Gattis homers twice to help Astros complete sweep of A's (Yahoo Sports)

Evan Gattis homered twice, catcher Jason Castro threw out a runner to end the game and the contending Houston Astros beat the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Wednesday to complete a sweep. The Astros began the day two games behind Baltimore for the second AL wild-card spot. Oakland scored on second baseman Jose Altuve's fielding error with two outs in the ninth inning to pull within 6-5.