4-6 (LOSS)

Same as usual this year, the A's are just unable to win two in a row. This time Gray falters a bit surrendering a 2-run dinger to Carter on a meatball slider.  Two more homers were surrendered before the game was over and the Athletics offense was simply not able to keep up.

Astros 6, Athletics 4

(14-27)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
OAK	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2		4	10	0
HOU	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	x		6	11	0

W:

Hernandez (2-3)

L:

Gray (4-2)

SV:

Neshek (1)

(26-14)

Oakland	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Crisp, LF	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.044
Burns, CF	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	.339
Semien, SS	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	.313
Reddick, RF	4	0	1	1	0	1	2	.315
Butler, B, DH	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	.267
Vogt, C	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	.310
Muncy, 1B	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	.286
Lawrie, 3B	4	0	3	1	0	0	0	.268
Fuld, CF-LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.200
a-Canha, PH-LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.222
Sogard, 2B	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.256
Totals	33	4	10	3	4	6	9	.259

a-Struck out for Fuld in the 7th.

Houston	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Altuve, 2B	5	0	2	0	0	1	2	.319
Valbuena, 3B	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	.209
Springer, RF	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	.185
Gattis, DH	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	.193
Tucker, LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	5	.286
Marisnick, CF	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.292
Rasmus, CF-LF	4	2	2	2	0	0	3	.243
Carter, 1B	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	.163
Castro, J, C	4	1	2	1	0	1	0	.225
Villar, SS	4	0	1	0	0	2	1	.229
Totals	33	6	11	6	4	6	14	.229

BATTING
2B: Lawrie (7, Hernandez, R), Reddick (7, Hernandez, R), Muncy (3, Gregerson).
HR: Muncy (2, 6th inning off Hernandez, R, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Lawrie 4; Reddick 2; Fuld; Muncy 6; Semien; Burns 2.
RBI: Reddick (29), Muncy (4), Lawrie (16).
2-out RBI: Reddick; Muncy.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Butler, B 2; Reddick.
GIDP: Canha.
Team RISP: 3-for-10.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Crisp (1, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J), Semien (7, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J), Burns (4, 2nd base off Hernandez, R/Castro, J).
CS: Burns (2, 2nd base by Sipp/Castro, J).
PO: Burns (1st base by Sipp).

BATTING
2B: Rasmus (7, Gray).
HR: Carter (7, 2nd inning off Gray, 1 on, 0 out), Rasmus (8, 8th inning off Abad, 1 on, 1 out), Castro, J (5, 8th inning off Abad, 0 on, 2 out).
TB: Villar; Castro, J 5; Valbuena; Gattis 2; Rasmus 6; Carter 4; Altuve 2.
RBI: Carter 2 (18), Gattis (22), Rasmus 2 (16), Castro, J (8).
2-out RBI: Castro, J.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Tucker; Rasmus.
Team RISP: 2-for-6.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
CS: Altuve (5, 2nd base by Rodriguez, Fe/Vogt).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Rasmus (Muncy at home).
DP: (Villar-Altuve-Carter).
Pickoffs: Sipp (Burns at 1st base).

Oakland	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Gray(L, 4-2)	5.0	7	3	3	3	4	1	1.92
Rodriguez, Fe	2.1	1	1	1	1	2	0	5.40
Abad	0.1	2	2	2	0	0	2	7.36
Castro, A	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.50
Totals	8.0	11	6	6	4	6	3	3.98

Houston	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Hernandez, R(W, 2-3)	6.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	3.99
Sipp(H, 5)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0.55
Qualls(H, 5)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.93
Gregerson	0.2	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.08
Neshek(S, 1)	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.87
Totals	9.0	10	4	4	4	6	1	3.56

Game Scores: Gray 42, Hernandez, R 51.
Pitches-strikes: Gray 104-60, Rodriguez, Fe 28-18, Abad 17-12, Castro, A 6-5, Hernandez, R 105-67, Sipp 11-8, Qualls 11-7, Gregerson 24-12, Neshek 3-3.
Groundouts-flyouts: Gray 5-2, Rodriguez, Fe 2-2, Abad 0-1, Castro, A 0-1, Hernandez, R 7-3, Sipp 0-1, Qualls 2-0, Gregerson 1-0, Neshek 0-0.
Batters faced: Gray 24, Rodriguez, Fe 8, Abad 3, Castro, A 2, Hernandez, R 25, Sipp 3, Qualls 3, Gregerson 5, Neshek 1.
Inherited runners-scored: Abad 1-1, Neshek 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Jerry Meals. 2B: Paul Emmel. 3B: Jordan Baker.
Weather: 73 degrees, roof closed.
Wind: 0 mph, None.
T: 3:21.
Att: 17,575.
Venue: Minute Maid Park.
May 19, 2015