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Athletics-Astros Preview

(AP) -- Mired in their first losing streak, the Oakland Athletics will try to get back on track with another dominant performance against the Houston Astros.

The A's swept the Astros this past weekend and will try to extend their win streak in the series to seven while earning their 11th victory in 13 all-time games in Houston on Thursday night.

Oakland (13-8) was off to its best start since 1990 before a three-game sweep this week against a red-hot Texas team. The A's had just two singles and Josh Donaldson's double in a 3-0 loss in Wednesday's finale.

Leaders
AVG:	A. Callaspo	.284
HR:	Y. Cespedes	4
RBI:	B. Moss	16
SB:	C. Crisp	6
W:	S. Gray	3
ERA:	J. Chavez	1.38
Saves:	L. Gregerson	3
K:	S. Gray	31

Western Division
Team	W	L	Pct	GB
Texas	14	8	.636	-
Oakland	13	8	.619	0.5
LA Angels	10	11	.476	3.5
Seattle	8	13	.381	5.5
Houston	7	15	.318	7
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General Batting (Rank)
AVG:	.249 (13)
Runs:	94 (8)
Hits:	183 (12)
Home Runs:	22 (11)
Stolen Bases:	14 (12)
OBP:	.338 (4)
SLG:	.399 (12)
Total Bases:	293 (10)

General Pitching (Rank)
Earned Run Average:	2.69 (3)
Runs Allowed:	67 (2)
Saves:	5 (18)
Strikeouts:	175 (13)
OpBA:	.220 (2)
OBP:	.283 (3)
SLG:	.329 (3)
Run Support:	4.28 (11)

Transactions
Date	Player	Transactions
4/21	A. Parrino	Acquired Off Waivers Texas
4/21	A. Parrino	Sent to Minors
4/18	S. Doolittle	Signed ( 2014-2018; Opt 2019-2020)(five-year contract extension)
4/16	M. Walden	Acquired Off Waivers Toronto
4/16	M. Walden	Sent to Minors
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Injuries
Date	Player	Status
4/20	Y. Cespedes	Left game - bruised right heel (day-to-day)
3/28	J. Elmore	Strained left quad (on 15-day DL)
3/21	R. Cook	off 15-day DL
3/21	C. Gentry	off 15-day DL
3/21	A. Griffin	Flexor muscle strain, right elbow (on 15-day DL)
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