A Piscotty Provides All-Off In 2-0 Win Against Astros

HOUSTON – In what turned into a confrontation between Frankie Montas and Gerrit Cole, it was Cole who flinched first.

Despite Cole's electrical tricks, Montas managed to survive him long enough for the attack to a 1-0 win over the Astros on Monday to break what had been eight straight losses against Houston entering the night.

Stephen Piscotty's house going forward to Crawford's cages in the left field off in the seventh inning Brad Peacock was the difference maker in this one. It was the tenth Piscotty course of the season, surpassing its 2017 total with the Cardinals, and its third consecutive match with a circuit.

This was the game that will have the most love, but the A won this game a round before the heroism of Piscotty.

The A's (51-40) were in serious danger with the way Cole handled during the first five innings – eight strikeouts with 82 shots. They needed to find a way to stop this momentum, and they did so with patience.

After Dustin Fowler and Mark Canha broke up to lead the sixth, Jed Lowrie did an eight-run Cole run at 99 slots in the night. Khris Davis followed by reaching a home field single before Matt Olson struck to end the inning, but even at the bat lasted six lengths. Cole managed to get out 11 shots, but at 108 shots, his night was over.

Montas was not as flashy as Cole, but he was just as effective

. hander did not allow a shot until the fourth inning and only really found himself in a bad place, which came in that lower half of the sixth.

Montas had capitulated singles back to back with one, while raising the Astros man (61-32) wanted AL's best-known player, Jose Altuve, to be at home in a match that still had not occurred at the time. He challenged Altuve with six fast power balls to put the count at 2-2, but that was an 86 mph slider that was the key to the game while he got the second starting goal in This year's All-Star Game to land in a