Houston's Jeremy Pena and Yordan Alvarez homered as Oakland's starter allowed six runs on three homers across five innings in a lopsided finish to the club's regular season.

Jacob Lopez earned the win and Hogan Harris the save in Friday's game at Sutter Health Park, the Athletics' current home venue.

The Athletics' Single-A California League affiliate lost the deciding game in San Jose after clinching its playoff berth with an 8-3 win over the Rawhide, ending the franchise's first postseason appearance since 2018.

Oakland/Sacramento activated rookie Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, who was hitting .417 before an earlier injury, for the final week. Meanwhile Max Muncy was placed on the injured list with a knee issue that ends his season (.230/9 HR in 82 games), and J.T. Ginn's elbow impingement was upgraded to a season-ending 60-day injured list stint.

best-of-3 vs OKC Comets starts today 9/22 at Las Vegas Ballpark; Aviators are 2025 PCL champs; winner advances to Triple-A Championship 9/26 vs IL champ

lost 1-0 to CLE Sun 9/20 at Progressive Field despite good pitching; Kotsay/Perkins spoke postgame about Perkins' growth as young starter

reportedly will have surgery, miss ~8 months (would push return to mid-2027); farm director Ed Sprague discussed De Vries + Arnold/Burress/Taylor on A's Farm podcast same window. Confidence: medium ("reportedly", no team confirmation quote)

regular season complete for all 4 full-season affiliates (LV/Midland/Lansing/Stockton); OF Devin Taylor led system with 167 hits

Cleveland's Gavin Williams struck out nine over seven scoreless innings in a rain-delayed game that extended Oakland/Sacramento's losing streak to five.