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August 21, 2026 · AL West

Oakland Athletics vs Houston Astros

August 21, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Oakland Athletics
49-80
0
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
65-64
4

Game Highlights

Published August 21, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B4 Christian Walker Christian Walker out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Henry Bolte. Isaac Paredes scores. ATH 0, HOU 1
B5 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez doubles (27) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Nick Allen scores. ATH 0, HOU 2
B5 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes doubles (23) on a ground ball to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Yordan Alvarez scores. ATH 0, HOU 3
B7 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez doubles (28) on a fly ball to shortstop Donovan Walton. Raynel Delgado scores. ATH 0, HOU 4

Box score

  123456789 R
ATH 000000000 0
HOU 000120100 4

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 0

J.T. Ginn started for Athletics, leaving trailing 0–3. Out of the bullpen, Drew Rom took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • J.T. Ginn Starter 5.0 94 3 4 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what J.T. Ginn threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 57% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 47 50% 3 8 12 16 8
    Slider 17 18% 2 1 4 8 2
    Cutter 14 15% 1 2 1 9 1
    Changeup 10 11% 2 0 4 1 3
    Four-Seam Fastball 6 6% 1 1 0 3 1
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.0 11 0 1
  • Drew Rom Setup 1.1 31 1 1
  • Hayden Juenger Middle 0.2 7 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
Astros HOME 4

Hayden Wesneski started for Astros, leaving with a 1–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Hayden Wesneski Starter 5.0 91 0 4 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Hayden Wesneski threw
    CSW 23% 1st-pitch strike 78% 5.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sweeper 33 36% 8 2 8 13 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 23 25% 0 4 7 10 2
    Changeup 16 18% 4 0 3 5 4
    Sinker 15 16% 0 2 8 2 3
    Cutter 4 4% 1 0 1 2 0
  • Bennett Sousa Setup 1.0 17 0 3 HLD
  • Bryan Abreu Middle 1.0 23 0 2 HLD
  • Steven Okert Setup 1.0 16 0 0
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 1.0 20 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 4th · off Ginn
  • Walker SF (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte CF 2 0 0 0 2 1 .267 .341 .365 .706
Jeff McNeil 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .261 .313 .356 .669
Zack Gelof LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 .325 .474 .799
Alika Williams SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .298 .387 .685
Lawrence Butler RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .306 .353 .659
Tommy White 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .248 .274 .319 .593
Jonah Heim C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .207 .272 .385 .657
Donovan Walton 2B 2 0 1 0 2 0 .284 .376 .439 .815 SB
Max Muncy DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 .213 .288 .371 .659
Carlos Cortes LF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .261 .336 .406 .742
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 .247 .310 .396 .706
Isaac Paredes DH 3 1 1 1 1 0 .262 .356 .426 .782 2B
Daulton Varsho CF 4 0 1 0 0 3 .229 .295 .355 .650 2B
Christian Walker 1B 3 0 2 1 0 1 .233 .309 .442 .751
Yainer Diaz C 4 0 1 0 0 0 .254 .282 .392 .674
Cam Smith RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .285 .393 .678
Raynel Delgado 3B 2 1 0 0 1 1 .243 .300 .351 .651
Nick Allen SS 1 1 0 0 1 0 .258 .303 .342 .645
Yordan Alvarez LF 3 1 2 2 0 0 .321 .434 .618 1.052 2 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
J.T. Ginn 5.0 6 3 3 2 4 0 94 3.60 L
Elvis Alvarado 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 4.39
Drew Rom 1.1 2 1 1 1 1 0 31 6.97
Hayden Juenger 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7.63
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Hayden Wesneski 5.0 1 0 0 3 4 0 91 4.23 W
Bennett Sousa 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 17 3.31 HLD
Bryan Abreu 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0 23 4.21 HLD
Steven Okert 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1.98
Enyel De Los Santos 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 4.07

Manager comparison

AWAY · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.3 R Bunts 2.2 R IBBs 3.3 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 0.7 R

Recent form

AWAY · ATH
3-7 L6 -34 run diff
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HOME · HOU
3-7 L3 -18 run diff
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Season series: 2-0 with ATH listed first across 2 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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