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Houston Astros vs Athletics Starting Lineups — September 27, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
3:05 PM ET · Sutter Health ParkFinal lineups locked · Sep 27, 2:05 PM ETStats updated Oct 29, 3:35 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
HOU.763
+15 ptsOPS edge
ATH
.748
Slight edge: HOU
Power
Season HR
180vs107
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.323vs.327
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.823vs.763
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.687vs.731
HOU wins 4 of 9 batting-order slots · ATH wins 5
HOUSlotATH
Jeremy Peña.788
1.762Henry Bolte
Yordan Alvarez.996
2.718Lawrence Butler
Isaac Paredes.797
3.785Shea Langeliers
Jose Altuve.707
4.788Zack Gelof
Yainer Diaz.758
5.692Jeff McNeil
Christian Walker.717
6.788Donovan Walton
Lucas Spence.731
7.804Joshua Kuroda-Grauer
Cam Smith.673
8.719Carlos Cortes
Taylor Trammell.654
9.669Brian Serven
3 of 9 Houston Astros hitters have the platoon advantage vs Seth Johnson (4 of 9 for Athletics)
Houston Astros
- Strong top of the order
- Real power throughout the lineup
- Handedness works against them today
Athletics
- No easy outs at the bottom