The Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 and completed a four-game sweep.
HOUSTON -- Rookie Joey Loperfido hit his first major league home run and Cristian Javier pitched six scoreless innings Thursday night to help the Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 8-1 and completed a four-game sweep.The victory extended Houston's winning streak to a season-high five games. The Astros have won seven of their last eight.'The biggest thing is just everybody is executing better,' third baseman Alex Bregman said. 'We're playing better as a team now.
Severe thunderstorms roared through downtown Houston Thursday night, causing rain to get through a section of the retractable roof at Minute Maid Park and pour into the bullpen in right-center field as Javier warmed up.'It didn't really affect me, but yeah there was a lot of water in there, which is something I hadn't seen before,' he said. 'So I was a little bit confused there.
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