Luis Urias News: Absent from lineup

Urias is not in the Athletics' starting lineup against the Astros on Monday.

Urias will begin Monday's game on the bench while Max Schuemann starts at the keystone and bats ninth. Urias has reached base safely in nine consecutive games, and over that span he has gone 8-for-31 (.258) with one steal, five runs scored, one home run and two RBI.