Grossman single in 13th puts A's past Astros

[ASFN Admin]

Robbie Grossman grounded a two-out single up the middle in the 13th inning Friday night, scoring Corban Joseph from second base with the winning run as the host Oakland Athletics outlasted the Houston Astros for the second straight game, 3-2. The win allowed the second-place A's (70-52) to pick a game on the first-place Astros (78-45) for a second consecutive night and allowed them to creep within 7 1/2 games in the American League West. After Oakland used solo home runs by Mark Canha, his 18th, and Marcus Semien, his 20th, off of Astros starter Justin Verlander to account for all their scoring through 12 innings, Oakland resorted to small-ball to record its ninth walk-off win of the season.

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