Athletics score six in sixth, hold off Astros 6-5

The Athletics scored six times in the sixth inning and then survived a late Astros rally to win 6-5 Friday night. The official MLB game feed shows Houston leading 1-0 on Christian Walker's fourth-inning homer before the Athletics put together the game's decisive rally. MLB's same-game video of the six-run sixth captures the inning that turned a one-run deficit into a five-run lead.

The Athletics did not rely on one swing. Michael Stefanic singled home Jeff McNeil and Zack Gelof for the first two runs. Jonah Heim's single brought in Denzel Clarke, and Henry Bolte then tripled home Tommy White and Heim. Lawrence Butler's fielder's choice scored Bolte to complete the six-run inning. The sequence gave the home team a 6-1 advantage after five scoreless innings against Houston starter Hunter Brown.

Jacob Lopez started for the Athletics and threw six innings, allowing one run and striking out four, according to the final MLB box score. Walker's solo homer, his 28th of the season, was the only Astros run while Lopez was in the game. Brown allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings, but Houston's bullpen could not stop the sixth-inning rally after he left. The official decisions credit Lopez with the win and Brown with the loss.

Houston made the finish uncomfortable. Cam Smith homered in the seventh to make it 6-2. The Astros added three runs in the eighth, including Jose Altuve's sacrifice fly and Yainer Diaz's RBI single, cutting the deficit to one. The Athletics kept the lead through that inning and got a scoreless ninth from Hogan Harris. With one runner aboard, Harris induced Jeremy Peña to hit into a game-ending double play, according to the play log. The official decisions credit Harris with the save.

Bolte finished with two hits and two RBIs. Stefanic also drove in two, while Heim had two hits for the Athletics. Houston managed five hits overall and drew close despite trailing by five after the sixth. The result turned on the contrast between a concentrated Athletics scoring inning and an Astros comeback that stopped one run short. The MLB content feed identifies the official video for this exact September 25 game; the completed box score supplies the final 6-5 result and pitching lines.