Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 6,
Oakland 2
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, April 8, 2021
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Jose Navas, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 21765
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: 82°
Umpires: Home - Stu Scheurwater, 1B - Jose Navas, 2B - Ted Barrett, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 21765
Final Scoring Summary
Oakland
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Mark Canha | LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .233 |
| Matt Olson | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .190 |
| Ramon Laureano | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .263 |
| Matt Chapman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .148 |
| Mitch Moreland | 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 |
| Aramis Garcia | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .083 |
| Sean Murphy | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 |
| Seth Brown | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Stephen Piscotty | PH-RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Elvis Andrus | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .071 |
| Tony Kemp | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .077 |
| Jed Lowrie | PH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Stephen Piscotty (2), Elvis Andrus (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Mark Canha, Mitch Moreland, Aramis Garcia, Stephen Piscotty 2, Elvis Andrus 2, Jed Lowrie | |||||||||
| RBI - Stephen Piscotty (2), Jed Lowrie (2) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jed Lowrie (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Olson 2 (4), Matt Chapman (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Tony Kemp (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Irvin (L 0-2) | 5.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7.45 |
| J.B. Wendelken | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Deolis Guerra | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Irvin 79-51, J.B. Wendelken 9-7, Deolis Guerra 36-25 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Irvin 7-5, J.B. Wendelken 1-0, Deolis Guerra 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Irvin 23, J.B. Wendelken 4, Deolis Guerra 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - J.B. Wendelken 1-1 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .310 |
| Michael Brantley | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .538 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .360 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .333 |
| Carlos Correa | SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .321 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .346 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Myles Straw | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
| Jason Castro | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .143 |
| Totals | 33 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (4), Carlos Correa (3), Kyle Tucker (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Altuve (1), Yordan Alvarez (2), Carlos Correa (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve 4, Michael Brantley, Yordan Alvarez 6, Carlos Correa 6, Kyle Tucker 2, Myles Straw | |||||||||
| RBI - Jose Altuve (3), Yordan Alvarez (8), Carlos Correa 2 (5), Myles Straw 2 (3) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Myles Straw 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Michael Brantley (1), Kyle Tucker (3) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Myles Straw (1, 2nd off Irvin/Murphy) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cristian Javier (W 1-0) | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2.08 |
| Ryne Stanek (H 1) | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Blake Taylor | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Enoli Paredes | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Joe Smith | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 |
| Brooks Raley | 1.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.25 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Cristian Javier 88-57, Ryne Stanek 18-13, Blake Taylor 7-4, Enoli Paredes 13-3, Joe Smith 8-7, Brooks Raley 26-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cristian Javier 3-2, Ryne Stanek 2-0, Blake Taylor 1-0, Enoli Paredes 0-0, Joe Smith 1-1, Brooks Raley 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cristian Javier 20, Ryne Stanek 4, Blake Taylor 2, Enoli Paredes 2, Joe Smith 3, Brooks Raley 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Joe Smith 2-0 | ||||||||