ARCHIVE April 4, 2026
April 4, 2026 · AL West

Houston Astros vs Oakland Athletics

April 4, 2026Sutter Health ParkSunny 76°F · 4 mph, Out To RF
AWAY
Houston Astros
6-3
11
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
2-6
0

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve singles on a line drive to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Jeremy Peña scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd. HOU 1, ATH 0
T1 Christian Walker Christian Walker singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Yordan Alvarez scores. HOU 2, ATH 0
T3 Christian Walker Christian Walker homers (1) on a line drive to left center field. HOU 3, ATH 0
T3 Christian Vázquez Christian Vázquez doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Tyler Soderstrom. Jake Meyers scores. HOU 4, ATH 0
T4 Joey Loperfido Joey Loperfido hits a ground-rule double (3) on a fly ball down the left-field line. Carlos Correa scores. Christian Walker to 3rd. HOU 5, ATH 0
T4 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz singles on a ground ball to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Christian Walker scores. Joey Loperfido scores. HOU 7, ATH 0
T6 Joey Loperfido Joey Loperfido singles on a ground ball to center fielder Denzel Clarke. Christian Walker scores. HOU 8, ATH 0
T6 Christian Vázquez Christian Vázquez doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Joey Loperfido scores. Yainer Diaz to 3rd. HOU 9, ATH 0
T6 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez singles on a line drive to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Yainer Diaz scores. Christian Vázquez to 3rd. HOU 10, ATH 0
T8 Cam Smith Cam Smith homers (2) on a fly ball to left center field. HOU 11, ATH 0

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 202303010 11
ATH 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Astros AWAY 11

Tatsuya Imai started for Astros, leaving with a 10–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Tatsuya Imai Starter 5.2 94 0 9 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Tatsuya Imai threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 45% 4.3 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 46 49% 12 6 7 14 7
    Four-Seam Fastball 41 44% 3 9 7 19 3
    Changeup 4 4% 0 1 2 1 0
    Curveball 3 3% 0 1 0 2 0
  • Kai-Wei Teng Middle 2.1 33 0 3 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.0 16 0 1
Athletics HOME 0

Luis Morales started for Athletics, leaving trailing 0–4. Out of the bullpen, Hogan Harris took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Luis Morales Starter 3.0 77 5 0 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Luis Morales threw
    CSW 14% 1st-pitch strike 41% 3.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 26 34% 0 5 4 13 4
    Sinker 21 27% 0 2 5 8 6
    Slider 12 16% 1 2 2 5 2
    Sweeper 9 12% 0 1 0 6 2
    Changeup 9 12% 0 0 1 7 1
  • Elvis Alvarado Setup 2.0 29 2 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Hogan Harris Setup 1.0 34 3 1
  • Luis Medina Middle 2.0 43 1 4
  • Michael Kelly Reliever 1.0 17 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Morales
  • Altuve 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nick Allen SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .572
Cam Smith RF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .250 .382 .500 .882 HR (2)
Brice Matthews 2B 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .375 .597
Shay Whitcomb 3B 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Christian Walker 1B 5 3 3 2 1 1 .344 .417 .625 1.042 HR (1), 2B
Joey Loperfido LF 4 2 3 2 2 1 .364 .440 .500 .940 2B
Yainer Diaz DH 5 1 3 2 1 0 .296 .355 .333 .688
Jake Meyers CF 5 1 1 0 0 1 .192 .290 .231 .521
Christian Vázquez C 6 0 3 2 0 1 .313 .353 .625 .978 2 2B
Jeremy Peña SS 3 1 2 0 1 0 .273 .333 .409 .742 2 2B
Yordan Alvarez LF 1 1 1 1 4 0 .423 .590 .885 1.475
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 1 1 1 0 .321 .500 .571 1.071
Carlos Correa 3B 4 1 0 0 1 0 .242 .324 .364 .688
HOME · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nick Kurtz 1B 3 0 1 0 1 0 .083 .267 .083 .350
Austin Wynns C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .334
Carlos Cortes LF 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400 .500 .600 1.100
Brent Rooker DH 3 0 0 0 1 2 .133 .212 .133 .345
Jacob Wilson SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 .212 .212 .303 .515
Darell Hernaiz RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 .125 .125 .250
Max Muncy 3B 4 0 2 0 0 2 .300 .323 .600 .923
Jeff McNeil 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .150 .190 .150 .340
Denzel Clarke CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .150 .227 .150 .377
Shea Langeliers C 3 0 0 0 0 3 .300 .364 .800 1.164
Tyler Soderstrom LF 2 0 0 0 1 2 .207 .281 .276 .557
Lawrence Butler RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .238 .350 .588

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Tatsuya Imai 5.2 3 0 0 3 9 0 94 4.32 W
Kai-Wei Teng 2.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 33 1.59
Steven Okert 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0.00
HOME · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Luis Morales 3.0 8 5 5 6 0 1 77 12.27 L
Elvis Alvarado 2.0 3 2 2 2 0 0 29 9.64
Hogan Harris 1.0 4 3 3 2 1 0 34 4.50
Luis Medina 2.0 2 1 1 2 4 1 43 2.08
Michael Kelly 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 17 6.23

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 3.3 R Bunts 1.3 R IBBs 1.6 R

Recent form

AWAY · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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HOME · ATH
5-5 L2 -13 run diff
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Season series: 2-1 with HOU listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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