Astros reliever Joey Mancini was saddled with the loss, giving up the double to Hassell after walking a pair and hitting a batter. Houston was limited to two hits, scoring a sacrifice fly, a groundout ...

If one of Joey Estes, Osvaldo Bido or Hogan Harris can build on some of what they showed last season, the A's could be interesting. Houston Astros ... Orion Kerkering or Matt Strahm?

Those four combined for 91 starts and 540 strikeouts over 513 1/3 innings a year ago as Detroit placed second in the AL Central at 86-76, beat the Houston Astros in two games in a wild-card series ...