MLB

Athletics at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball
Athletics
31-34, 20-17 Away
Final
5 - 0
Houston Astros
30-37, 16-19 Home

Kurtz, Rooker HRs, Jump's 6 1/3 scoreless innings power Athletics past Astros 5-0

Brent Rooker smashes a home run

Kurtz opened the scoring in the third with his 12th home run of the year — a 389-foot line drive to right-center that scored Alika Williams for a 2-0 lead. Later in the inning, Brent Rooker added an RBI double that scored Shea Langeliers and gave the Athletics a 3-0 lead.

Zack Gelof scored on a fielding error by shortstop Jeremy Peña in the fourth inning and Rooker's 397-foot solo shot to left field capped the scoring in the fifth.

Jump (2-1) allowed three hits and three walks with three strikeouts. The 23-year-old left-hander has allowed just one run in his past 13 1/3 innings pitched.

Houston's Mike Burrows (3-8) allowed all five runs on eight hits in five innings. Burrows has given up 17 home runs in 13 starts this season, with 11 coming on his four-seam fastball. He has a 5.77 ERA in 73 1/3 innings.

The Astros were limited to four hits in their fifth shutout loss of the season.

Houston second baseman Nick Allen left the game in the third inning with left hamstring discomfort after running to first base. Taylor Trammell took over as a pinch-runner.

Up next Astros Spencer Arrighetti (7-1, 1.94 ERA) takes the mound in a series opener against the Angels on Monday.

Athletics Jeffrey Springs (3-6, 4.37 ERA) starts in the team's series opener against Brewers LHP Kyle Harrison (7-1, 1.57) on Monday.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Meyers popped out to shortstop.
9th Inning Smith singled to center.
9th Inning Paredes struck out looking. Athletics challenged call on the field was overturned
9th Inning Walker flied out to right.
9th Inning Harris relieved Leiter Jr.
9th Inning Langeliers struck out looking.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
0 Ground Balls 0
8 Strikeouts 7
4 Runs Batted In 0
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 4
2 Stolen Bases 0
3 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
5 Runs 0
0 Ground Into Double Play 2
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
36 At Bats 30
2 Home Runs 0
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
0 Fly Balls 0
0 Caught Stealing 0
150 Pitches 144
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
16 Total Bases 4
39 Plate Appearances 33
324.0 Projected Home Runs 0.0
4 Extra Base Hits 0
5.1 Runs Created -0.3
.222 Batting Average .133
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.444 Slugging Percentage .133
.361 Secondary Average .100
.282 On Base Percentage .212
.726 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .345
0.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.0
4.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs -0.3
38.0 Batter Rating 4.0
18.0 At Bats Per Home Run 0.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.85 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.36
.222 Isolated Power .000
0.38 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.43
.077 Walks Per Plate Appearance .091
.139 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.033
9.0 Runs Produced 0.0
0.8 Runs Ratio 0.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.2
0.2 Balls In Play Average 0.2
84.3 MLB Rating 59.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Daikin Park

Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 28,878 | Capacity:

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Seattle - 32 L1 0.5151515 34
Texas 1.5 33 W1 0.4923077 32
Athletics 2.5 34 W1 0.47692308 31
Houston 4.5 37 L1 0.4477612 30
Los Angeles 9 41 W1 0.37878788 25
Full Standings