HOUSTON – Puerto Rican shortstop Carlos Correa hit a solo home run on Father’s Day, Dallas Keuchel lost in his first outing against Houston, and Abraham Toro had four career hits, the most of his career, to guide the Astros to a Sunday’s 8-2 win over the Chicago White Sox for their seventh straight victory.
Correa also had a special moment when he received an honor roll from his father, Carlos, before the start of the game. The pitcher also did the same by simultaneously receiving a pitch from his parent, Donald Greinke.
The Puerto Rican homered in the fourth inning. It was his 14th of the season.
Carlos Correa and Zack Greinke caught the ceremonial 1st Pitch from their dads 😊 pic.twitter.com/47YQ0C5Z7h
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Keuchel, a two-time All-Star game for the Astros who helped the franchise win its first World Series title in 2017, won the AL Cy Young Award in 2015. He was 76-63. in seven seasons with the Astros and left the team after the 2019 season to sign a $ 55.5 million, three-year contract with Chicago.
Keuchel (6-2) equaled a season high after allowing six runs, three earned, in just two two-thirds innings as the AL Central leaders lost their fourth straight game. He gave up seven hits and walked four, leaving the mound after just 41 pitches in the third inning.
Toro, a 24-year-old who made his major league debut in August 2019, has improved to 11-7 since being called up from the minors last week. He was 12-1 during a call in April and had a .352 batting average with two home runs and 11 RBIs in 17 games for Triple-A Sugar Land.
For the White Sox, the Cubans Yoán Moncada 3-0; José Abreu 3-0; Yasmani Grandal 3-1 with one scored. The Dominican Yermín Mercedes 3-0.
For the Astros, Venezuelan José Altuve 4-1 with a run scored and an RBI. Puerto Ricans Carlos Correa 3-2 with two runs scored and one produced; Martín Maldonado 4-0 with one scored. Cuban Yordan Álvarez 5-1 with one run scored and two RBIs.
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