The Athletics could not overcome one of the favorites for the American League Cy Young Award, and ultimately were left without a chance after the Astros broke it open in the eighth inning.
Today's story is one of doing more than enough to lose with the A's dropping the final game of the series--Astros 6, Athletics 1--and falling to 14-28. Initially, the A's had their chances against the early favorite for the American League Cy Young award and gave him plenty of traffic on the bases.
The A's went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position, however, and no runs scored on the hit because it came with Billy Butler on second base.