Orioles 4, Astros 1
W: Tillman (5-2)
L: Keuchel (6-3)
SV: Britton (4)
For the third game in a row, Houston was held to five hits and the lack of power doomed their win streak. Dallas Keuchel held them close and continued his unexpected success, but a series of walks in the fifth inning was too much to overcome. Three walks in a row, two with the bases loaded, gave Baltimore the edge it needed in support of a tightrope effort from Chris Tillman.
The walks were a tough pill to swallow, but they came as a result of Keuchel pitching a little too carefully to the meat of the Oriole order with runners on base. The damage was limited but the Astros could only run up a high pitch count, not deliver timely hits. A potential rally in the second inning, with the bases loaded and only one out, produced Houston’s only run.