Hunter Brown pitches Astros past A's

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Hunter Brown cooled down one of baseball's hottest offenses, Jose Altuve paced an 11-hit attack with a double and two singles and the Houston Astros salvaged one win in their three-game series against the host Oakland Athletics with an 8-1 victory on Wednesday afternoon.

Chas McCormick homered while Alex Bregman and Yainer Diaz joined Altuve with two RBIs apiece, helping t