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A’s ride strong starts from two Daniels to sweep doubleheader with Astros

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OAKLAND — After getting beaten up by the Houston Astros for most of the season, the A’s seem to have flipped the script.

The A’s entered this weekend’s series against Houston with an abysmal 3-12 record. While it took the A’s five months to record three wins against the American League leaders, they’ve managed to match that win total in just days.

The A’s picked up their third-straight win over the Astros on Saturday by sweeping a traditional doubleheader with two blowouts in front of 19,244 fans at the Coliseum.

The two Daniels — Gossett and Mengden — both provided something that had been missing from A’s starters over the past two weeks — Length.