Jose Altuve and Victor Karatini each slammed the three-run homer during the seven-run seventh innings, so that Houston Astro Maul Athletics could help 11–4 in West Sacramento, California on Wednesday night.
Maurisio Duban also raked a season-high 20 hits as Houston, while winning the last eight matches for the seventh time. Aluve, Caratini, Jake Meyers, Jeremy Pena and Cam Smith made three hits for Astro.
Frame Waldez (8–4) conceded two runs and improved five hits in six innings to win the sixth direct start in the sixth innings and 7–0 in his last eight outings. Waldez hit a season-and-three worse and hit three.
Nick Kurtz worked between three hits and scored two runs for athletics, who lost the back-to-back game after winning season-high four-game. Austin Veen’s had two hits and one RBI.
Athletics starter Louis Saverino (2-7) allowed two runs and nine hits in five innings falling at 0-7 in 10 houses this season. He swept five and one went away.
Houston broke down after Saverino left and Tyler Ferguson entered the sixth position and took a 2–1 lead with Astro.
Penna sang with two outsiders and Paradees broke the ultuve 0–1 on the fence in the left centenary. The 432-foot explosion was against Altuve’s 24th career Homer A.
Yaar Diaz and Christian Walker followed with singles, before Smith ripped a double in the left area, making it 6–1.
Scene Nucomb replaced Ferguson, and Caratini ripped her second pitch on the wall to the left for a 9–1 lead.
Kurtaz hit an RBI single at the bottom of the frame.
The Mayors had RBI double and Penna added a run-scoring groundout to the ninth to end the Astro attack.
Kurtaz led a Homer under the ninth, his third explosion in four matches. Max Schuman later single-handedly single-handed the innings to the RBI in the right-center.
Diaz and Duban added two hits for Houston, who scored 24 runs, compiled 35 hits, and put eight homers in the last two matches against A.
Athletics took a 1-0 lead in the second when Kurtaz doubled with one and scored two-outs of Wyns on a single.
Duban led the third with a left-center with a homer to complete the score.
Penna dropped a blue single in the fourth to the right to score a 2–1 lead.
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