Take a look around the league with Big League Stew's daily wrap up. We'll hit on all of the biggest moments from the day that you may have missed, while providing highlights, photos and interesting stats. With their grip on the AL West loosening a bit over the last couple weeks, the Houston Astros could use a good trip out west to reestablish command. Things didn't go quite as planned on Monday, however, as they dropped a 10-9 slugfest to the last-place Oakland A's. [ Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football: Sign up and join a league today! ] Things appeared to be in Houston's favor with red-hot Mike Fiers on the hill. Over his last four starts, Fiers had allowed just two earned runs over 27 innings. That stretch also included his first career no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fiers was nowhere near that effective on Monday. In five-plus innings, he allowed four runs on five hits while adding four walks. The Astros afternoon really started to unravel in the sixth when Fiers walked the first two batters. From there, three relievers combined to allow six runs as the A's broke the previously tied game wide open. As they've often done this season, the Astros offense proved resilient...
A’s play spoiler, ride six-run sixth inning to victory over Astros
Published September 7, 2015 at 10:35 PM
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