Rookie Zach Groff hit a two-run sixth inning to break Christian Javier’s no-hitter, then added coverage with his first major league homer to help the team oakland sports teams 4-1 win over away team houston astros on saturday night
Jace Peterson’s two-run lead led and four A’s pitchers, led by starter Paul Blackburn, combined for six hits to help Oakland overcome Alex Bregman’s third home run in three nights.
With Bregman’s 16th home run of the season in the top half of the sixth inning, Javier went no-hitter and took a 1-0 lead into the inning.
He let Tony Kemp fly out to extend his bid to 5 1/3 innings before Gelof drove a single into left field.
After Seth Brown hit a two-out, Phil Maton came on and walked Cody Thomas in front of Peterson, who hit a single to center field to turn the one-run advantage over to Oakland.
The two runs went to Javier (7-2), who lost the game despite allowing just one hit in 5 2/3 innings. He walked six and struck out five.
In the seventh, Gelof hit a Ryne Stanek home run to extend the lead to 3-1. The home run was the 23-year-old’s 33rd major league game.
Seth Brown took the final advantage by hitting a solo hit by Joel Kuhnel in the eighth, his 10th homer of the season.
blackburn restricted astros Allowed one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings.He walked three and struck out five
Blackburn trailed Oakland 1-0 in the sixth inning, with two runners out and one out, before Austin Pruitt induced Corey Julks for a late-inning double.
Pruitt (2-6) took just four pitches for the win. Lucas Elseger went scoreless in the seventh and eighth, striking out and then Trevor May made his ninth save.
May benefited from Tony Kemp’s leaping catch over the left-field wall, stealing the extra base from reliever Jayna Diaz.
Peterson and Groff each had two hits for the Athletics, who have won three of their past five games.
Bregman and Jose Abreu had 2 hits each astroswho won the first two games of the series
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