HOUSTON -- In at least one category, Dallas Keuchel is Clayton Kershaws equal. DJ Moore Panthers Jersey . For at least one three-game series, Houston was better than Oakland. Keuchel pitched a four-hitter and Robbie Grossman homered to cap a six-run first inning that sent the Astros past the Athletics 8-1 Wednesday. Keuchel (10-7) pitched his fourth complete game of the season, tying Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw for the major league lead. And the Astros, 20 games under .500, won the series from the AL West-leading Athletics. "(The As) do a lot of things well," Keuchel said. "To get a complete game and get a win is something special in its own right." Marc Krauss beat out Oaklands try for a double play in the first, and the Astros went on to match a season high for runs in an inning. Keuchel struck out five and walked three. Manager Bo Porter lauded Keuchels "plus-command" and willingness to use his secondary pitches. As he mixed his pitches up, Kuechel kept he As guessing and forcing the type of contact that can make for a good day. Josh Donaldson hit his 23rd homer for Oaklands only run. Jason Hammel (0-4) remained winless in four starts since the As acquired him with pitcher Jeff Samardzija from the Cubs earlier this month. Hammel was 8-5 before the trade. Krauss hustled for an RBI grounder that kept the first inning going. After Jonathan Singleton walked, Matt Dominguez singled home a run, and another scored when centre fielder Billy Burns bobbled the ball. "Ill tell you, I think the biggest play of the game was Jason Castro going hard into second base and Marc Krauss absolutely giving the effort in which he gave getting down the line," Porter said. "Thats the way the game is supposed to be played. To both of those guys credit, they did a tremendous job in that situation." Carlos Corporan added an RBI single and Grossman, a late addition for the ill Chris Carter, homered into the right-field seats. Hammels day ended in the fifth when Singleton hit his eighth home run. "He had trouble getting the ball down again and in the next couple of innings when he got the ball down he was effective," As manager Bob Melvin said. "Thats where the movement takes over, the downhill plane and everything that makes him successful. And he had a tough time finishing guys off when he was ahead." TRAINERS ROOM Athletics: Outfielder Coco Crisp missed his fourth game in a row with a neck strain. Melvin said the club will know more about his condition when it returns home, but said Crisp wouldnt play Friday. Astros: Reliever Josh Zeid is scheduled to have surgeries on both feet in the next six weeks that will end his 2014 season. Carter was out with a stomach illness. ALTUVE EXTENDS STREAK, CESPEDES ENDS With his line drive single in the sixth inning Jose Altuve ran his hitting streak to 12 games tying his season high. Yoenis Cespedes was unable to continue his streak of games with an RBI, going 0 for 4 and ending his run six. DONALDSON PUNISHES ASTROS Donaldsons second inning home run was his fifth against the Astros this season. . ON DECK Athletics: Following an off-day Thursday, the As will start Sonny Gray at home against Kansas City. He will go for his 13th win and build on his 2.65 ERA Astros: Jarred Cosart (9-7, 4.41) will start Friday night at home against Toronto. Ian Thomas Panthers Jersey . "I met her, I think, a week ago. We went to a Norwood hockey store and picked her out some gear. Marquis Haynes Jersey . Vincent Lamar Carter is no longer the lean, athletic dynamo who dazzled Raptors fans with eye-popping dunks that posterized even the leagues best defenders. http://www.nflpanthersgearofficial.com/marquis-haynes-jersey/ . Gorges is believed to have suffered the injury while blocking a shot with a hand during Montreals win over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The Canadiens added to their defensive depth this week by acquiring veteran Mike Weaver from the Florida Panthers.The five NFL road teams whose medical staffs were interviewed and subjected to spot checks of their bags by federal agents may turn out to be just the first five in line.Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman Rusty Payne said that teams were chosen for inspection simply because they were playing away from home. They were the San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Bucs, Cincinnati Bengals, Seattle Seahawks and Detroit Lions. No arrests were made and the DEA declined to comment whether any potential violations of the federal controlled substances act — the stated reason for the inspections — were discovered.But Payne also noted Sunday that investigators from the agency are currently interviewing NFL team doctors in several locations, suggesting the federal probe begun this summer into possible drug prescription abuse in the league could involve all 32 teams. Although the NFL said in a statement we have no information to indicate that irregularities were found, and the Tampa Bay Bucs breezily characterized the spot-check as a 5-minute delay on Twitter, at least one former federal prosecutor called the inspections a big step forward.When someone from the government — even without a warrant — walks up and asks questions, they get answers and you can test those answers, said Steven Feldman, a former assistant U.S. Attorney for New Yorks southern district with considerable experience in narcotics prosecutions.Theyre either going to tell the truth or lie, and you can use either one in an investigation. Having worked with DEA investigators in the past, its just one more step. My guess, he added, is that this one is a long way from being complete.In response to questions Monday from Associated Press reporters, nine teams said no one in their organization, including medical staff, had been contacted by investigators from the DEA.Heres several things to know as the investigation going forward:___WHY DID THE DEA GO PUBLIC WITH THE INVESTIGATION NOW?The probe was sparked by a lawsuit filed in May on behalf of 500 former players who claimed they were routinely — and often illegally — given powerful narcotics and other drugs such as Vicodin and Oxycontin to mask pain and keep them on the playing field. Over the last several weeks, investigators criss-crossed the country to interview at least a half-dozen former players — including at least two who were named plaintiffs in the painkillers lawsuit, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the meetings who spoke on the condition of anonymity because prosecutors told them not to comment on the meetings.To me, said Feldman, the timing suggests theyre looking for someone who can provide a narrative of what went on iinside the locker rooms. Rashaan Gaulden Panthers Jersey. They have some of that from the players ...but to expand it, they need someone on the other side. Someone who can be squeezed, who acknowledged giving out pills, or who can say whether it was a policy higher up the organization. ... So team doctors and trainers are certainly one place to go looking.___WHAT WERE DEA INVESTIGATORS LOOKING FOR?The federal controlled substances act stipulates that only doctors and nurse practitioners can dispense prescription drugs, and only in states where they are licensed. The act also lays out stringent requirements for acquiring, record-keeping, labeling, storing and transporting drugs. Trainers who are not licensed would be in violation of the law simply by carrying a controlled substance.The lawsuit contends some teams filled out prescriptions in players names without their knowledge or consent, and that trainers often dispensed those drugs like candy at Halloween, along with combining them in cocktails.But proper documentation for any controlled substances found in possession of the medical staff may not have been the sole reason for the inspections.Agents occasionally leak information about an inspection or raid to set up with whats known as a time-date stamp, and later subpoena any electronic communication between parties that are under investigation, a practice Feldman is familiar with.We called it tickling the wire when I was a prosecutor, Feldman said, because at the time, email wasnt as prevalent and we went after the communications between parties with wiretaps. So it sounds quite plausible in this case.___DID ANY OF THE TEAMS OBJECT TO THE INSPECTIONS OF THEIR MEDICAL STAFFS?Most barely noticed.Right after a big game like that, theres a lot of sleeping going on Tampa Bay coach Lovie Smith said Monday. So I caught most of it. I dont know, a few minutes. Fifteen minutes or so. I dont really know how long.San Francisco coach Jim Harbaugh said he didnt hear from or even see the DEA officials, only learning there was an inspection of his teams staff when he read about it. But he didnt sound worried either way.Were an open book in those regards, Harbaugh said. Any kind of scrutiny, any kind of questions, were an open book there.The most interesting response may have come from the Cincinnati Bengals, who were spot-checked in New Orleans. After agent Debbie Weber, a spokeswoman for the DEAs New Orleans office pronounced the team was in compliance, the team added in a statement: The Bengals have never had any issues regarding prescriptions/controlled substances.Any issues which might be present elsewhere are not present with our organization, the statement said. Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic Jerseys From China Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping Cheap NFL T-shirts Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys China Discount NFL Jerseys ' ' '