{"id":62560,"date":"2025-06-19T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62560"},"modified":"2025-06-19T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T13:00:23","slug":"altuve-caratini-dubon-homer-astros-have-20-hits-in-11-4-win-over-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=62560","title":{"rendered":"Altuve, Caratini, Dub\u00f3n homer, Astros have 20 hits in 11-4 win over Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<p>WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) &#8211; Jose Altuve and Victor Caratini hit three-run home runs in a seven-run sixth inning and the Houston Astros had a season-high 20 hits in an 11-4 victory over the Athletics on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Framber Valdez (8-4) limited the A&#8217;s to two runs and five hits in six innings to help the Astros win for the seventh time in eight games.<\/p>\n<p>Altuve, Caratini. Jeremy Pe\u00f1a. Cam Smith and Jake Meyers had three hits apiece, and Yandy Diaz and Mauricio Dub\u00f3n each added two.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Kurtz hit a double and scored on a single by Austin Wynns to give the Athletics a 1-0 lead in the second. The 22-year-old rookie had a solo homer in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Dub\u00f3n hit a leadoff homer in the third inning and Pe\u00f1a&#8217;s RBI single off starter Luis Severino (2-7) in the fourth made it 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics had a four-game win streak snapped Tuesday with a 13-3 loss to Houston.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/19\/06\/wire-99520517-1750310097-800_634x422.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Astros' Jose Altuve hits a three run home run against the Athletics during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Scott Marshall)\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Houston Astros&#8217; Jose Altuve hits a three run home run against the Athletics during the sixth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Scott Marshall)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tyler Ferguson replaced Severino to start the sixth and gave up a single to Meyers before Dub\u00f3n grounded into a 4-6-3 double play but Pe\u00f1a followed with a single, Isaac Paredes followed with a walk and Altuve&#8217;s three-run shot sparked Houston&#8217;s seven-run sixth that made it 9-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletics gave up three home runs and have yielded a major league-leading 113 this season, sixth most before the All-Star break in franchise history. The A&#8217;s are on pace to allow 247 homers this season and shatter the franchise record of 220 set by the 1964 Kansas City A\u00b4s.<\/p>\n<p>Houston&#8217;s Colton Gordon (2-1, 4.70 ERA) was scheduled to pitch Thursday against Jacob Lopez (1-4, 4.80) to wrap up the four-game series.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/19\/06\/wire-99520511-1750310096-36_634x422.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Astros' Cam Smith, middle, gestures after hitting a double that's scores a run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Scott Marshall)\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Houston Astros&#8217; Cam Smith, middle, gestures after hitting a double that&#8217;s scores a run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Scott Marshall)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2025\/06\/19\/06\/wire-99520515-1750310096-49_634x422.jpg\" alt=\"Houston Astros' Victor Caratini, right, celebrates with Mauricio Dub\u00f3n (14) after hitting a three run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo\/Scott Marshall)\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Houston Astros&#8217; Victor Caratini, right, celebrates with Mauricio Dub\u00f3n (14) after hitting a three run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. 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