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06/17 00:26 CDT Nick Kurtz homers in 9th inning for second straight day to give
Athletics 3-1 victory over Astros
Nick Kurtz homers in 9th inning for second straight day to give Athletics 3-1
victory over Astros
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) --- Nick Kurtz homered in the ninth inning for the
second straight day and the Athletics beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday
night.
Brent Rooker drew a leadoff walk against Bryan Abreu (1-3) to open the ninth
and reach safely in 12 straight home games. Kurtz followed with his seventh
home run of the season 447 feet over the right-field wall.
Kurtz also hit a ninth-inning homer on Sunday to rally the Athletics to a 3-2
win and a three-game sweep at Kansas City.
The Athletics have won four straight games and are now 7-4 over the last 11
after losing 20 of the previous 21.
The Astros had a five-game winning streak snapped after entering winners in 16
of their last 22.
Athletics reliever J.T. Ginn struck out the side in the eighth and Mason Miller
(1-2) added two strikeouts in the ninth. Starter Mitch Spence allowed seven
hits and one earned run in five innings.
Third baseman Max Muncy made a nice defensive play to end the fifth when he
made a backhand stab of a grounder and sent a jump throw from foul territory to
get a hustling Jose Altuve at first base.
Houston rookie Ryan Gusto struck out a season-high eight and only allowed one
earned run in five innings. He started in place of RHP Lance McCullers Jr., who
was placed on the IL.
Altuve homered in the first and JJ Bleday went deep to tie the score 1-1 for
the Athletics in the fifth.
Key moment The Athletics appeared to have runners on second and third with two outs in the eighth following Tyler Soderstrom's hit. However, an official review showed Jeremy Pea tagged Soderstrom when he came off the bag.
Key stat Abreu had a string of 16 straight scoreless outings come to an end. Abreu has only allowed runs in three of his 32 appearances.
Up next Athletics LHP JP Sears (5-5, 5.08) is scheduled to start on Tuesday. The Astros have not named a starter. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
Key moment The Athletics appeared to have runners on second and third with two outs in the eighth following Tyler Soderstrom's hit. However, an official review showed Jeremy Pea tagged Soderstrom when he came off the bag.
Key stat Abreu had a string of 16 straight scoreless outings come to an end. Abreu has only allowed runs in three of his 32 appearances.
Up next Athletics LHP JP Sears (5-5, 5.08) is scheduled to start on Tuesday. The Astros have not named a starter. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB
