Friday, October 1st, 2021 7:10PM CST
Friday night, the Oakland Athletics secured an 8-6 win against Houston. Key to the Athletics' offense were home runs hit by Matt Olson and Chad Pinder. This result served to narrow the margin of the Astros' lead for obtaining home field advantage in the American League playoffs.
Date: Friday, October 1st, 2021
Time: 7:10PM CST
Stadium: Daikin Park
Location: Houston, Texas
Attendance: 26,762
| Innings: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HOU |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
ATH |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

Doubles: Alvarez (34, Trivino); Meyers (8, Manaea)
Triples: Siri (1, Manaea)
Home Runs: Castro (7, 8th inning off Guerra 2 on, 1 Out)
Runs Batted In: Castro 3 (20), Díaz (45), Meyers 2 (27)
2-out Runs Batted In: Meyers
Team Left On Base: 11
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 3-11 (Brantley 0-1, Castro 1-2, Gonzalez 0-1, Altuve 0-1, Díaz 1-2, Bregman 0-1, Alvarez 0-1, Meyers 1-2)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Castro 1; Gonzalez 1; Díaz 1; Alvarez 1; Meyers 2

Pitcher Notes: Valdez pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
Wild Pitches: Valdez
Hit By Pitch: Marte (by Javier)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Y. García 2/4; Maton 2/3; Valdez 10/21; Javier 6/12
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Y. García-4-4-2-2; Maton-2-1-5-2; Valdez-17-11-14-13; Javier-7-4-5-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Y. García 0-2; Maton 0-2; Valdez 8-1; Javier 3-2
Game Scores: F Valdez 49

Errors: Gonzalez 2 (11, throw 2); Correa (11, fielding)
Passed Balls: Castro

Doubles: Kemp (16, Javier)
Home Runs: Olson (39, 6th inning off Valdez 1 on, 0 Out); Pinder (6, 4th inning off Valdez 0 on, 0 Out)
Runs Batted In: Harrison (60), Olson 2 (111), Pinder 2 (26), Kemp (33), Brown (45)
2-out Runs Batted In: Kemp, Brown
Team Left On Base: 5
Team Runners Left In Scoring Position: 0-2 (Kozma 0-2, Harrison 1-2, Davis 0-1, Canha 0-1, Olson 0-1, Pinder 0-1, Brown 1-1)
Runners Left In Scoring Position With 2 Outs: Harrison 1; Davis 1; Olson 1

Hit By Pitch: Correa (by Manaea)
First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced: Petit 4/6; Guerra 1/3; Diekman 2/3; Manaea 16/26; Trivino 2/6
Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes: Petit-4-2-7-6; Guerra-0-2-4-1; Diekman-1-1-1-3; Manaea-17-11-25-18; Trivino-4-3-3-4
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: Petit 1-2; Diekman 1-1; Manaea 7-4; Trivino 3-0
Game Scores: S Manaea 52

Stolen Bases: Marte 2 (47, 2nd base off Javier/, 2nd base off Valdez/Castro); Kemp (8, 2nd base off Valdez/)
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