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Houston vs Oakland Game Final 6-2 - Cristian Javier Earns Win

Houston got 5 innings of work from Cristian Javier en route to a 6-2 victory over Oakland on Thursday at Minute Maid Park.

Houston was favored by -163 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 10.

Cristian Javier earned the victory for the Astros, throwing 5 innings of work, striking out 7, walking 2, and allowing 3 hits and 0 earned runs. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Myles Straw in the win.

Oakland got a 2-inning outing from Deolis Guerra in the loss. He gave up 1 earned runs, 0 walks and 1 hits in his time on the mound, while Jed Lowrie had 1 hits in the loss for the Athletics.

The battle of the bats favored Houston as they had 8 hits, while Oakland only had 6.