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Keuchel itching to come off disabled list

HOUSTON -- After being placed on the 10-day disabled list for a pinched nerve in his neck, Astros ace Dallas Keuchel said he plans to return Saturday to start against the Orioles. Keuchel's catcher, Brian McCann, is scheduled to return the same day after being on the seven-day concussion DL.

"I don't think it was really that big of a deal. I didn't really want to go on the DL in the first place," Keuchel said of his neck. "It is what it is … It's not like I was on my death bed or anything.