Jed Lowrie insisted he calmly asked Houston second baseman Jose Altuve why the Astros were trying to hit him with a pitch in the third inning. Lowrie had tried to bunt in the first with his Oakland Athletics already leading by seven runs, yet said it was because the defense had shifted. Oh, the debates of baseball's unwritten rules. Alberto Callaspo hit a three-run homer and the A's went deep four times Friday night to back Sonny Gray in an 11-3 rout of the Astros. Read more http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340418111&teams=houston-astros-vs-oakland-athletics
