Box score OAKLAND, Calif. – Bud Norris couldn’t get out of the first inning Wednesday and the Astros again had no answer for the Athletics. Norris was pulled from the game after just 2/3 of an inning, giving up six runs, five hits and three walks during the shortest start of his career in the Astros’ 7-5 loss to Oakland in an American League West matchup at O.co Coliseum. The Astros held a 1-0 first-inning lead before Norris took the mound. The club pulled within 7-4 in the top of the seventh after a Carlos Pena solo home run and back-to-back RBI singles by Marwin Gonzalez and Jose Altuve. But [...]