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- Updated: June 4, 2016
HOUSTON — Evan Gattis went 4-for-5 with four RBIs, including a two-run home run to left field in the fourth inning, and the Astros jumped on A’s starter Jesse Hahn for seven first-inning runs and cruised to a 12-2 win on Friday night at Minute Maid Park.
Astros starter Doug Fister (5-3) fired six scoreless innings while allowing four hits to send Houston to its ninth win in the past 11 games. The A’s, who had their five-game winning streak snapped, trailed 12-0 before getting on the board with a Marcus Semien home run in the seventh.
“For us, we have this in us,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “We have these quality at-bats in us. We have the potent power throughout the order. This doesn’t shock me. We’ve done this a number of times, but sometimes it feels like we’re not doing it consistently enough. We’ve got it in us.”
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Every Astros starter, with the exception of Luis Valbuena (two walks in his first two plate appearances) had a hit by the fourth inning. George Springer went 2-for-2 in the first inning, and Tony Kemp added a two-run triple in the first and scored on an RBI single by Jake Marisnick (2-for-5). Carlos Correa and Colby Rasmus also had two hits each.
“I put that one on me,” Hahn said. “That’s a terrible job on my part. I felt really good coming into the game. Warmup was great. I thought that was going to be a really great night. I just got out there, and everything kind of felt out of whack.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDAstros blast off in first: The Astros, who had been outscored 43-28 in first innings this year prior to Friday, exploded for their biggest first inning since scoring eight runs against Seattle on June 12, 2015. They sent 12 batters to the plate en route to a 7-0 lead. Their 16 hits were their most in a game …
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