A’S: Davis tied for AL HR lead

one off outing and every (other) outing has been pretty spotless.”

Jose Altuve hit a solo homer off Sean Doolittle with two outs in the eighth, but Santiago Casilla pitched a scoreless ninth for his fourth save.

Davis, who is tied with Aaron Judge for the AL home run lead, has three homers in this series after hitting two and driving in four runs in the opener Friday night.

Musgrove allowed five hits and a run with six strikeouts in a seasonhigh 6 ⁄ innings.

Musgrove retired his first 10 batters before Lowrie launched his sec- ond home run this season into the seats in right field with one out in the fourth inning to make it 1-0.

There were runners at first and second with two outs in the fifth when Lowrie singled. Chad Pinder was thrown out at home on the play to keep the Athletics from adding to their lead.

Josh Reddick and Altuve hit consecutive singles with one out in the first for Houston, but Triggs escaped the jam by striking out the next two batters to end the inning.

“We just couldn’t quite figure him out,” Houston manager A.J. Hinch said of Triggs. “We never really looked comfortable against him. We got a couple balls we put in play really hard but he was pretty deceptive. ... He was certainly impressive and we lost the battle at the critical times.” TRAINER’S ROOM

LHP Sean Manaea was feeling better Saturday, giving Melvin hope that he won’t have to go on the disabled list. Manaea left his start Wednesday with shoulder tightness and is likely to miss at least one start. ... RHP Sonny Gray, who opened the season on the disabled list with a strained right shoulder, will return to start on Tuesday at Minnesota.