A's Beat Astros, Cut Houston's Edge for Home Field in Playoffs
Matt Olson and Chad Pinder each homered and the Oakland A's beat Houston 8-6 Friday night, cutting the Astros' edge for home-field advantage in the AL playoffs.
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Matt Olson and Chad Pinder each homered and the Oakland A's beat Houston 8-6 Friday night, cutting the Astros' edge for home-field advantage in the AL playoffs.
Here's how to catch postseason baseball action, from the wild-card games all the way to the World Series.
LaMonte Wade Jr. singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning and the Giants held their two-game lead in the NL West, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-4 on Thursday night.
Alex Wood and three relievers combined for a four-hitter for San Francisco, Kris Bryant hit a sacrifice fly and the Giants reached 104 wins for the first time since 1905.
Seattle won its 12th straight game over Oakland, the longest win streak over a single team in franchise history, and in the process eliminated the A's from postseason contention.
Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead, bases-loaded single in San Francisco's four-run sixth inning, Brandon Crawford added an RBI hit two batters later and the Giants beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-4 on Tuesday night.
The San Francisco Giants will be without home run leader and first baseman Brandon Belt for the crucial final week of the 2021 regular season.
Mark Canha hit an RBI single with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning and the A's again beat Houston with their final swing, edging the AL West-leading Astros 4-3 Sunday.
Brandon Crawford homered to cap a four-run ninth inning and the Giants held their lead in the NL West, beating the Rockies 6-2 on Sunday.
A's shortstop Elvis Andrus was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after breaking his left leg while scoring the winning run against the Astros.
Brandon Belt wasn't thinking too deep about his team's looming home run record. Instead, he just went deep — twice.
Starling Marte hit a game-ending double with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the A's past the Houston Astros 2-1 on Saturday.
Frankie Montas pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and became the first A's pitcher in 20 years to reach 200 strikeouts in a season, helping Oakland pound the Houston Astros 14-2 on Friday night to support its slim playoff hopes.
The NL West-leading Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 7-2 Friday night to become the season's first 100-win team.
Another Giants-Padres battle game came down to the late innings Thursday with San Diego pulling out a 7-6 win in the 10th after dropping the first two of a three-game series to NL West-leading San Francisco.
The Seattle Mariners rallied against Oakland's bullpen for a 6-5 victory Thursday and a four-game sweep that damaged the Athletics' wild-card hopes.
Kris Bryant hit a bases-clearing double, Buster Posey had four hits and scored three times, and reliever Camilo Doval got San Francisco out of a big jam as the Giants beat the free-falling San Diego Padres 8-6 Wednesday night to take a two-game lead in the NL West.
Seattle topped the A's for the third day in row to pull within 2 1/2 games of the Yankees for the second AL wild card. Oakland fell 3 1/2 back of New York.
The Oakland A's rebounded from a bullpen meltdown to beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 in 10 innings.
The Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 3-0 Sunday in a matchup of division leaders.
Curt Casali hit a two-run single in the fourth that held up and the San Francisco Giants beat the Atlanta Braves 2-0 on Saturday night.
James Kaprielian pitched two-hit ball over six innings, Matt Olson hit his 36th home run and the A's beat the Angels 3-1 Saturday night.
Pinch-hitting pitcher Kevin Gausman lofted a full-count, bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Giants edged the Braves 6-5 Friday night to increase their NL West lead.
The Oakland Athletics kept pace in the AL wild-card race with a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his NL-leading 39th home run and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 7-4 on Thursday to earn a series split.
