HOUSTON -- One former American League Cy Young Award winner, Dallas Keuchel, made his shortest start in more than a month. Another two-time recipient of the same award, the Indians' Corey Kluber, pitched as advertised. He relentlessly dominated, returning Astro after Astro to their Minute Maid Park dugout in a 5-4 loss on Saturday.
Three Indians, Jose Ramirez, Edwin Encarnacion and Jason Kipnis, rocketed first-inning doubles off Keuchel and Michael Brantley chipped a 348-foot solo home run -- a flyout in almost any other Major League ballpark -- into Minute Maid's Crawford Boxes, stealing a 3-0 lead against Houston's left-handed starter in the opening inning.