HOUSTON (AP) — Houston Astros pitchers Hunter Brown, Rafael Montero, Héctor Neris and Bryan Abreu have held the Oakland Athletics hitless through eight innings on Wednesday night.
Brown pitched five innings, struck out seven, walked two and hit a batter, throwing 78 pitches.
He retired his first 11 batters, then walked Ryan Noda.
Houston pitchers retired 10 straight batters since Jordan Diaz was hit by a pitch in the fifth.
Political Cartoons View All 1157 ImagesCristian Javier, Neris and Ryan Pressly held the New York Yankees hitless on June 25, then in Game 4 of the World Series Cristian Javie, Abreu, Montero and Pressly held Philadelphia hitless.
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