Max Schuemann on Wednesday night in the Athletics game against the Astros. (Photo: Athletics on X)

By Jeremiah Salmonson

WEST SACRAMENTO — Having lost the first two games of the series to the Astros on Monday and Tuesday, the A’s hoped to flip the script on Wednesday night. But for Luis Severino and the A’s, the home woes continued as they dropped their third in a row, 11-4, at Sutter Health Park.

A’s starter Luis Severino pitched well—certainly well enough to keep the A’s in the game—as he worked in and out of trouble all night. All told, Severino tossed five innings of nine-hit, two-run ball and took the loss. He walked just one and struck out five before exiting after the fifth inning.

The real trouble came in the sixth when Tyler Ferguson came on in relief. The inning began innocently enough with a leadoff single, followed by a double play that gave Ferguson two outs with no one on. But the wheels came off from there. The next seven Astros batters reached base, and Houston erupted for seven runs—highlighted by a pair of three-run home runs from Jose Altuve and Victor Caratini. Ferguson was pulled shortly before the second homer but was still charged with six runs on six hits while recording only two outs. Sean Newcomb came on to relieve Ferguson and steadied things with 2.1 innings of two-hit, one-run ball.

Hogan Harris pitched the ninth, but the Astros reignited their offense, scoring two more runs on three hits. It marked the second straight night the Astros put up double-digit runs on the A’s.

Offensively, the A’s scored in the first and sixth innings but didn’t add much until a brief rally in the ninth. Austin Wynns delivered an RBI single in the first, and Nick Kurtz followed with one of his own in the sixth. In the ninth, Kurtz launched a solo home run—his third hit of the day—and Max Schuemann chipped in an RBI single. That would be all for the A’s comeback effort.

With the loss, the A’s dropped to 30-46 on the season and will try to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Astros on Thursday night. Jacob Lopez (1-4, 4.80 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for the A’s, opposed by Colton Gordon (2-1, 4.70 ERA) for Houston. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM PST.

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