Friday, Aug 21, 2026Daikin Park8:10 PM ETPreview

ATH · Away · 49-78

Athletics

AL West · 3rd · 15.0 GB

—:—

8:10 PM ET

HOU · Home · 64-63

Houston Astros

AL West · 1st · —

Starting pitcher matchup

J.T. Ginn —

Athletics

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

67th

WHIP

—

74th

K/9

—

109th

BB/9

—

148th

FIP

4.16

HR/9

—

74th

OPS/R

0.554

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA3.58

Road ERA3.49

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

TBD —

Houston Astros

2026 season (MLB rank among qualified starters)

ERA

—

WHIP

—

K/9

—

BB/9

—

FIP

—

HR/9

—

OPS/R

—

2026 ERA splits

Home ERA—

Road ERA—

Last 5 starts

ERA

—

QUALITY
START %

—

DAYS
REST

—

Team OPS vs opposing starter's hand (2026)

Athletics vs — (TBD)

15th

in MLB

0.721OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

Astros vs — (J.T. Ginn)

9th

in MLB

0.737OPS

.600.700.800.9001.000

2026 season team comparison

Athletics

Stat

Houston Astros

— (15th)

Batting Average

— (19th)

— (15th)

OPS

— (11th)

— (13th)

Home Runs

— (3rd)

— (20th)

Runs Scored

— (10th)

— (29th)

Team ERA

— (25th)

— (29th)

Team WHIP

— (24th)

— (15th)

K/9 (Starters)

— (9th)

Runs scored & allowed per inning (2026)

Athletics

Runs Scored

0.57

0.38

0.46

0.40

0.60

0.38

0.67

0.41

0.47

Runs Allowed

0.71

0.54

0.58

0.55

0.74

0.69

0.59

0.83

0.58

Astros

Runs Scored

0.57

0.48

0.53

0.50

0.55

0.46

0.41

0.56

0.42

Runs Allowed

0.60

0.50

0.65

0.64

0.73

0.37

0.51

0.43

0.32

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