Astros Dominate Offense
The Houston Astros defeated the Sacramento Athletics 9-0 on Sunday, September 27, at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento, California. The away team attacked early and often, scoring in four separate innings to build a decisive lead. Attendance for the game was 10,022. The Astros finished the day with a record of 81-81, while the Athletics dropped to 64-98.
Scoring Breakdown
Houston took the lead in the third inning. Jose Altuve grounded out to first base to drive in Jose Pena, making it 1-0. Yordan Alvarez then advanced to third base on that play.
Next, Carlos Correa doubled to left field, allowing Alvarez to score and extending the lead to 2-0. Spencer Strider tripled to center field, scoring both Alvarez and another runner to make it 4-0.
In the sixth inning, Walker hit a home run to left field, traveling 386 feet, to make it 5-0. Alvarez followed with a single to right field, driving in Smith to make it 6-0. The seventh inning saw Smith single to center field, scoring Walker to make it 7-0.
Pena then hit a sacrifice fly to center field, scoring Spence to make it 8-0. Finally, in the eighth inning, Diaz grounded into a double play, scoring Allen to finalize the 9-0 margin. There was exactly one home run recorded in the game.
Pitching Performance
Ethan Pecko earned the win for Houston, pitching three innings. He allowed one hit, no earned runs, no walks, and recorded two strikeouts. Peter Lambert opened the game, pitching two innings, allowing two hits, no earned runs, no walks, and one strikeout.
Relievers Miguel Ullola, Bryan King, Logan VanWey, and Tatsuya Imai each pitched one inning. Ullola allowed no hits, no earned runs, one walk, and one strikeout. King allowed two hits, no earned runs, one walk, and two strikeouts. VanWey allowed no hits, no earned runs, one walk, and no strikeouts. Imai allowed no hits, no earned runs, no walks, and one strikeout.
For Sacramento, Seth Johnson started, pitching 1.2 innings, allowing one hit, no earned runs, two walks, and two strikeouts. Brady Basso took the loss, pitching one inning, allowing three hits, four earned runs, one walk, and one strikeout. Other relievers included Elvis Alvarado, Scott Blewett, Chris Roycroft, Geoff Hartlieb, and Drew Rom.
Alvarado pitched 1.1 innings, allowing no hits, no earned runs, no walks, and three strikeouts. Blewett pitched 1.1 innings, allowing two hits, two earned runs, no walks, and no strikeouts. Roycroft pitched one inning, allowing three hits, two earned runs, four walks, and two strikeouts.
Hartlieb pitched 1.2 innings, allowing three hits, one earned run, one walk, and one strikeout. Rom pitched one inning, allowing no hits, no earned runs, no walks, and no strikeouts.
Sources
ESPN
