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OAKLAND, Calif. — Lawrence Butler hit one of the Athletics' five homers, fell a single short of the cycle and made a tremendous throw from right field to cut down a runner at the plate as Oakland beat the Houston Astros 8-2. Brent Rooker, Seth Brown, Zack Gelof and Shea Langeliers also connected to help the A's hand the AL West-leading Astros a second consecutive defeat. Butler tripled and scored on Rooker's two-run drive in the first inning, homered in the third and doubled in a run in the sixth. The homer was his eighth in July, and the A's leadoff hitter leads the majors with 24 RBIs this month.
