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Hello, Houston: Centeno makes dandy debut

HOUSTON -- Juan Centeno hit a 406-foot homer, according to Statcast™ -- the fourth home run of his big league career -- in his second at-bat with the Astros, but that wasn't even the most unlikely thing to happen to the catcher Tuesday. Centeno capped his Astros debut with his first career intentional walk, earning him the Player of the Game belt from teammate Carlos Beltran.

Centeno, called up from Triple-A Fresno this week when Brian McCann went on the seven-day concussion disabled list, went 2-for-3, made a nice defensive play and helped starter Lance McCullers Jr.