Loperfido hits first MLB homer, Javier solid as Astros beat Athletics to complete sweep

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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 complete 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.“Those are the big hits that we need to open the game up,” manager Joe Espada said. “That’s the kind of offense that we know that we’re capable of.”

“The biggest adjustment for me is just trying to stay as focused as possible and attack the strike zone as quickly as I can and try to throw my pitches inside the strike zone,” Javier said in Spanish through a translator. “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.”Estes yielded eight hits, eight runs and four walks — all career highs — in his second start this season and fourth of his career.

 

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