds this one to the left side schoer excuse me Wilson the short stop makes the play py on the right side hits the ground ball Zack kelloff makes the play for out number two and there he goes another base hit against the A's 15 for 35 in his career against Oakland As kartini's two for two tonight nine outs there we go just when you talk about him not striking out somebody picks up his first strike out of the night tried to hold his swing didn't matter call third strike catches the outside corner Nota who draws a lot of walks we got a lot of questions about the postseason this ball hit hard by Jacob Wilson and the 22-year-old shortstop sixth overall pick in last year's draft has a one out single oh almost snagged him at first first that was close well with Tucker healthy turn it briman to altu and his throw in yes we get to go another inning without answering it little Tapper toward second gof will charge and throw out Duan here as a pinch hitter Yer Diaz on a night like tonight and move Singleton to first base and let him go out there if you want him left on left this ball called for and caught by Armando Alvarez for out number two Astros 29th in war at first base this season this ball hit well to left but slicing into the glove of Armando Alvarez who's making his first start swinging a Miss on a one-w pitch Spencer picks up strikeout number five weren't concerning but they weren't comfortable either Spencer starting to roll back-to- back strikeouts here in the sixth round lost one into left field easy play for yordon Alvarez and there is the first one two three ining for Spencer arag Getti that's that's a time of year when a lot of guys are grinding yeah that'll test your friendships but really good turnout by the Astros and coaching staff last night is Kyle Tucker [Applause] that's off the plate that'll be the second walk Allowed by [Applause] Sears ground ball towards third slowly hit they go to Second for one Yer beats the turn they get the force out on bregman Peña sends one into right center field playable Seth Brown moves to his right and puts it away for the final out of the inning the thing that's interesting about the Sacramento situation is that oh nice pick by bregman another play that he makes look easy on the short hop is that they're sharing but if you were going to try and coer somebody or convince them to come play with your ball Club to try and make them better that's going to be tough a couple of days off after the start of the season because the Major League season starts earlier than the Minor League season and there's a couple days off around the All-Star break but other than that it's pretty much game on you know when the minor league team's home they play six game series and he issues a four pitch walk to the nine hitter Spencer thought that was close enough to be called a strike hitch in the hands and the tensity up there ground ball right side Altuve makes the play and that'll do it for the A's or gets a big out there stranding two runners in a two nothing game by Champion Energy comfortable over what does it mean for a hitter when you have a comfortable over cuz I feel like that happened tonight yeah and it's it's something similar to what you Jake Myers Maro duban looks like he's going to stay in the game he's on deck they do have a lefty option with Jason Hayward sitting back there as well he's got three pinch hits this season and 17 pinch hit at bats hits this ball to center field back goes bade still going back and it's off the wall it gets by bade Here Comes gaml he's going to score John going for three he's in there 2-1 game his first EV gtis little popup could be trouble that's going to be down we're tied up infield in and altu floops one over the [Applause] infield ran Sky one in center field got under this Le will make the catch Altuve FES an advancement it holds up at first that's the second out of the inning tucko for three tonight sends this one into left field and backing up on it to make the play for the final out of the inning is the A's new left fielder that's Daz Cameron putting it away for the final out three and two the counter Rooker full circle out there yeah swing and a miss Presley picks up a strike out big first out here in the [Applause] eight ground ball Presley has it on one big hop underhand toss we out number [Applause] two hit sharply pass P to left field langers has his first hit of the night he's a two- out base runner little Tapper Presley has another one on one hop and another underhand toss and that's a shut out eighth inning for Ryan Presley arm action to the ball jumping out of it ragman sends it to center field JJ blade backs up a few steps and puts it away this ball into left center field hooking DZ Cameron will watch it bounce against the fence Yer Diaz with a one out double Yer with two more hits tonight IDE is you try and keep him in the ballpark a little bit on that right side Peña down on strikes otan picks up the second second out of the inning pretty good pitch that catches the bottom of the Zone says Clint vondra K off strikes out for the 1164 time this year as hater two Runners and then Ryan Presley a shut out eighth this is down Cameron will be a one- out base runner we left these two up at the bottom of the order in the inning this one into right field playable for Ben gaml that's the second out in the [Applause] ninth highfly ball right field easy play for gaml Astros will try to walk it off in the bottom half of the nine tied at two oh ground ball on the right side should be easy for gof it is one away in the ninth broke his Bat middle of the diamond played there by Wilson Hayward has his Bat let's go there is a ball in the left field altu has his second hit of the night on base for a third time he's the winning run with two outs hard hit pass the diving gof into right field out two B to Third first and third in the ninth over the weekend getting the middle game off ran will take second and Tucker takes a strike o and two got him Alexander Strikes Out Tucker to end the inning Astros have two Runners left on since as the unearned Runner bunt is down kartini will bear hand and make the play to altu so sacrifice successful for the A's moving the runner to third got him huge out for a Bru infield can move back two outs of the 10 a strike out now an 02 count got him a Bru gets Rooker and bl straining the runner on third he has had great success though against Houston this ball to the right side is going to move the runner Tucker to third the play is made by the new first baseman Seth Brown a productive out for Alex here here with the infield in Jeremy pñ on Deck ground ball with the infield in they're not going to be able to score Tucker as Yer goes out to the first pitch and grounds one right to the shortstop Wilson for the second out Jeremy brooken B Looper diving catch by Dez Cameron Dez Cameron takes one away the Astros that close to a win [Applause] oh yeah doted up Brian aeu three consecutive strikeouts Rooker blade and langal got him four in a row the two through five hitters of Bru rolling two away the 11 into the ground they have to make the play to first ki's throw on the money a Bru strikes out the side now kerog started out for a strike the first strike and he picks up a strikeout swinging to end the atat Gill has never faced Hogan Harris ground ball towards the middle that'll move Peña to third let the A's pick up the second out and Jason Hayward will back but they've un been unable to pick up a run in the bottom half either in the 10th or the 11th Harris picks up a strike out to end the inning to win the game now we go to the 12 Cameron gets the bunt down a good one kartini will make the throw no he won't that'll be a bunt base hit for Daz Cameron just forces the infield to make a play and they go back to the pitcher Nar is trying to make a play and he drops the ball runner's going to head to Third and Cameron's going to get there might see it from three straight hitters buns it in the air oh it's dropped by Yer Diaz everybody's going to be safe maybe now they get the out at second but that was a play that Yer would have had a double play if he catches it but he couldn't quite make the play on that bun up in the air it's now a four to2 game hits this ball towards Brean goes to Second for one altu turns the double play the bunk plays work for the [Applause] AOS it's this ball pretty well to left center field back on it goes Schuman also so back there bade it's off the wall Jason Hayward being waved around he's going to score altu the tying run to [Applause] Second little short ground ball Short Stop side the play is made but the tying runs now at Third Base called third strike Tucker strikes out for the second straight time make sure you see the pitch little tap H Harris will Spin and throw and that'll do it the Astros couldn't score in the 10th in the 11th and then they only score one in the 12th after the a scored two in the top half frustrating loss tonight to start this series against the Oakland A's the Astros postgame show coming up presented by waterburger we'll have highlights and Analysis we'll also get interviews