Lately the Oakland A’s have been doing just enough to lose games. On Thursday they finally did just enough to win one.
The A’s scored two runs in the 1st inning and held onto that lead for the rest of the afternoon in a 2-1 victory over the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. The victory in the series finale avoids a sweep at the hands of the AL West division rivals.
Oakland’s offense struck right away in the opening frame, just as they had in the first two games of this series against the Astros. Elvis Andrus doubled, and Matt Olson followed with a shallow fly to no-man’s land in left field that barely landed fair for a lucky double and an RBI.