Athletics

4thin AL West · 64-96

YES!

Athletics beat the Houston Astros

79-81 5 – 6

64-96

Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

Sutter Health Park (Sacramento) · 9,012 fans · NBC Sports CA, Space City Home Network, MLB.TV

Recap

Bolte and Stefanic each hit 2 RBIs in sixth to lift Athletics past Astros 6-5

Henry Bolte and Michael Stefanic both drove in two runs in the sixth inning, and Jacob Lopez tossed four strikeouts in the Athletics’ 6-5 win over the Houston Astros on Friday, assuring the AL West champion will be baseball’s first postseason team...

Recap via ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	5	5	2
ATH	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0		6	8	0

Win Probability · Athletics

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Houston Astros

Christian Walker · 1-3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Hunter Brown · 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 K (L, 6-4)Pitching

Athletics

Henry Bolte · 2-5, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jacob Lopez · 6.0 IP, 1 ER, 4 K (W, 7-5)Pitching

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

Scoring

Top 8th

WP Paredes scored on Medina wild pitch, Walker to second on wild pitch by Medina, Diaz to third on wild pitch by Medina.5–6

Top 8th

1B Diaz singled to left, Alvarez scored, Paredes to second.4–6

Top 8th

SF Altuve hit sacrifice fly to left, Wade Jr. scored.3–6

Top 7th

HR Smith homered to left (366 feet).2–6

Bot 6th

BFC Butler grounded into fielder's choice to first, Bolte scored.1–6

Bot 6th

3B Bolte tripled to center, White scored and Heim scored.1–5

Bot 6th

1B Heim singled to left, Clarke scored, White to second.1–3

Bot 6th

1B Stefanic singled to center, McNeil scored and Gelof scored.1–2

Top 4th

HR Walker homered to left (425 feet).1–0

Team Stats

Houston AstrosAthletics

Batting

5 Hits 8

2 Home Runs 0

6 Walks 4

8 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 0

8 Left on Base 17

Pitching & Fielding

158 Pitches Thrown 156

2 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 3

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. PenaSS	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.271	20	.321	.461
Y. AlvarezDH	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	.315	14	.433	.599
I. Paredes3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.260	23	.358	.442
J. Altuve2B	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	.249	12	.304	.396
Y. DiazC	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.281	12	.311	.458
C. Walker1B	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	.223	12	.296	.420
C. SmithRF	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	.209	21	.275	.392
L. SpenceCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.188	16	.264	.396
J. BarrosaLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.196	13	.284	.336
L. Wade Jr.LF	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.206	5	.310	.349
N. VelazquezPH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.190	8	.259	.410
T. TrammellPR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	0	.287	.348
Team	30	5	5	4	2	6	8		156

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
H. Brown(L, 6-4)	5.1	2	2	1	4	4	100-60	3.19
B. Sousa(B, 2)	0.0	3	3	3	0	0	5-4	6.00
A. Blubaugh	0.2	1	1	1	0	1	15-11	3.66
L. VanWey	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	34-22	1.54
J. Hendrickson	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	3.38
Team	8.0	8	6	5	4	7	158-100

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
H. BolteLF	5	1	2	2	0	0	.277	14	.359	.407
L. ButlerRF	4	0	0	1	1	0	.237	21	.326	.396
S. LangeliersDH	3	0	0	0	1	2	.263	19	.328	.478
J. McNeil2B	4	1	1	0	0	1	.267	15	.315	.373
Z. Gelof3B	4	1	0	0	0	1	.256	17	.323	.479
D. WaltonSS	2	0	0	0	1	1	.268	17	.367	.460
C. CortesLF	1	0	1	0	1	0	.255	11	.323	.404
M. StefanicPH	1	0	1	2	0	0	.346	3	.393	.385
D. ClarkeCF	1	1	0	0	0	0	.151	8	.235	.164
T. White1B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.250	18	.268	.326
J. HeimC	4	1	2	1	0	0	.206	15	.264	.369
Team	33	6	8	6	4	7		158

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J. Lopez(W, 7-5)	6.0	2	1	1	2	4	1	94-55	5.47
S. Johnson	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	14-7	6.19
G. Hartlieb	0.1	1	3	3	2	1	0	17-7	4.78
L. Medina(H, 13)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	17-8	3.08
H. Harris(S, 17)	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	14-10	3.33
Team	9.0	5	5	5	6	8	2	156-87