HOUSTON — Not much separated the A’s and Astros over a series with major playoff implications, but it was the Astros who came away extending their lead in the AL West.
Despite the troubling trend of Trevor Cahill’s bad road performances continuing, the A’s found a way to stay in the game. But the Astros were the club who found the clutch late hit this time around in Wednesday’s 5-4 victory as the A’s are now 2 1/2 games behind Houston for first place in the AL West with 28 games to play.
After a dramatic late-inning hit by Nick Martini stuck a dagger in the Astros the night before, Tyler White returned the favor with a walk-off homer off Jeurys Familia.