Fresh off their 21-1 win against the Mariners the day before at Minute Maid Park, the Astros bats went nuts again in game one of this four game series, setting a Major League Baseball record for most runs scored by a team in two consecutive games, putting a whopping 36 total runs on the board between the win over the Mariners and this one over the A's, doing all of it while the pitching staff allowed just one run in the two game stretch.
The Matchup:
Astros: 94-50 (1st Place AL West, 9.5 Games Up of A's)
A's: 84-59 (2nd Place AL West, 9.5 Games Back of Astros)
Pitching Matchup: (Season Stats Entering Play)
Astros: Zack Greinke (29 Starts, 14-5, 3.09 ERA)
A's: Mike Fiers (29 Starts, 14-3, 3.51 ERA)
The club powered by seven homers in the win, their record moving to 95-50 with the victory, bumping their AL West lead up to 10.5 games on Oakland.
In The Box Score:
Winning Pitcher: Zack Greinke (15-5, 2.99 ERA) (6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 SO, 0 BB)
Losing Pitcher: Mike Fiers (14-4, 3.97 ERA) (1 IP, 9 R, 9 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 5 HR)
The Offense:
Jose Altuve: 3-3, HR, 2 RBI
Michael Brantley: 2-3, HR, 1 RBI
Alex Bregman: 1-2, HR, 3 RBI
Yordan Alvarez: 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI
Robinson Chirinos: 3-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI