BALTIMORE (AP) — On the day their closest challenger let its manager go, the Houston Astros took their biggest division lead of the season.
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Spencer Arrighetti, Ben Gamel and Shay Whitcomb — not exactly Houston’s biggest stars — led the Astros to a 6-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday night. Houston, which just over two months ago was 10 games behind in the AL West, took a 5 1/2-game advantage on Seattle…