The Oakland A’s made yet another statement this week, in a season that’s been full of them. This time they went to Houston and took three of four games from the Astros, who entered the series with the best record in MLB. Oakland is locked in a tight Wild Card battle with two other clubs and they need every win they can get to keep pace, so their clutch performance against an elite opponent was especially timely.
Here are the eight best things about this series win.
1. Beating the best
The A’s and Astros are both in the AL West division, which means they play each other 19 times every year as part of the league’s unbalanced scheduling.