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September 27, 2026 · AL West

Houston Astros vs Oakland Athletics

September 27, 2026Sutter Health ParkPartly Cloudy 66°F · 6 mph, Out To CF
AWAY
Houston Astros
81-81
9
vs
HOME
Oakland Athletics
64-98
0

Game Highlights

Published September 27, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T3 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve grounds out, first baseman Jeff McNeil to pitcher Brady Basso. Jeremy Peña scores. Yordan Alvarez to 3rd. HOU 1, ATH 0
T3 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Carlos Cortes. Yordan Alvarez scores. HOU 2, ATH 0
T3 Lucas Spence Lucas Spence triples (1) on a line drive to center fielder Henry Bolte. Yainer Diaz scores. Christian Walker scores. HOU 4, ATH 0
T6 Christian Walker Christian Walker homers (29) on a fly ball to left field. HOU 5, ATH 0
T6 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez singles on a ground ball to right fielder Lawrence Butler. Cam Smith scores. Jeremy Peña to 3rd. HOU 6, ATH 0
T7 Cam Smith Cam Smith singles on a ground ball to center fielder Henry Bolte. Christian Walker scores. Lucas Spence to 2nd. HOU 7, ATH 0
T7 Jeremy Peña Jeremy Peña out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Henry Bolte. Lucas Spence scores. Cam Smith to 3rd. Taylor Trammell to 2nd. HOU 8, ATH 0
T8 Yainer Diaz Yainer Diaz grounds into a double play, shortstop Joshua Kuroda-Grauer to second baseman Jeff McNeil to first baseman Tommy White. Nick Allen scores. Raynel Delgado out at 2nd. Yainer Diaz out at 1st. HOU 9, ATH 0

Box score

  123456789 R
HOU 004002210 9
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 9

Astros opened with Peter Lambert, then turned the bulk of the game over to Ethan Pecko.

workload · innings pitched
  • Peter Lambert Opener 2.0 41 0 1
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Peter Lambert threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 63% 5.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 11 27% 0 1 1 6 3
    Sweeper 10 24% 2 3 3 1 1
    Changeup 8 20% 1 0 1 4 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 8 20% 0 0 6 2 0
    Cutter 3 7% 0 1 1 0 1
    Slurve 1 2% 0 1 0 0 0
  • Ethan Pecko Bulk 3.0 34 0 2 W
  • Miguel Ullola Middle 1.0 18 0 1
  • Bryan King Setup 1.0 23 0 2
  • Logan VanWey Middle 1.0 16 0 0
  • Tatsuya Imai Reliever 1.0 10 0 1
Athletics HOME 0

Seth Johnson started for Athletics, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Brady Basso took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Seth Johnson Starter 1.2 36 0 2
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Seth Johnson threw
    CSW 36% 1st-pitch strike 75% 4.5 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Slider 16 44% 4 4 2 4 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 14 39% 0 3 3 8 0
    Curveball 2 6% 1 0 0 1 0
    Sweeper 2 6% 0 0 0 0 2
    Splitter 1 3% 0 0 0 1 0
    Sinker 1 3% 1 0 0 0 0
  • Brady Basso Middle 1.0 19 4 1 L inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Elvis Alvarado Middle 1.1 21 0 3 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Scott Blewett Middle 1.1 22 2 0
  • Chris Roycroft Middle 1.0 48 2 2 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Geoff Hartlieb Middle 1.2 27 1 1 inherited 3, 1 scored
  • Drew Rom Middle 1.0 13 0 0

Where the game turned

1 run Top 3rd · off Basso
  • Altuve Groundout (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 5 1 2 1 0 2 .277 .325 .477 .802
LaMonte Wade Jr. DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .308 .346 .654
Nick Allen 3B 1 1 1 0 0 0 .283 .327 .393 .720 2B
Yainer Diaz C 5 1 2 1 0 1 .285 .313 .459 .772 2B
Christian Walker 1B 3 3 2 1 2 0 .226 .299 .427 .726 HR (29)
Lucas Spence CF 2 1 1 2 3 0 .218 .317 .509 .826 3B
Cam Smith RF 4 1 2 1 1 1 .210 .279 .390 .669
Jorge Barrosa LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .193 .285 .331 .616
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 .316 .432 .601 1.033
Isaac Paredes 3B 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262 .360 .447 .807
Jose Altuve 2B 5 0 1 1 0 1 .250 .306 .395 .701
Taylor Trammell LF 3 0 0 0 1 3 .192 .285 .341 .626
HOME · ATH
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Henry Bolte LF 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 .359 .405 .764
Lawrence Butler RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .237 .326 .394 .720
Michael Stefanic DH 0 0 0 0 1 0 .346 .414 .385 .799
Zack Gelof 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .256 .322 .475 .797
Jeff McNeil 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .313 .368 .681
Tommy White 1B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 .272 .328 .600
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 .366 .392 .507 .899
Denzel Clarke CF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .158 .238 .171 .409
Brian Serven C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .175 .224 .375 .599
Shea Langeliers DH 2 0 1 0 1 0 .262 .328 .474 .802
Donovan Walton 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .358 .448 .806
Carlos Cortes LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .251 .318 .397 .715

Pitching lines

AWAY · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Peter Lambert 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 41 3.82
Ethan Pecko 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 34 3.93 W
Miguel Ullola 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 18 2.16
Bryan King 1.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 23 5.19
Logan VanWey 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 1.42
Tatsuya Imai 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 4.93
HOME · ATH
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Seth Johnson 1.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 36 5.88
Brady Basso 1.0 3 4 4 1 1 0 19 6.07 L
Elvis Alvarado 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 21 3.90
Scott Blewett 1.1 2 2 2 0 0 1 22 3.13
Chris Roycroft 1.0 3 2 2 4 2 0 48 6.57
Geoff Hartlieb 1.2 3 1 1 1 1 0 27 4.82
Drew Rom 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5.60

Manager comparison

AWAY · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.5 R IBBs 0.7 R
HOME · ATH
Mark Kotsay
Mark Kotsay
Lineup 4.4 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 3.6 R

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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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