Athletics vs Astros Game Thread

A’s hope to keep up the hot hitting

With one final three-game series before the Oakland Athletics wrap up this homestand, the American League West rival Houston Astros visit the Coliseum tonight in Oakland. The Astros have been on a tear lately and find themselves tied with Seattle atop the division.

Mark Kotsay will send Hogan Harris to the mound tonight. The 27-year-old lefty has a 1-3 record with a 3.40 ERA in ten games this season (eight starts). Harris will face off against 24-year-old rookie righthander Spencer Arrighetti. Arrighetti is 4-7 with a 5.63 ERA is seventeen starts this season.

He will battle the A’s lineup that looks like this:

Harris will go up against an Astros lineup that has found its groove of late despite having been depleted by some key injuries:

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Athletics – NBCSCA

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Athletics - A’s Cast, Bloomberg 960 AM/103.7 HD2, KIQI 1010