When the A’s were torched in Houston on April 28, Brett Anderson had not yet re-joined Oakland.
He got to experience a thumping from the Astros nonetheless. In his first game at the Coliseum as a member of the A’s since Sept. 22, 2013, Anderson gave up nine runs, seven earned, in Oakland’s 16-2 loss Monday at the Coliseum.
The left-hander, pitching in the rotation spot vacated when Kendall Graveman was demoted, went just three-plus innings and allowed 10 hits and three walks.
George Springer matched a Houston record with six hits, including a double and three-run homer, and he scored four runs.