Houston, Texas.- Seth Brown scored and led in four runs while Cole Irvin made it through a turbulent opening when the Oakland Athletics beat the Houston Astros 8-5.
Tony Kemp scored three wins and scored three goals for Oakland, which he won for the fourth time in 15 games this month, ending Houston’s six-game streak one day after the Astros clinched their post-season spot. .
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Brown smashed a slider from Mexican holder Jose Urquidy at 80 mph in the fifth inning. The ball traveled 432 feet on the upper deck of the right grandstand for a three-point homer that put the A’s 6-4 ahead.
It was Brown’s 23rd home run of the season. In the seventh inning, he doubled Will Smith to extend the lead to 7-4.
Urquidy (13-7) conceded six runs and seven hits in six innings, during which time he prescribed six strikeouts. The “magic number” of games for Houston to clinch the AL West title remained at four.
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Irvin (9-11) recovered after the first inning. He ended up receiving four runs and seven hits in a seven-innings job, in which he had a strikeout. Dominican Domingo Acevedo drew up the ninth inning without a run to earn his second save.
With MLB information
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