13 hits were connected by the Houston Astros to beat the Oakland Athletics 10-4 and José Altuve took the opportunity to unleash his offense.
“El Astroboy” was near perfect and finished 5-4 with a pair of runs scored. He dropped his average at .279 and reached 165 hits for the year.
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Yordan Alvarez, Jason Castro, Yuli Gurriel and Kyle Tucker homered for Houston to collect seven touchdowns.
Phil Maton (6-0) replaced starter Jake Odorizzi and served the last ou and the fifth inning for the victory.
For his part, Paul Blackburn (1-4) charged with the reverse.