The Oakland Athletics were powerless against Framber Valdez in a 2-0 loss to the Houston Astros.
James Kaprielian got the start Sunday and worked around a leadoff walk in the first thanks to a 5-4-3 double play off the bat of Alex Bregman. Another leadoff walk, this time to Jose Abreu put him in hot water in the second. Abreu moved up to second on a fly out by Kyle Tucker. Jeremy Pena then launched one to right center that Ramon Laureano reached into the stands for and pulled back for the second out.