Darvish gave up one hit on 103 pitches in his sixth win of 2017 before Jeremy Jeffress (No. 16 overall pick, 2006 Draft, Halifax County in Virginia) allowed the other hit, while effectively using all of his pitches to shut the door on the Astros, who now have lost five of their last seven games.
"When you're facing a great pitcher like him and all five pitches are working for him, it's really tough," said Astros shortstop Carlos Correa (No. 1 overall, 2012 Draft, Puerto Rico Baseball Academy H.S.). "His cutter was working. His two-seamer was working.