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Oakland doubles its homer total, in 9th game of season

The Oakland A’s scored only 19 runs in their first eight games of the season, but they weren’t swinging as badly as that output made it seem. They proved it on Friday.

The A’s hammered the ball from start to finish and doubled their homer total for the entire season, en route to a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros that wasn’t anywhere near as close as the final appears.

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