{"id":42515,"date":"2025-07-28T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/42515\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:44:12","slug":"athletics-5-1-astros-jul-26-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/42515\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics 5-1 Astros (Jul 26, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON — \u2014 Shea Langeliers<\/a> and Lawrence Butler<\/a> homered, Nick Kurtz<\/a> followed his historic four-homer game with two hits and the Athletics won their third straight game, beating the Houston Astros<\/a> 5-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

A night after becoming the first major league rookie to hit four home runs in a game, Kurtz went 2 for 4 to extend his hitting streak to 13 games. He\u2019s batting .549 during the streak.<\/p>\n

Langeliers led off the sixth inning by sending Bennett Sousa\u2019s 3-2 fastball into the Crawford Boxes in lerft for his 16th home run of the season and a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n

With two on and two out and the A\u2019s clinging to a 2-1 in the ninth, Butler launched a 1-2 fastball from Hector Neris<\/a> 409 feet to right for his 15th home run.<\/p>\n

The Athletics limited the Astros to four hits. Jacob Lopez<\/a> went the first 4 1\/3 innings without allowing a run. After Justin Sterner<\/a> allowed a run in 1 2\/3 innings, Sean Newcomb<\/a> (3-5) struck out four while facing the minimum in the seventh and eighth. Mason Miller<\/a> finished the game with a 1-2-3 ninth inning.<\/p>\n

Astros All-Star Hunter Brown<\/a> (9-5) allowed one run on four hits over five innings, lowering his ERA to 2.54, but he failed to pitch into the sixth inning for the third straight.<\/p>\n

Key moment <\/p>\n

Butler three-run homer in the ninth increased the A\u2019s lead to four runs.<\/p>\n

Key stat <\/p>\n

Houston’s opponents have scored first in a franchise-record 17 straight games.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Houston LHP Colton Gordon<\/a> (4-2 4.53 ERA) was set to face RHP J.T. Ginn<\/a> (1-2 4.50 ERA) on Sunday in the series finale.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

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