Cristian Javier rebounds, Astros sweep A's

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Cristian Javier twirled six shutout innings in a bounce-back performance while Joey Loperfido clubbed his first career home run as the Houston Astros completed a four-game sweep of the visiting Oakland Athletics with an 8-1 victory on Thursday.

Javier (3-1), shelled for seven runs in 1 1/13 innings by the Detroit Tigers in his previous outing, breezed through his second star