A's vs. Astros Game Highlights (9/10/24) | MLB Highlights

we welcome you to downtown Houston where today the Houston Astros kick off a three-game series against the Oakland A's continuing this six-game home stand the Astros had a nice little day off yesterday they are currently 77 wins up 66 losses down 11 games over and the AL West that's good enough for a 4 and a half game lead three weeks to go every game critical and Spencer arti getting the start tonight for the Astros yeah he won that rookie pitcher of the month in the month of August and proceeded to go out there in his first start of September and not make it out of the first inning so Spencer arag Getti is looking for the opportunity to get back on this mound and he's actually going to face a team that has given him trouble so it'll be a lot of fun to be honest to see how he adjust against this Oakland A's Team Jacob Wilson leading off for the first time in his career the 22-year-old today leading off with the absence of one of their best hitters in the lineup Lawrence Butler not in there into center field playable for Jake Meers Jake will have an easy play to start this one Rooker sitting at 35 homers and 99 RBI 22 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 hitters in baseball JJ's been the other guy at the top of the lineup that's really kind of turned things around for the A's this year finally having a chance to play on an everyday basis 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 scooted under jer's glove and that'll be a base hit and JJ blade makes it back-to-back hits for the A's they have Runners at the corners with one out a good opportunity with Shay langang alers swings and skies one to left toward the corner goes Alvarez getting ready to tag his Rooker catch made by alz he'll heave it toward the plate Here Comes Rooker and he'll score that'll be a sack fly by angers the A's on the board in the first inning one to nothing and JP Sears the Lefty will make his 29th start of the Season well it's a perfect guy to lean on Jenny this is a man who made 32 starts last year for the Oakland A's the lone stallion in the rotation from start to finish it appears to be much of the same this season 20 night start tonight for the left-hander and you can see the last 11 starts have gone very well for JP he's pitching he's given his team a chance to win the ball game that's what you're looking for a well over six Innings since the start of August so that's it depth you want your team to have a chance 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 Gordon Alvarez stands in Alvarez batting at 311 that's fourth in the AL third with a 397 on base percentage yon stays with it and sends one into center field you see the protection the Tucker wears after missing over three months but I think we're all kind of still waiting to see him move around the bases like a Kyle Tucker can as he Skies one on the infield second baseman Zach gelof is back there and he'll make the catch for out number two 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 so a hit one man left on it's one nothing Oakland after one A's with a one- nothing lead over the Astros as we start the second inning the first pitch swinging for Zack gof check that out Crawford boxes wow Zack gof goes deep with a statement home run number 17 on the season and it's two to nothing on to the train tracks to make it two nothing yordon Alvarez Jenny even blink to go after this baseball and it's probably because there's four or five kids outside right now fighting for that baseball one out and one on for Victor kartini Astros catcher switch hitter batting right and that's lifted in the short left field and that'll get down for a base hit down to Second goes Diaz and Victor kartini is aboard with the Astros third hit of the game the Astros with two base HS here against JP Sears in the second now Jake Meers the batle 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 out it comes up now Chaz McCormack driving a lot more balls the other way six games since coming back from triple play where he was optioned for a few days and in those six games hitting 409 9 for 22 batting 212 on the year 272 on base percentage looking for a big two out hit Chaz hits one well deep in the left center field be goes pet near the wall and he puts it away in front of the wall Chaz didn't miss that one by much H at almost 400 ft so with two outs runner in scoring position that brings up bregman bat and clean up for the Astros two nothing lead Oakland we're in the bottom of the third this ball hit pretty well to right field sending Seth Brown back he backs up near the wall puts it away the Astros have had a couple of close calls McCormack and bregman hitting one to the wall to end the last two innings Spencer had some traffic he's had a runner and scoring position every inning trying to work around a runner on third here with two outs got him Spencer arti picking up strike out number three ends the inning getting Schuman with a runner on third play three and a half at minute M Oakland leads two nothing two runs five hits for the A's no runs four hits for the Astros neither team's been charged with an error it's 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 that was close Jo spot wants to look at this I'm not sure if his foot got all the way back to the bag yeah it did oh just barely the Astros are are not going to challenge arti has had base runners in every inning pitch on the way ground it bragman reaches to his left grabs it throws a second for one Altuve on the first double play score at 543 around the horn and the side is retired so we go to the six since the a scored a run in the second Inning on the leadoff home run by Zach gof there has been no more offense for either side since then it's two nothing swinging a Miss on a one-w pitch Spencer picks up strikeout number five looked like a fast ball coming out of the hand he throws that change up day couldn't recognize and hold up Spencer starting to roll backto back strikeouts here in the six round lost one into left field easy play for yordon Alvarez and there is the first one two three inning for Spencer arti Spencer getting stronger here with the fifth and sixth Innings being his best Caleb or begins to warm up as Spencer arag Getti draws a visit here Max Schuman with a two out double there Getty's pitch count near that point where Joe asata quite often brings him out in that 90 to 100 range and he issues a four pitch walk to the nine hitter and that is going to be it o Spencer will end the game with a four pitch walk in 97 pitches he will leave after six and two3 innings he is responsible for the two Runners on he's allowed two runs so far so Spencer will leave into Astros down two nothing top of the seven2 outs couple of Runners on base the Athletics leading two to nothing and after that walk to the nine hole hitter Nota by Spencer arag Getti he's going to give way to Caleb or ground ball right side Altuve makes the play and that'll do it for the a or gets a big out there stranding two runners in a two nothing game Ferguson the righty comes in for Sears A's Bullpen has been a weak point for them of late he walks gaml so we'll see how this beirs John Singleton on as a pinch hitter here he's got three pinch hits this season in 17 pinch H at bats hits this ball to center field back goes bade still going back and it's off the wall it gets by Blay Here Comes gaml he's going to score John going for three he's in there 2- one game John single a triple almost getting it out of here hitting just below that yellow line we have history first Major League triple boom there we go Johnny Jason Hayward pitch running for John Singleton represent the tying run and that's fought off shallow center field that's got a chance it's down two to2 game on the flare from Altuve Astros will try to walk it off in the bottom half of the nin tied at two Scott Alexander 38th appearance for the Southpaw in a big spot here and now it's Jose Altuve who had the Astros last walk-off RBI hit there is a ball in the left field altu has his second hit of the night on base for a third time and Jose Altuve is on representing the winning run he's aboard with two out for yordon hard hit pass the diamond gof into right field out tway to third first and third in the ninth so now Kyle Tucker could have his first moment in a long time got him Alexander Strikes Out Tucker to end the inning Astros have two Runners left on second and third we're going to head to Extra Innings two two game top of the 10th Brian Abu pitching for the Astros bunt is down kartini will bear hand and make the play to altu so the sacrifice successful for the A's moving the runner to third got huge out for a Bru infield can move back two outs of the 10 got a Bru gets Rooker and bl straining the runner on third Astros will have a runner on second try to walk it off Miller has allowed at least one run in three of his last four appearances and Miller will face Jeremy py with two outs Jeremy broken bat Looper diving catch by Dez Cameron Dez Cameron takes one away the Astros that close to a win but the former Astro minor leager sent us to the 11 Astros got two brilliant Innings out of Brian and Bru shutting down the A's in the top half of Extra Innings 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 great game top of the 12th inning with the Astros and Oakland A's the Astros scoring two in the seventh inning to tie it Astros cannot score in the 10th or the 11th to win the game now we go to the 12th Cameron gets the bunt down a good one kartini will make the throw no he won't so Runners on the corners now the infield in for the Astros and Max Schuman will be the batter and here's the bunt and going to glove it there can't get it out of his hand gof scores and now rounding second digging for third Cam he's going to be safe Harris tried a spitting throw but never found the grip of the baseball Nick Allen and other guy you wa might anticipate seeing the first third bun play from 100% why not do it again this time he pushes the bun it gets past the glove of Diaz and the Oakland A's running a muck run scores 4-2 off three straight buns Astros now down two as we head to the bottom half of the 12th inning Hayward will be the runner to start the in it'll be the top of the order Jose Altuve yordon Alvarez and Kyle Tucker it's this ball pretty well to left center field back on it goes Schuman also back there bade it's off the wall Jason Hayward being waved around he's going to score altu the tying run to Second schum not a outfielder by trade but he's out there now with all the changes the a of eight so now the tying run at second the winning run at the plate little short ground ball Short Stop side the play is made but the tying runs now at third base with Kyle Tucker batting with one out called third strike Tucker strikes out for the second straight time that's a big out for Harris now it's up to Alex bregman looking for his first hit 0 for four of the wall little tap H Harris will Spin and throw and that'll do it the A's won this ball game the A's have found a way to win the game four to three 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