Keuchel shuts down Indians in Astros' win
CLEVELAND -- Dallas Keuchel pitched his first complete game of the season, and Josh Reddick had two hits and three RBIs to lead the Houston Astros to a 4-2 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday night at Progressive Field.
Keuchel (4-0) gave up six hits, struck out five and walked three. The Indians' only runs came via solo home runs by Austin Jackson in the third inning and Michael Brantley in the ninth.
Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (1-3) pitched six innings, allowing three runs on eight hits with six strikeouts and no walks.
The Astros won the game but lost two players as second baseman Jose Altuve and right fielder Teoscar Hernandez had to leave the game with injuries after they collided in short right field while chasing a fly ball hit by Cleveland's Yan Gomes in the eighth inning.
Altuve appeared to get hit in the jaw and Hernandez, who had to be carted off the field, appeared to have a left leg injury.
Leading 3-1, the Astros added an insurance run in the ninth inning on an RBI single by Reddick. The run was charged to reliever Nick Goody.
Cleveland mounted threats in each of the first two innings, but Keuchel pitched out of trouble both times. He got Brantley to ground into an inning-ending double play in the first inning and induced Brandon Guyer to ground into an inning-ending double play in the second.
In the third inning, there was no double play, just a solo home run by Jackson over the center-field wall, giving Cleveland a 1-0 lead.
The Astros countered with three runs in the fifth inning. Yulieski Gurriel led off the inning with a single to left field, and Evan Gattis reached on an infield single. Norichika Aoki doubled off the wall in right field, scoring Gurriel with the tying run. Gattis moved to third on the hit.
Reddick followed with a single to left field, scoring Gattis and Aoki, giving Houston a 3-1 lead.
Tomlin then rallied to retire the next three batters in order, striking out Carlos Beltran and Altuve and retiring Carlos Correa on a flyball to end the inning.
NOTES: Astros OF George Springer did not start Tuesday's game due to a strained hamstring, but came into the game in place of RF Teoscar Hernandez, after Hernandez was injured in a collision with 2B Jose Altuve. ... Houston OF Jake Marisnick was placed on the seven-day concussion disabled list. Marisnick was removed from Sunday's game after he ran into the center field wall. To replace Marisnick on the roster, the Astros recalled Hernandez from Triple-A Fresno. ... Indians manager Terry Francona used 15 different lineups in the club's first 19 games.