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Houston Astros (10-7) at Oakland Athletics (8-11), 3:05 p.m. (CST)
TV: Roots Sports SW, MLB.TV (Free Game of the Day)
Radio: KBME 790 AM, KLAT 1010 AM
Athletics SBNation Blog: Athletics Nation
Pitching matchup
RHP Asher Wojciechowski (0-1, 6.00 ERA, 1.92 WHIP) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (1-2, 4.24 ERA, 1.06 WHIP)
Preview
What is this madness? The Astros in first place by a game and half? Going into this season, April looked like one of the toughest months period on the calendar. Coming out of the month at .500 seemed like a victory in itself. That could still happen, but Houston has set itself up for success through the first three weeks.
Asher Wojciechowski will look to complete the Astros first-ever sweep of the Athletics in team history. Wojciechowski has labored in his two starts thus far with Houston. In both starts, he gave four runs on eight hits over four innings at around 90 pitches. Wojciechowski pitched out of some tight spots, but he'll need to be better if he has any hope of keeping a spot when Brett Oberholtzer returns from a blister.
Wojciechowski's one bright spot thus far in 2015 came in relief on April 13. The right-hander stepped after Scott Feldman gave up seven runs over five innings against the A's. Wojciechowski pitched four scoreless innings to save the bullpen before being sent down for Brad Peacock.
| OAKLAND ATHLETICS CAREER STATISTICS VS. ASHER WOJCIECHOWSKI | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Stephen Vogt"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Stephen Vogt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Ben Zobrist"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ben Zobrist | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 |
| Sam Fuld"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Sam Fuld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
| Mark Canha"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Mark Canha | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Marcus Semien"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Marcus Semien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Josh Reddick"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Josh Reddick | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Ike Davis"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Ike Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Brett Lawrie"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Brett Lawrie | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Billy Butler"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Billy Butler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. DREW POMERANZ | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jose Altuve | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.429 | 0.429 | 0.571 | 1.000 |
| Jed Lowrie"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jed Lowrie | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 4.000 |
| Chris Carter"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Chris Carter | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Matt Dominguez"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Matt Dominguez | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Jake Marisnick"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jake Marisnick | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.750 | 1.000 |
| George Springer"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">George Springer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.500 | 0.333 | 0.833 |
| Jonathan Villar"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jonathan Villar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| Jason Castro"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Jason Castro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Hank Conger"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Hank Conger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.500 | 0.000 | 0.500 |
| Evan Gattis"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Evan Gattis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Robbie Grossman"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Robbie Grossman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.000 | 0.200 |
| L.J. Hoes"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">L.J. Hoes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Luis Valbuena"]" style="padding: 2px 3px 2px 3px; vertical-align: bottom;">Luis Valbuena | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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