The Astros beat the A 6-5 on an odd game in the 11th inning

HOUSTON (AP) Alex Bregman signed twice and his tapper just in front of the plate in the 11th inning led to a weird play that ended the match, while the mistake of throwing receiver Jonathan Lucroy gave the Houston Astros a 6-5 win. Oakland Athletics

Justin Verlander threw six honed innings and the Astros took a 4-0 lead in the ninth before Oakland tied him up.

Stephen Piscotty hit a solo circuit with two outs at the top of 11th Collin McHugh (5-0) to put the A in the lead, but the Astros held their own rally

Star All Star Blake Treinen (5-2) followed the hitter Josh Reddick, who finished third on a single right. field by rookie Kyle Tucker. With infield in play, Tony Kemp hit a grounder at the shortstop Marcus Semien. He made a low shot that Lucroy was unable to handle, allowing Reddick to slide safely with the race tied.

With a withdrawal, Bregman's dribbler started a foul before going into territory just a few feet from the front row. Bregman did not manage to run early, so Lucroy picked up the ball and reached Bregman as he stepped back – bat still in his hand – in an effort to dodge the etiquette.

But the ball slipped from Lucroy's bare hand. David Rackley and Lucroy, then fell to the ground. However, with a lot of time, Lucroy picked up the ball, put his feet in an angle to make it pbad to first base – and shot the ball on the back of Bregman's helmet as he was climbing the line.

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Following a rereading, the game remained on the field

Treinen had converted 20 opportunities to make close stops since April 18th.

Houston pitcher Ken Giles allowed three consecutive singles with no one at the ninth time the A shot at 4-1. He was replaced by Hector Rondon, who was welcomed by an RBI single from Matt Olson to bring him to 4-2.

Rondon eliminated Piscotty before a wild throw left the runners in second and third place. There were two outs when the second semien doubled him to 4.

Bregman hit his first home run of Sean Manaea in the first inning. George Springer added RBI singles in second and fourth place to bring the score to 3-0.

Bregman, chosen for his first game of the Stars on Sunday, tied Emilio Pagan seventh for the first multi-homer game of his career. 19659002] Verlander gave up three hits and pulled out six, lowering his MPM to a better result in AL 2.05. Manaea allowed seven hits and three runs in four innings and more.

The Athletics had not lost a round in 23 innings and a third when Bregman dominated the first.

Bob Melvin, director of Oakland, was expelled in the fourth quarter. After arguing with Rackley about a swing

COACH'S ROOM

Athletics: RHP Trevor Cahill (tense Achilles) should get off the wounded list to start Thursday in the final of the series.

Astros: SS Marwin Gonzalez left before the second inning after receiving a kick in Dustin Fowler's wrist and left elbow when he scored it while he was trying to steal the second base in first. The team said that Gonzalez had a bruised wrist and elbow and that he was day-to-day

UP NEXT

Lance McCullers (10-3, 3.41 ERA) will be leaving for Houston against Chris Bbaditt (1-3, 3.00) when the series continues on Wednesday. McCullers scored 12 points on his last start to extend his four-game winning streak. Bbaditt is 1-0 with a 1.69 ERA in two starts since his recall of Triple-A Nashville on June 27.

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