Houston Astros at Athletics

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Houston Astros

81-81, 42-39 Away

Final
9 - 0

Athletics

64-98, 32-49 Home

Astros win AL West with 81-81 record, worst for first-place team, beat A's 9-0

Astros claim AL West title after 81-81 regular season

Nick Allen had just doubled leading off the eighth with the Astros leading by eight runs when Texas lost at Minnesota, assuring the Astros of their ninth postseason trip in 10 years after missing out in 2025.

Houston will host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series starting Tuesday. The Astros finished one game ahead of Texas (80-82) but would have earned the division title even with a defeat because they held the tiebreaker.

Houston had the lowest winning percentage for a team reaching the postseason in a non-shortened year, breaking the mark set when the 2005 San Diego Padres went 82-20.

Yordan Alvarez finished as the major league batting leader at .316, going 1 for 4.

The Athletics went 64-98 in their second season at a Triple-A ballpark in West Sacramento before a planned move to Las Vegas in 2028, down from 76-86 last year. They drew 10,022 for their season finale at Sutter Health Park and finished with a major league-low 799,240 home attendance, the only team not to reach 1 million.

Jose Altuve's RBI groundout, Yainer Diaz's run-scoring double and Spence's two-run triple built a 4-0 lead in the third against Brady Basso (1-4), who allowed four runs and three hits in one inning.

Christian Walker’s solo home run and Yordan Alvarez’s RBI single extended their lead to 6-0 in the sixth inning.

Ethan Pecko (3-0) allowed one hit in three innings.

Up next Houston has not announced its probable pitcher for Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clarke struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Kuroda-Grauer flied out to center.
	9th Inning	White flied out to second.
	9th Inning	Imai relieved VanWey
	9th Inning	Barrosa in left field.
	9th Inning	Wade Jr. as designated hitter.

Statistics

HOU		ATH
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
17	Ground Balls	6
9	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	0
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	11
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
1	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	19
0	Caught Stealing	0
186	Pitches	142
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
19	Total Bases	5
47	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
8.7	Runs Created	0.8
.324	Batting Average	.156
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.500
.514	Slugging Percentage	.156
.405	Secondary Average	.094
.447	On Base Percentage	.229
.960	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.385
1.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
8.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
55.5	Batter Rating	5.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.96	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.189	Isolated Power	.000
0.89	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.170	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
17.0	Runs Produced	0.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
101.0	MLB Rating	61.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Venue: Sutter Health Park

Location: Sacramento, California
Attendance: 10,022 | Capacity:

2026 American League West Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	-	81	W2	0.5	81
Texas	1	82	L1	0.49382716	80
Seattle	5	86	W2	0.4691358	76
Athletics	17	98	L2	0.39506173	64
Los Angeles	19	100	L2	0.38271606	62

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