HOU vs ATH — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballSutter Health Park · Sacramento, California

Houston

Astros

46-49 · 0-1 away

Final

Athletics

41-52 · 1-0 home

MLB.TVSpace City Home Network 2

Top hitters

HOU

AVG

.500▼

ATH

AVG

.333▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

HOU

Starter

Cristian Javier

Houston Astros · 0-1

3.2 IP, 6 ER, 2 K, 5 BB

Fastball Spin 30th

12.96 ERA · 3 K · 2.28 WHIP

ATH

Starter

2.38 ERA · 9 K · 0.97 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

HOU4 R · .313 xBA

ATH11 R · .400 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — ATH both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

ATH win4th in the AL West, 5½ GB

Looking ahead

The Athletics sit 4th in the AL West, 5½ games back — losers of 6 straight, 1-9 over their last 10.
The Astros sit 3rd in the AL West, 1½ games back — coming off a loss, 5-5 over their last 10.
ATH wins series 2-1.
The Athletics are up next at CHW (Jul 10-12).
The Astros are up next at TEX (Jul 10-12).

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	6	0
ATH	0	1	3	6	1	0	0	0		11	13	0

Statcast

Hardest hit
T. Soderstrom · Double
111.7 mph · .930 xBA
Hardest hit · HOU
Y. Alvarez · Sac Fly
106.5 mph · .450 xBA
Longest hit
M. Muncy · Home Run
404 ft · .660 xBA
Best barrel
B. Rooker · Lineout
109.6 mph · .730 xBA
Fastest pitch
M. Kelly · 4-Seam Fastball
97.7 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Max Muncy
Win probability added
+19%
Lawrence Butler
Win probability added
+14%
Denzel Clarke
Win probability added
+12%

Scoring summary

Clarke singled to left, Muncy scored, McNeil to second.2nd Inning0-1
Alvarez hit sacrifice fly to right, Diaz scored, Peña to third.3rd Inning1-1
Butler singled to left, Soderstrom scored, Rooker to second.3rd Inning1-2
Muncy doubled to center, Butler scored and Rooker scored.3rd Inning1-4
Soderstrom reached on infield single to first, Clarke scored.4th Inning1-5
Wilson singled to center, Soderstrom scored, Rooker to third.4th Inning1-6
Butler homered to left (354 feet), Rooker scored and Wilson scored.4th Inning1-9
Muncy homered to left (404 feet).4th Inning1-10
Soderstrom doubled to center, Langeliers scored.5th Inning1-11
Matthews walked, Allen scored, Diaz to second, Meyers to third.7th Inning2-11
Meyers hit sacrifice fly to center, Allen scored.9th Inning3-11
Diaz doubled to right, Smith scored.9th Inning4-11

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
J. Pena	1-4	4	0	1	0	1	1	20	.211	.250	.263
Y. Alvarez	0-1	1	0	0	1	0	0	9	.400	.529	.880
C. Vazquez	0-3	3	0	0	0	0	0	14	.200	.273	.500
J. Altuve	0-1	1	0	0	0	1	1	13	.333	.515	.625
S. Whitcomb	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	8	.000	.000	.000
C. Correa	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	9	.276	.344	.414
J. Loperfido	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	7	.278	.316	.389
C. Walker	0-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	.296	.367	.481
N. Allen	2-2	2	2	2	0	0	0	7	.500	.500	.500
C. Smith	1-4	4	1	1	0	0	2	11	.222	.364	.370
J. Meyers	0-2	2	0	0	1	1	1	18	.190	.280	.238
Y. Diaz	2-3	3	1	2	1	1	1	18	.227	.280	.273

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
C. Javier	3.2	6	6	6	5	2	0	82-44	12.96	82
R. Munoz	1.1	4	5	5	2	2	2	39-21	15.75	39
R. Weiss	3.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	38-24	1.50	38

Win probability

HOU 0%ATH 100%

Win probability over timeATH win %

Biggest swing: Muncy doubled to center, Butler scored and Rooker scored. (+19% ATH)

Team stats

HOUATH

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

HOUATH

9.39%

Barrel%

9.07%

39.86%

Hard-hit%

41.61%

.330

xwOBA

.320

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant