Houston Astros @ Oakland Athletics

75-49, 42-20 Away

Final

74-50, 37-25 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
G. SpringerCF	2-5	1	0	1	.249
A. Bregman3B	3-5	2	1	2	.280
Y. Gurriel2B-1B	1-4	1	1	3	.280
C. CorreaSS	1-4	0	0	0	.253
T. White1B	1-4	0	0	0	.294
T. KempLF	0-0	0	0	0	.280
M. GonzalezLF-2B	1-4	1	1	1	.239
E. GattisDH	1-4	1	1	1	.236
J. ReddickRF	0-4	0	0	0	.240
M. MaldonadoC	3-4	3	1	1	.222

pitchers	IP	H	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
J. Verlander	5.1	7	4	1	6	101-69	2.65
B. Peacock	0.2	0	0	1	2	19-10	3.19
R. Pressly	1.0	1	0	0	1	13-9	3.21
H. Rondon	1.0	0	0	0	0	6-3	2.36
J. Smith	1.0	0	0	0	1	14-12	3.48

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Oakland Coliseum

4:05 PM, August 19, 2018Coverage: ESPN+

Oakland, California

Attendance: 29,143

Game Time:3:07

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - D.J. Reyburn
First Base Umpire - Sam Holbrook
Second Base Umpire - Alfonso Marquez
Third Base Umpire - Jim Wolf

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Justin Verlander got a boost from the Astros' bats to collect his 200th career win as Houston retook sole possession of first place in the AL West with a 9-4 win over the A's.

Aug 20, 2018, 12:28 am - Associated Press


HOU
OAK

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	9	13	0
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	0

J. Verlander12-8

5.1 IP, 7 H, 4 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

S. Manaea11-9

4.0 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 5 K, 0 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU	OAK
1st	Chapman homered to center (404 feet).	0	1
1st	Davis homered to left center (394 feet).	0	2
3rd	Bregman singled to right, Maldonado scored, Springer to second.	1	2
3rd	Gurriel homered to left (404 feet), Springer and Bregman scored.	4	2
3rd	Davis homered to right center (391 feet), Martini scored.	4	4
4th	Gattis homered to left (372 feet).	5	4
5th	Springer singled to left, Maldonado scored.	6	4
7th	Maldonado homered to left center (399 feet).	7	4
7th	Bregman homered to center (411 feet).	8	4
8th	González homered to right center (404 feet).	9	4

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Astros
3
Athletics
4

Game 1

8/17

Astros
1
Athletics
7

Game 2

8/18

Astros
9
Athletics
4

Game 3

8/19

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

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