Wednesday, October 7th, 2020 2:35PM CST
On Wednesday, the Oakland Athletics rallied to defeat the Houston Astros by a score of 9-7, a victory that allowed them to avoid elimination in their AL Division Series. Chad Pinder provided a crucial three-run homer in the seventh inning to draw the score level, before Sean Murphy delivered a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to give Oakland the lead they would not relinquish.
Date: Wednesday, October 7th, 2020
Time: 2:35PM CST
Stadium: Dodger Stadium
Location: Los Angeles, California
Attendance: 0
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ATH |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |

Doubles: Bregman (1, Petit)
Home Runs: Altuve (1, 1st inning off Luzardo 0 on, 1 Out); Díaz (1, 5th inning off Luzardo 1 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Brantley (2), Altuve (3), Correa (6), Díaz 2 (2), Bregman (2), Tucker (1)
2-out Runs Batted In: Bregman, Tucker
Ground Into Double Play: Brantley; Tucker
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-8 (Brantley 1-1, Reddick 0-1, Correa 0-1, Díaz 0-1, Bregman 1-1, Tucker 1-1, Gurriel 0-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Reddick 2; Gurriel 2

Pitcher Notes: James pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
Hit By Pitch: La Stella (by Raley)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Raley 5/10; Urquidy 13/19; James 4/6; Scrubb 2/4; Taylor 3/5
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Raley-7-2-7-5; Urquidy-13-11-23-14; James-5-0-4-5; Scrubb-5-2-1-2; Taylor-3-1-3-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Raley 0-4; Urquidy 1-9; James 2-0; Scrubb 0-1; Taylor 0-2
Game Scores: J Urquidy 39

Double Plays: 1 (Altuve-Correa-Gurriel)

Doubles: Pinder (1, Urquidy); Laureano (1, Raley)
Home Runs: Canha (1, 2nd inning off Urquidy 0 on, 0 Out); Semien (1, 5th inning off Urquidy 0 on, 1 Out); La Stella (1, 1st inning off Urquidy 0 on, 1 Out); Olson (2, 4th inning off Urquidy 0 on, 0 Out); Pinder (2, 7th inning off James 2 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Canha (2), Semien (1), La Stella (1), Olson (2), Murphy (2), Pinder 4 (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Murphy; Pinder
Ground Into Double Play: Laureano
Team Left On Base: 8
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 1-6 (Davis 0-3, Canha 0-1, Olson 0-1, Pinder 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Davis 1; Canha 2; Olson 1

Pitcher Notes: Luzardo pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.
Intentional Walks: Correa (by Petit).
Hit By Pitch: Springer (by Petit)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Petit 3/5; Hendriks 4/11; Diekman 3/5; Luzardo 9/18
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Petit-1-0-2-3; Hendriks-5-9-6-6; Diekman-1-5-4-3; Luzardo-9-6-15-14
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Hendriks 1-4; Diekman 1-1; Luzardo 3-6
Game Scores: J Luzardo 37

Double Plays: 2 (Luzardo-Semien-Olson , La Stella-Semien-Olson)
Errors: Murphy (1, catcher's interference)
Assists: Laureano (Altuve at 3rd base)
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