Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Oakland 2,
Houston 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 8, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Pat Hoberg, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 29243
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ben May, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - Pat Hoberg, 3B - Chris Conroy
Attendance: 29243
Final Scoring Summary
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Ramon Laureano | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .241 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .237 |
| Matt Olson | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 |
| Jed Lowrie | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .257 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .230 |
| Stephen Piscotty | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .210 |
| Seth Brown | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .186 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
| Aramis Garcia | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .205 |
| Totals | 36 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Ramon Laureano (13), Elvis Andrus (18), Matt Olson (19) | |||||||||
| TB - Ramon Laureano 3, Elvis Andrus 3, Matt Olson 2, Jed Lowrie 2, Matt Chapman | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Olson (57), Jed Lowrie (38) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Elvis Andrus 3 (28) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Frankie Montas (W 8-7) | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4.41 |
| Yusmeiro Petit (H 14) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 |
| Lou Trivino (H 6) | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.96 |
| Jake Diekman (SV 7) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.12 |
| WP - Frankie Montas | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Frankie Montas 95-71, Yusmeiro Petit 5-3, Lou Trivino 13-7, Jake Diekman 7-4 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Frankie Montas 6-1, Yusmeiro Petit 1-0, Lou Trivino 1-1, Jake Diekman 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Frankie Montas 25, Yusmeiro Petit 1, Lou Trivino 4, Jake Diekman 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Yusmeiro Petit 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .282 |
| Michael Brantley | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .332 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .288 |
| Yordan Alvarez | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .304 |
| Myles Straw | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .319 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Chas McCormick | CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .248 |
| Abraham Toro | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .230 |
| Martin Maldonado | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .173 |
| Jason Castro | PH-C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
| Totals | 31 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Kyle Tucker (18), Chas McCormick (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Yordan Alvarez, Yuli Gurriel 2, Kyle Tucker 2, Chas McCormick 3 | |||||||||
| RBI - Chas McCormick (33) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Chas McCormick (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Abraham Toro 2 (8) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Yuli Gurriel (9) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Chas McCormick (1, 2nd by Montas/Garcia) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Abraham Toro (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Lance McCullers Jr. (L 6-2) | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2.94 |
| Andre Scrubb | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Joe Smith | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.89 |
| WP - Lance McCullers Jr. | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Lance McCullers Jr. 107-72, Andre Scrubb 12-8, Joe Smith 11-9 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Lance McCullers Jr. 3-5, Andre Scrubb 0-0, Joe Smith 3-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Lance McCullers Jr. 31, Andre Scrubb 3, Joe Smith 4 | ||||||||