Astros vs. A’s Game Highlights (9/23/25) | MLB Highlights

Astros vs. A’s Game Highlights (9/23/25) | MLB Highlights

Six games left every game huge. The A’s are not going to be an easy opponent. So the division kind of out of reach, at least temporarily with the Mariners having a magic number of threes. Detroit losing today to the Guardians. Kind of makes things a little more interesting with the Astros following a half game. Now behind the Tigers, it’s kind of wild times, but for the Astros right now, they’ve got to focus on trying to find a way into that third spot of the wild card. But at the same time with this next six games, they just got to be focused on winning. It’s going to be Southpaw Jefferies Springs on the bump tonight for the green and gold 30th appearance for the left hander. 30 start, 2 65 26 home runs, 75 RB I in the air to right. Carlos to make the catch that out number two. And that will bring up and that’s a swing and a high pop short, left center Wilson from short, calling for Jacob is there. He makes the catch. That’s a 123 top of the first for Jeffery Springs. You’re looking at the right hander, christian javier. He will start this road trip making his eighth start. Kurt 2 91 33 home runs, 81 RBIs. He has been a one man wrecking crew against the Astros this year and that swung on inbounds on the right field line in the corner rolling to the wall Kurtz around first going to second the vote to second and the slide and he’s in there and the ball gets away from Altuve first pitch to sit down the right field line by nick. He gets a pitch. He has not been afraid to let the hands fly tucking this one just inside the line. And I think maybe got away with the fact that they were not able to handle the ball cleanly at second by Dubón turn it up one away that will bring up. So, oh yeah, 12 pitch. A called third strike. Danel said that had the inside corner. So now zero for four with three strikeouts against his career. Two outs and curse still a second. Here’s Rooker 2 65 30 homers, 87 RB. I popped up Kurt Squires. It nobody could get there. Correa had a long way to go and it drops in for an RB I base hit on a ball that was in the air for a long time. That should not happen for a team that’s competing for a playoff spot. Javier did his job. Got that pop up. I don’t think Christian Walker knew where that ball was here with the lights. Still not taking a bet. And you can’t ask christian javier to make a play right there. S swing and a mess. Good morning, good afternoon and good night, Lawrence Butler and the side is tired, but the A’s get a run. Thanks to an error. Walker, Diaz and Myers against the left hand. This is a tough play off of Brett Harris glove into left walker is going to have a base hit to lead off the second inning ground ball towards the whole past the diving Jacob Wilson, a couple of seeing base hits one for Christian walk. Now, Diaz, the same success on the left side. Good things happening in this inning for the Astros when you’ve got walker and getting back to back hits. The Astros need some contact here. They’ve really suffered with these types of at bats just putting the ball in play with a man on third and less the two outs. So the bases still loaded one out now for Cam smith and he drives one high and deep to left field deep enough to score a run. Walker is going to tag, we’re going to be tied at one. Cam Smith drives in his 51st run of the year Astros needed that run after the strikeout for the previous batters. One one, the pitch you can elevate to the outfield, swung on and springs and the A will take it. The Astros had them loaded with nobody out. He gets one leaves two, two away. That will bring up Kristin walker who singled his last time up and scored and right in the middle of the diamond and everybody is going to be safe. That line drive literally took the glove off. Jeffrey Springs. You just got more glove in hand , that ball gets down by the wrist. You’re going to be in trouble. Jeffery Spring signaling that he’s ok. That ball shot off the bat of christian walker at 107 point one. So it’s going to be a single for walker. Puts runners on 1st and 2nd with two away that swung on and popped up shallow right center going out. Her coming in Cortez, hers to make the catch as Cortez goes through his numbers trying to avoid Darrell and the inning is over. No runs a walk and two left. We’re through 2.5 a base hit for shea, here’s Tyler Soderstrom down to a knee gets the out there good play by carlos is not an easy ground ball to handle the back and for the able to pop up and gets a good play over to first. They got him to second and head for slide and he’s out. Altuve covering after the throw from Walker and that will end the inning. Here’s Jacob Wilson wilson walked in the first inning. The only walk issued by Javier in this game to left field. Jacob Wilson will have extra bases. He heads to second one out double for Jacob Wilson to turn and burn two outs in the fourth that will bring up the second baseman Darrell. This one in comes Jacob Wilson and the A’s take a 2 to 1 lead, get the job done with a runner in scoring position and two outs. Tough break for the Astros. Another pops this one out of the reach of Mauricio Zack Cole had no chance to get the chase but the contact is enough to get out of the reach. You just got to keep the hands back, give yourself a chance to fight and that’s what Darrell does. Harris tags his second and he Motors to third. So lang is out two way and that will bring up Soderstrom and this is off the field, it’s gonna bounce to the wall. Here comes the run in Harris and Soderstrom with an RB I double to make it 3 to 1. Cashing in with two outs and it’s a couple dacks that are responsible for the scoring for the athletics. Harris with the leadoff double and now Soderstrom, it’s a one shot past Myers who can’t cut it off. That’s going to be it for Javier. So he’s done after four and two thirds innings, 2123 to 1. And wilson coming up and that’s going to get down the first baseline into right coming home will be a run. So to third goes, Rooker, 41, all four a runs have scored with two outs. They have a base runner. What else was? I was thinking, I’m going to Sacramento. Maybe the boos will stop this one to third to second his team leading 20th double play of the year and swung on at a high pop short left center, a trio of a going to be Butler from center, He’s there and he makes the catch great job by the pitching tonight. The Astros have just one run on three hits and that will bring up but is zero for three with Jacobson will stop at second. Keep the line moving first hit of the night for Lawrence, just a bullet off the bat of Lawrence Butler, but he gets it down. Sacrifice moves to third Butler to second execution. That’s it. Name of the game. So right now Cortez just trying to do whatever he can to get this ball through the infield in the air, the infield into center field charging it will be myers. Here comes the runner home and Jacobson off the mark as Butler moves up 90 ft as well back to back plate appearances getting the Astros down to their final out but Jake Myers coming up, the Astros still will control their destiny despite the loss tonight as they go down 5 to 1, they have to win the next two games and might have to win the next five, at least four and two on this road trip. But we’ll see how it plays out. The athletics beat the Astros 5 to 1 to take the first game of this three game series. Astros have lost four in a row and their playoff hopes are on life support.

Astros vs. A’s full game highlights from 9/23/25

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