What began as a pitchers’ duel ended in a slugfest, and unfortunately another defeat at the hands of the Houston Astros’ bullpen.
Michael Brantley and Carlos Correa both had multi-homer games and the Astros hit five longballs as a team, but the Oakland Athletics went deep five times as well to emerge victorious Thursday night, 7-6.
Both starting pitchers cruised through the first three innings. Mike Fiers and Aaron Sanchez needed only a combined 58 pitches to get the first 18 outs of the ballgame.
But that was merely the calm before the storm, one that would end calamitously for the Astros.