“This is a tough place to win a series, especially a four-game series”.
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HOUSTON, TX – JULY 10: Billy Butler #16 of the Oakland Athletics tagged out by Danny Worth #26 of the Houston Astros attempting to stretch a single in the second inning at Minute Maid Park on July 10, 2016 in Houston, Texas.
Marisnick led off the 10th with a single off Liam Hendricks (0-2) and stole second on George Springer’s strikeout before reaching third on a groundout by Marwin Gonzalez.
Jake Marisnick scored the winning run on an errant throw in the 10th inning as the Astros rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. “I made the same play”. Correa followed with a run-scoring single to push the lead to 5-3 and chase Mengden, who had remained in the game despite being struck in the chest by a comebacker an inning before. “I threw a little wide”. Madson was rocked by a three-run walkoff homer from Luis Valbuena Friday.
“He’ll tell you that it’s a play he expects to make”, Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of Valencia. He won’t get the win but his seven innings of one-run ball kept the Astros into the game, allowing the offense a chance to change the game with one swing.
Before you work on forgetting this first half from the A’s, they provided one last reminder Sunday of just how they’ve arrived at their 38-51 record. Manaea has surrendered six home runs in 14 2/3 innings on the road and was the losing pitcher in his last start, an 11-4 setback at Minnesota.
Houston Astros’ Carlos Gomez celebrates after scoring the tying run on Evan Gattis’ double in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics, Sunday, July 10, 2016, in Houston. “They always seem to find a way”. They found a way.
On a day the A’s got great starting pitching, they committed four errors and mustered just four hits, leaving the door open for an opponent to break their hearts. “Just have to keep going out there and fighting”.
Marcus Semien gave the A’s a 1-0 lead on an RBI single in the sixth.
The right-handed rookie with the funky delivery and the handlebar mustache got out to a 3-0 lead but wound up having the worst start of his Oakland career, giving up six runs in 41/3 innings. It’s just tough, real tough. “Changeup was working really well, was able to throw my slider for strikes at times and being able to locate my fastball was huge for me”.
Correa hit a two-run homer in the fourth before the Astros went on top with a four-run fifth. The left-hander continued his recent string of good outings and has allowed three runs or less in four of his last five starts. After the All-Star break, Melvin said, more baseball-specific duties will begin for the second baseman, who has not played yet this year for the A’s.
Manaea is 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA in two starts since being activated from the 15-day disabled list (left pronator strain) on June 29.
Astros: OF Colby Rasmus was out of the lineup with an ear infection. RHP Scott Feldman, who threw 3 2-3 scoreless innings, left the game in the ninth.
“Our bats woke up a little bit late in the game and that’s not a habit that I’d like to get into for the sake of the early part of the game, getting a big hit early in the game would make my job a little easier”, A.J. Hinch said of his team’s walk-off win, “I like the fact we stay resilient, we compete the whole game and we took advantage of a couple of mistakes to walk out of here with a win to end the break”.
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Stephen Vogt not only caught both pitchers, but he also drove in Oakland’s first two runs with a solo homer – the first opposite field homer of his career – and an RBI single.
