Nick Kurtz homered in the ninth inning for the second straight day and the Athletics beat the Houston Astros 3-1.

The A’s pushed their winning streak to four games in epic fashion on Monday night, walking off on a mammoth home run to beat the Houston Astros 3-1 for the team’s 30th win. Who doesn’t love a good walk off?

Preview the June 16 matchup between the Houston Astros and Athletics with odds over/under, game spread, betting lines and more.

It’s Monday, June 16 and the Astros (41-30) take on the Athletics (29-44). Lance McCullers is slated to take the mound for Houston against Mitch Spence for the Athletics. The Athletics are flying high. They are coming off a series sweep of the Kansas City Royals, including a 4-0 shutout in game two of the series.

The Athletics took the opener of their four-game series with the Houston Astros, thanks to yet another huge home run from rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz.

Pena and the Astros open a series with the Athletics, who are trying to pull themselves out of an awful slump where they went 7-24 over a 31-game stretch. But they’ve won six of their last 10, including a three-game sweep of the Royals.

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On the flip side, the Houston Astros, who swept the A's in a quick two-game series at the end of May, are entering this series in West Sacramento at 41-30, 4.5 games up in the AL West, and 13 games above the A's. They're also on a five-game win streak and have won eight of their last ten.

A Houston team crippled by injuries and held together by castoffs continues to win, walking off Minnesota on Sunday in 10 innings.