The Oakland Athletics play the third and final game of a three-game series on the road Sunday against the Houston Astros. Oakland is 31-60 following its 5-1 victory over Houston on Friday in the opening game of the series. Skye Bolt hit a home run and had three RBIs in Friday's victory. Oakland is last in the American League West, 28 games behind the first-place Astros.
Catcher Sean Murphy is batting .237 to lead Oakland and has team highs in hits with 70 and on-base percentage at .306. First baseman Seth Brown is the leader in home runs with 10 and RBIs with 38. Oakland has not announced its starting pitcher for Sunday's final game of a three-game series on the road against the Houston Astros.
Following its four-run loss to Oakland on Friday, Houston is 58-31.' Houston has one of baseball's best pitching staffs. The Astros are second in baseball in team ERA with 3.00 and are first in batting average allowed at .211. Houston is first in the American League West, 10 games ahead of the second-place Seattle Mariners.
With Yordan Alvarez out injured, the leader in home runs and RBIs is Kyle Tucker with 17 home runs and 61 RBIs, while Jose Altuve is tied for the lead in home runs with 17. Altuve is also the active leader in batting average with .277. On Sunday, the Houston Astros will send Jake Odorizzi to the mound. The right-hander is 4-2 with a 3.38 ERA, 31 Ks and 14 BBs.
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- Oakland is 3-7 in its last 10 versus Houston
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