Jason Alexander pitched six scoreless innings, Jeremy Peña doubled twice and the Houston Astros used a five-run fourth to beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 on Monday night.

Jason Alexander pitched six scoreless innings, Jeremy Peña doubled twice and the Houston Astros used a five-run fourth to beat the Miami Marlins 8-2 on Monday night.

If you're going to win baseball games despite having 17 players on the injured list, you're going to have to do the little things right. The Astros didn't do that Thursday night. The A's took advantage of some uncharacteristic mistakes in the field to jump out to an early lead and hold on for a 5-2 win at Daikin Park,