Reddick, A's down Astros in 10 innings
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Josh Reddick hit a walk-off infield single with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Oakland Athletics to a 4-3 victory against the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at the Oakland Coliseum.
The walk-off RBI was the sixth of Reddick's career.
Astros reliever Pat Neshek (2-2) gave up a two-out single to Marcus Semien in the 10th and was replaced by left-hander Tony Sipp. Semien stole second base, and Sipp walked Yonder Alonso, bringing the left-handed-hitting Reddick to the plate. Reddick hit a ground ball that shortstop Carlos Correa fielded deep the hole as Semien raced around third and headed home.
Correa's off-balance throw was late, and Semien scored the game-winning run.
The Astros took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the ninth with closer Will Harris on the mound. Harris was a perfect 9-for-9 in save opportunities, but the A's pulled even Stephen Vogt and Coco Crisp hit back-to-back doubles with one out.
Crisp missed a walk-off, two-run home run by a foot, as his double hit off the wall in right field. Crisp thought the ball had gone out, and he jogged around second and was caught off base and tagged out by Correa after a brief rundown.
Harris struck out Jed Lowrie, and the game headed to extra innings.
The Astros left the bases loaded in the top of the 10th.
Houston left-hander Dallas Keuchel gave up two runs over 6 1/3 innings and appeared headed for his fourth straight victory but got a no-decision.
Keuchel, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, allowed five hits, struck out six and walked three. He posted his sixth straight quality start. In his first 14 starts, Keuchel went 3-9 with a 5.54 ERA.
George Springer hit his 21st home run of the season for the Astros, a solo shot in the fifth inning.
Jose Altuve had a career-high-tying four hits in five at-bats, and he came up a home run shy of his first career cycle. Altuve had four hits for the 18th time in his career. He scored two runs and raised his batting average to .354.
A's rookie left-hander Dillon Overton, who was called up Tuesday from Triple-A Nashville, gave up three runs on nine hits over 6 1/3 innings in his third career major league start. He also got a no-decision.
Overton struck out six, walked none and threw 107 pitches. He bounced back from a nightmare start against the Giants on June 30 when he allowed eight runs in three innings.
Rookie Ryon Healy went 2-for-4 with a two run double for the A's, and Crisp also had two hits. Relievers Daniel Coulombe, Liam Hendriks and Marc Rzepczynski (1-0) combined to throw 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Astros took a 3-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh, and Keuchel had allowed only three hits. However, Billy Butler grounded a one-out single to center and moved to third when Jake Smolinski hit an opposite-field double to right over Springer, who played him shallow.
That was it for Keuchel, who threw 116 pitches. Right-hander Ken Giles took over, and Healy sent his second pitch, a 98 mph fastball, to the right-center gap for a two-run double as the A's cut Houston's lead to 3-2. Healy moved to third on Crisp's two-out single, but Lowrie grounded out to Correa on a ball that Giles deflected.
The Astros took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third inning and could have scored more if not for a brilliant defensive play by Overton.
Marwin Gonzalez lined a one-out single to left and went to third on Altuve's double to left-center. Correa hit a dribbler toward the mound, and Gonzalez sprinted toward the plate. Overton raced in and flipped the ball directly from his glove to catcher Matt McBride, who fielded the one-hopper and tagged out Gonzalez.
Luis Valbuena followed with an RBI single to center, but Overton retired Carlos Gomez on a fly ball to right, ending the inning.
Springer led off the fifth inning with a home run to center, increasing Houston's lead to 2-0. Altuve tripled to center field with one out and scored on Correa's sacrifice fly, making it 3-0.
NOTES: The A's called up LHPs Dillon Overton and Daniel Coulombe from Triple-A Nashville, put RHP Daniel Triggs (left calf contusion) on the disabled list and optioned INF/OF Tyler Ladendorf to Nashville before the game. ... Oakland C Josh Phegley (right knee surgery) resumed baseball activities Tuesday. He played catch and swung the bat but did not face pitching. Phegley had a cyst removed earlier this month but did not need any structural repair to his knee. There is no target date for him to go on a rehab assignment. ... Houston DH/C Evan Gattis made his 20th start of the season at catcher, all since being recalled on May 17 after a brief stint at Double-A. Gattis didn't catch a single game last season when he spent time in left field and at DH for the Astros. ... Astros 2B Jose Altuve moved past Michael Bourn and into seventh place on Houston's all-time steals list Monday with his 194th career stolen base.