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Toeing the rubber against the Oakland A's for the first time this season, Jos Urquidy twirled a career-high eight innings, yielding three runs on four hits and one walk en route to his eighth quality start of the season. After surrendering two runs in the second inning, the righty David Wright Jersey retired 11 straight, collecting his first win over Oakland in his career. The 27-year-old only struck out two batters on the 98 pitches he threw.Over his last seven starts, Urquidy is sporting Jacob DeGrom Jersey a 3.32 ERA in 43 1/3 innings pitched. The righty has struck out 31 batters in that span with a 0.95 WHIP to his name.After going down in order the first time through Friday, the Houston Astros got to Paul Blackburn quickly in the fourth. Aledmys Daz was the club's first base runner in the top of the inning with a one-out double, putting him in scoring position with Yordan lvarez to follow.lvarez continued his slugging ways, hitting an RBI double off the scoreboard in left field. Following the one-out double, Alex Bregman gave the Astros the lead with a two-run home run.Scroll to continueJake Meyers and Mauricio Dubn opened the fifth inning with back-to-back Keith Hernandez Jersey singles, putting two on for a red-hot Martn Maldonado. The catcher followed a Jeurys Familia Jersey three-hit game on Thursday with his third home run in the last seven days, belting a three-run blast in the top of the inning.The offense didn't stutter with a four-run lead. With two outs in the seventh, Bregman roped a double off the wall in left field, advancing lvarez from first to third. Kyle Tucker and Yuli Gurriel followed with some insurance, driving in both runners on two-out singles.Jeremy Pea who was out of the lineup Thursday due Juan Lagares Jersey to health and safety protocols was cleared Friday, according to Danielle Lerner of the . The rookie was in the dugout in Oakland but did not appear in Thursday's contest.The Astros look to win the series at 3:07 p.m. Saturday in Oakland. Framber Valdez will look to counter lefty Zach Logue.More From SI's Inside The Astros: