Oakland Athletics 2, Minnesota Twins 0 — July 24, 2026

Game Highlights

Published July 24, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
T5	Lawrence Butler	Lawrence Butler out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Byron Buxton. Donovan Walton scores.	ATH 1, MIN 0
T6	Tyler Soderstrom	Tyler Soderstrom singles on a ground ball to left fielder Austin Martin. Henry Bolte scores.	ATH 2, MIN 0

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
ATH	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching & bullpen

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

Athletics AWAY 2

Jacob Lopez started for Athletics, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Jacob Lopez Starter 5.0 91 0 4 W

Pitch-by-pitch: what Jacob Lopez threw

CSW 25% 1st-pitch strike 62% 4.3 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	34	37%	4	5	8	13	4
Slider	28	31%	4	4	4	13	3
Cutter	21	23%	3	3	3	8	4
Changeup	8	9%	0	0	0	7	1

Geoff Hartlieb Middle 0.1 18 0 1 HLD
José Suarez Long 1.2 12 0 0 HLD inherited 3, stranded 3
Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 10 0 0 HLD
Hogan Harris Setup 1.0 10 0 1 SV

Twins HOME 0

Zebby Matthews started for Twins, leaving trailing 0–2.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Zebby Matthews Starter 6.0 92 2 1 L

Pitch-by-pitch: what Zebby Matthews threw

CSW 15% 1st-pitch strike 61% 4.0 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Four-Seam Fastball	27	29%	2	5	5	9	6
Slider	17	18%	1	0	2	9	5
Changeup	16	17%	0	2	2	7	5
Curveball	11	12%	1	0	1	7	2
Cutter	11	12%	0	1	4	6	0
Sinker	10	11%	1	1	6	2	0

Kody Funderburk Setup 1.0 12 0 0
Travis Adams Middle 1.0 14 0 2
Jack Anderson Middle 1.0 17 0 2

Where the game turned

1 run Top 5th · off Matthews

Butler SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Jacob Wilson SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.317	.416	.733
Tyler Soderstrom LF	3	0	1	1	1	1	.248	.347	.472	.819
Shea Langeliers C	4	0	1	0	0	1	.263	.332	.497	.829	2B
Carlos Cortes DH	4	0	0	0	0	1	.270	.345	.428	.773
Alika Williams 2B	2	0	1	0	0	1	.277	.303	.436	.739
Tommy White 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	.348	.400	.435	.835	2B
Jeff McNeil 1B	2	0	0	0	1	0	.237	.301	.319	.620
Lawrence Butler RF	2	0	0	1	0	0	.199	.295	.299	.594
Henry Bolte CF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.253	.329	.335	.664
Donovan Walton 2B	1	1	0	0	1	0	.301	.379	.495	.874

HOME · MIN

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Austin Martin LF	2	1	2	0	.241	.356	.318	.674	2B
Byron Buxton CF	3	0	0	0	.272	.330	.563	.893
Ryan Jeffers C	4	1	0	1	.283	.389	.533	.922
Josh Bell DH	3	0	1	0	.245	.303	.416	.719
Royce Lewis 2B	2	0	2	1	.211	.297	.378	.675	2 SB
Victor Caratini 1B	4	0	0	3	.230	.318	.354	.672
Luke Keaschall RF	1	0	2	1	.260	.357	.346	.703	SB
Brooks Lee 3B	4	0	0	0	.248	.303	.426	.729
Ryan Kreidler SS	3	0	0	0	.229	.289	.379	.668

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Jacob Lopez	5.0	1	4	4	91	6.12	W
Geoff Hartlieb	0.1	0	3	1	18	4.76	HLD
José Suarez	1.2	0	0	0	12	4.28	HLD
Elvis Alvarado	1.0	1	0	0	10	5.40	HLD
Hogan Harris	1.0	0	0	1	10	3.15	SV

HOME · MIN

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Zebby Matthews	6.0	3	2	2	3	1	92	5.21	L
Kody Funderburk	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	12	3.81
Travis Adams	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	14	4.99
Jack Anderson	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	17	2.38

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH

Mark Kotsay

Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 2.1 R IBBs 2.0 R

HOME · MIN

Derek Shelton

Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 0.8 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH

1-9 L8 -32 run diff

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HOME · MIN

5-5 W1 -5 run diff

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Season series: 1-2 with ATH 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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