The Oakland Athletics struck early and never looked back in a 6-2 win over the Houston Astros Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
The A’s didn’t waste any time getting on the board against Justin Verlander. Zack Gelof doubled off the glove of Kyle Tucker deep in right center. Ryan Noda followed with a rocket single off the wall in right that scored Gelof to make it 1-0. After Seth Brown struck out for the second out, Shea Langeliers sent one onto the train tracks in left field for a two-run shot to push the advantage to 3-0.