8-1

Athletics mount a substantial first inning lead that gets locked down by the superb pitching of Scott Kazmir and excellent defense all around.  Lawrie, Semien and Butler peppered in extra runs with their first long balls of the season and the A's cruise to victory!

Athletics 8, Astros 1

(4-4)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
OAK	3	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0		8	12	0
HOU	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	2

W:

Kazmir (2-0)

L:

Feldman (0-2)

(3-4)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Fuld, CF	4	2	1	0	1	1	1	.357
Canha, LF	5	1	2	1	0	1	2	.367
Zobrist, 2B	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	.303
Butler, B, DH	4	1	1	3	0	0	3	.387
Davis, I, 1B	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	.318
Vogt, C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.348
Lawrie, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.281
Reddick, RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222
Semien, SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.323
Totals	37	8	12	8	2	4	13	.306

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Altuve, 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	.267
Grossman, LF	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.222
Springer, RF	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.154
Carter, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	.045
Gattis, DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	3	.042
Valbuena, 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.160
Villar, J, SS	3	0	0	0	1	2	2	.000
Conger, C	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	.143
Marisnick, CF	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.333
Totals	31	1	5	1	4	11	18	.191

BATTING
2B: Canha (3, Feldman), Zobrist (5, Feldman).
HR: Lawrie (1, 2nd inning off Feldman, 0 on, 0 out), Semien (1, 5th inning off Feldman, 0 on, 0 out), Butler, B (1, 5th inning off Feldman, 2 on, 1 out).
TB: Davis, I; Lawrie 4; Butler, B 4; Vogt; Canha 3; Zobrist 4; Fuld; Semien 5.
RBI: Canha (7), Zobrist (5), Davis, I (5), Lawrie (2), Semien (7), Butler, B 3 (5).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Davis, I.
GIDP: Vogt 2, Fuld.
Team RISP: 3-for-5.
Team LOB: 4.

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Reddick (Altuve at 2nd base).
DP: (Lawrie-Davis, I).

BATTING
2B: Valbuena (1, Kazmir).
HR: Altuve (1, 4th inning off Kazmir, 0 on, 0 out).
TB: Gattis; Altuve 6; Valbuena 2.
RBI: Altuve (2).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gattis 2; Marisnick; Carter.
GIDP: Carter.
Team RISP: 0-for-8.
Team LOB: 7.

FIELDING
E: Villar, J 2 (2, fielding, throw).
DP: 3 (Feldman-Villar, J-Carter, Carter-Villar, J, Villar, J-Valbuena-Carter).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Kazmir(W, 2-0)	6.0	3	1	1	3	8	1	0.69
Abad	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.25
Otero	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86
Chavez, J	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	4	11	1	2.40

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Feldman(L, 0-2)	5.0	10	8	7	1	0	3	6.17
Wojciechowski	4.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	4.50
Totals	9.0	12	8	7	2	4	3	2.82

Game Scores: Kazmir 67, Feldman 16.
Pitches-strikes: Kazmir 91-56, Abad 16-9, Otero 15-8, Chavez, J 16-10, Feldman 96-65, Wojciechowski 60-38.
Groundouts-flyouts: Kazmir 4-3, Abad 1-0, Otero 3-0, Chavez, J 0-0, Feldman 10-2, Wojciechowski 3-1.
Batters faced: Kazmir 23, Abad 4, Otero 4, Chavez, J 4, Feldman 24, Wojciechowski 15.
Umpires: HP: Tim Timmons. 1B: Todd Tichenor. 2B: Tim Welke. 3B: Mike Everitt.
Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 8 mph, R to L.
T: 2:51.
Att: 19,279.
Venue: Minute Maid Park.
April 13, 2015