HOUSTON — What’s the best answer to a 15-0 loss? How about a 21-7 win the next day.
For the first time since 1908, every single A’s starter had a multi-hit game. The A’s hit six home runs through five innings, tying a season-high for home runs in a single game. The A’s recorded a season-high 25 hits.
Matt Olson hit his 30th and 31st home runs, joining Mark McGwire and Jason Giambi as the only first basemen in A’s history to hit 30 home runs.
Sean Murphy hit two home runs in a three-hit night, the exit velocity on all his contact fell no lower than 100 mph.