Houston 10 at Athletics 6 - Recap

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland starting pitcher Sean Manaea fired five-plus innings of no-hit ball, but the Houston Astros ruled the late innings in a 10-6 victory Saturday over the Athletics.

The Astros drove the left-hander Manaea from the game in the sixth inning although he allowed no hits. Houston scored all 10 of its runs in the final four innings of the game.

But the Astros' may have suffered a big loss. Carlos Correa was hit by a pitch on his left wrist or hand in the ninth inning and left the game immediately.

In the sixth, Manaea opened the inning by walking three straight batters before errors by Adam Rosales and Jaff Decker allowed George Springer and Alex Bregman to score. Manaea finished his 98-pitch performance with two runs allowed (one earned), five walks and six strikeouts.

Houston produced two runs in the seventh inning to cut Oakland's lead to 5-4. Norichika Aoki broke up the no-hitter with a single and Jake Marisnick followed with an infield single. Both players scored on an RBI single by Bregman and a fielder's choice by Jose Altuve.

But the Astros took control in the eighth inning, scoring four runs to take an 8-5 lead. After Beltran scored on a Sean Doolittle wild pitch to tie the score, Norichika Aoki gave the Astros the lead for good with a sacrifice fly. Springer capped the Astros' scoring that inning with a two-run home run.

The A's opened the scoring in the second inning, sending seven batters to the plate and plating three runs. After singles by Khris Davis and Stephen Vogt to lead off the inning, Yonder Alonso slammed a run-scoring double to deep left field. After a strikeout by Ryon Healy, Decker hit an RBI single to left, and Rosales followed with a sacrifice bunt that brought in Alonso for a 3-0 A's advantage.

Oakland drove Houston starting pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. from the game in the fifth inning with a pair of solo home runs. Trevor Plouffe went deep to left field and Davis followed added his sixth home run of the season just over the right-field fence.

NOTES: A's SS Marcus Semien did not play Saturday. Manager Bob Melvin said that Semien has a right wrist injury and he got an MRI Saturday. Melvin said that it has been "a little bit of a nagging injury for him that he's able to play through and then last night, more significant." Adam Rosales filled in at shortstop Saturday. ... Astros 2B Jose Altuve saw his streak of reaching base safely end in the first inning when he struck out against A's LHP Sean Manaea. The streak had reached 11 at-bats, the longest streak for an Astro since Bill Spiers in 1997. ... A's OF Mark Canha was optioned to Triple-A Nashville and brought up OF Jaff Decker, who started Saturday in center field. OF Jake Smolinski was transferred to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Decker, who was batting .387 over his first eight games with Nashville and .333 with six doubles in 22 spring games with the A's. "He's not here just to sit around. He's going to get a lot of time," Melvin said. He also said that Canha "needed to play on a consistent basis" and needed to get some consistent at-bats. ... A's RHP Kendall Graveman said that he has no concern about not being able to get loose Friday night and being pulled after 74 pitches in a 7-2 loss to the Astros. "It's not painful by any means," he said." I fully expect to make the next start." Melvin had a slightly different perspective, "We'll see how the week goes," he said. "With something like that, not getting loose, not feeling great this early in the season, it's not that tough of a decision to pull the plug and get him out of the game. So hopefully in doing that ... he can make his next start."