Athletics bring 1-0 series advantage over Astros into game 2 July 16 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink Oakland Athletics (31-60, fifth in the AL West) vs. Houston Astros (58-31, first in the AL West)Houston; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDTPITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Jared Koenig (1-2, 6.38 ERA, 1.75 WHIP, 10 strikeouts); Astros: Justin Verlander (11-3, 2.00 ERA, .87 WHIP, 98 strikeouts) LINE: Astros -208, Athletics +174; over/under is 8 Moses Brown Jersey runsBOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics play the Houston Astros with a 1-0 series lead.Houston is 27-13 at home and 58-31 overall. The Astros are 34-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.Oakland has a 31-60 record overall and a 20-28 record in road games. The Athletics have a 10-45 record in games when they have given up Gary Trent Jr. Jersey a home run.Saturday's game is the eighth meeting between these teams this season. The Astros have a 5-2 advantage in the season series.TOP PERFORMERS:Seth Brown has 17 doubles, two triples and 10 home runs for the Athletics. Ramon Laureano is 8-for-37 with four home runs over the last 10 games.LAST 10 GAMES: Astros: 6-4, .237 batting average, 3.54 ERA, outscored opponents by three runsAthletics: 5-5, .203 batting average, 4.05 ERA, outscored opponents by two runsINJURIES: Astros: Jose Altuve: day-to-day (knee), Yordan Alvarez: 10-Day IL (hand), Jason Castro: 10-Day IL (knee), Blake Taylor: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Brantley: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Josh James: 60-Day IL (lat), Parker Mushinski: 15-Day IL (elbow), Caleb Swanigan Jersey Lance McCullers Jr.: 60-Day IL (forearm)Athletics: Stephen Piscotty: day-to-day (wrist), Frankie Montas: day-to-day (shoulder), Jed Lowrie: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jonah Bride: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Dany Jimenez: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Daulton Jefferies: 60-Day IL (arm), Deolis Guerra: 60-Day IL (elbow), Brent Honeywell Jr.: 60-Day IL (elbow)___The A sociated Pre s created this story using technology provided by and data from . in this topic American League Major League Baseball Oakland Athletics Houston Astros Anfernee Simons Jersey Blake Taylor Josh James Jason Castro Brent Honeywell Jr. Stephen Piscotty Michael Brantley Lance McCullers Jr. Jose Altuve Deolis Guerra Ramn Laureano Justin Verlander Frankie Montas Seth Brown Yordan Alvarez Dany Jimnez Daulton Jefferies Oakland Athletics Houston Astros share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 50 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Harry Giles III Jersey Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 54 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles Derrick Jones Jr. Jersey after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS