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All rights reserved.Alex Bregman and Yuli Gurriel of the Houston Astros celebrate the team's 9-5 win against the Atlanta Braves in Game 5 of the World Series on October 31 in Atlanta. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and Safety Information / Your California Privacy Rights are applicable to you. ^ Back to Top ^ © 2023 ESPN Internet Ventures. Javier has allowed at least three runs in each of his last five starts. 21.Īstros: RHP Cristian Javier (9-3, 4.78 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday against the Royals in the first game of a three-game series in Kansas City.


Newcomb will be making his seventh appearance and second start with the A’s after begin acquired from the Giants on Aug. Yainer Diaz had an RBI double in the fifth.Īstros: RHP Ryne Stanek (right ankle sprain) threw a bullpen session.Īthletics: LHP Sean Newcomb (1-0, 0.75 ERA) is scheduled to start Friday in the first of a three game series against the Padres at home. Paul Blackburn (4-5) allowed four runs, four hits and three walks in three innings, dropping to 0-5 with a 9.74 ERA in eight appearances against the Astros.Īlvarez and Bregman homered in a four-run third and Tucker went deep in the seventh against Easton Lucas. I think that’s something that we keep talking about more as we keep going on, and as we keep talking about it, things like this series are going to happen.” We keep coming every day wanting to win and expecting to win. “It says we keep battling for each other. He said they can take a lot of positives from this series despite the tough way it ended. Noda said it was a relief when he broke up the no-hitter. The A's joined their Kansas City replacement, the Royals, as 100-game losers this season. The A's had not lost 100 games in back-to-back seasons since 1964-65 in Kansas City. He had allowed 11 runs over his last two starts spanning 8 1/3 innings.

He added that he thought the shot to the second deck in right field that traveled 422 feet was the hardest ball he's ever hit.īrown (11-11) struck out seven in five innings, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 78 pitches. I felt that it was a lift that we needed.” “I needed that swing and so did the team. Tucker's home run was the 100th of his big league career.Īfter managing just two runs combined in the first two games of this series, the Astros were thrilled when Alvarez put three on the board with one mighty swing in the third inning Wednesday night. Oakland was held to two hits or fewer for the eighth time.Īlvarez hit a three-run homer and Alex Bregman and Kyle Tucker had solo shots for the Astros, who maintained a one-game lead over second place Texas, with Seattle is another half-game back. “So they knew, and Pressly was upset because he wanted to be part of it again. “I’m sure all the relievers were aware of it, conscious of it because they had been part of two other combined no-hitters,” he said. Manager Dusty Baker said they didn't talk about the no-hitter in the dugout Wednesday night, but that everyone was certainly thinking about it. Pressly and Neris finished another combined no-hitter by Javier against the Yankees on June 25, 2022. To get to Pressly and get a couple runs, that shows that this group didn’t give up and shut it down and continued to fight.”Ībreu, Montero and Pressly were part of Houston's last combined no-hitter, which Cristian Javier started in Game 4 of the World Series last season. “We talk a lot about the grit, and they showed that in the ninth by taking some good at-bats and breaking through,” Oakland manager Mark Kotsay said. Seth Brown's single and Shea Langeliers' sacrifice fly drove in runs before Pressly finished the two-hitter by throwing a called third strike past Brent Rooker. Nola grounded a changeup past Pressly and into center field for a single. Ryan Pressly retired Tony Kemp on a grounder leading off the ninth, then walked Zach Gelof. Hunter Brown and the Astros held Oakland hitless until Ryan Noda's one-out single in the ninth inning of the 6-2 victory that sent the Athletics to their first consecutive 100-loss seasons since the 1960s.īrown pitched five innings, and Rafael Montero, Héctor Neris and Bryan Abreu followed with perfect innings each as Houston retired 11 straight batters. “For us we couldn’t allow a sweep here at home after losing those first two games. “That was huge,” slugger Yordan Alvarez said. They took solace in getting a win that allowed them to avoid a sweep and maintain their lead in the AL West standings.

HOUSTON - The Houston Astros were certainly disappointed to see their combined no-hit bid against the Oakland Athletics broken up with one out in the ninth on Wednesday night. Noda's 1-out single in 9th ends no-hit bid, Astros win 6-2 and send Athletics to 100th loss
