HOUSTON -- In their 4-0 loss to the Athletics on Tuesday, the Astros out-hit the A's 8-7. But the Astros left 11 runners on base.
"Giving that we were putting so many runners on base, I felt we were one hit away from getting right there," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "We did it with two outs in Texas a couple of days ago."
The Astros may have delivered the clutch hits Sunday, beating the Rangers 6-4 in 14 innings, but they couldn't get the timely hit on Tuesday against Oakland starter Kendall Graveman, who earned his first Major League win.