We are all familiar with Dallas Keuchel‘s up-and-down 2018 season. The Astros‘ southpaw had a 4.45 ERA entering Saturday’s start against the Royals. In his previous three starts, Keuchel has surrendered 16 earned runs.
Some of the rough starts has been his own doing; other times were attributed to more bad luck. For example, Keuchel’s start against the Rangers on June 10th was a particularly unlucky one as 12 of the 13 hits he surrendered were singles with an average exit velocity of 82.3 MPH.
Thankfully for Houston, vintage Keuchel made an appearance Saturday in Kansas City.