After being beaten nine times in their 11 meetings this season, the Oakland Athletics took three out of four against the Houston Astros, gaining ground in the AL West race (7.5 games back) and putting together some of their cardinal wins this year.
Not only did they win more games in this series than they had all season against the kings of the AL West, but they put up the first series win over the Astros in almost exactly a calendar year (2-1 series win from Aug. 17 to 19 of last season).
The A’s won the first two games of that series, also marking the last three-game winning streak the Green and Gold had over Houston.