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Hunter Brown struck out a career-high 10 over seven innings and retired 16 straight during one stretch, Corey Julks drove in three runs and the Houston Astros bounced back from being shut out the two previous games to beat the A’s 5-2 on Friday night.
The Astros were blanked in back-to-back games at Milwaukee following an eight-game winning streak. After Esteury Ruiz singled to leading off the A’s first, Brown didn’t allow another baserunner until Nick Allen drew a one-out walk in the sixth. “In hitting, it definitely can get contagious and we just don’t have enough guys in the lineup right now who can put consecutive at-bats together to build that momentum,” Kotsay said.
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