Astros' Keuchel dominates the Indians' to win 4-2

Houston Astros' starter Dallas Keuchel was filthy on Tuesday in working his 11th career complete game. He allowed just six hits and two earned runs on the way to Houston’s 4-2 win over the Indians (10-9). The Astros improved to an American League West Division-best 14-6 on the season with the win.

Keuchel struck out five Indians batters, and got 19 outs with three or less pitches and 14 were groundouts. The left-hander improved to 4-0 with a 1.22 ERA over his first five starts, while AL West Division leading Houston won for the ninth time in 11 games.

The Indians, who had won six of eight coming in, lost their second straight game after dropping the series finale Sunday in Chicago.

Indians starter Josh Tomlin allowed eight hits and three earned runs over six innings of work. However, Tomlin commanded the strike zone well, registering six strikeouts and not allowing a walk.

Cleveland scored its first run on Austin Jackson's first home run as an Indian and his first since October 1, 2015, with one out in the third.

The Tribe made it interesting in the ninth inning. Left fielder Michael Brantley smashed his fourth home run of the season to right field to start the bottom of the ninth inning. Jose Ramirez's one-out single brought the tying run to the plate, but the rally fell short when Jason Kipnis struck out and then right fielder Brandon Guyer could not come through with a hit with two on and two out, as Astros shortstop Carlos Correa made a diving stop and threw to first to end the game.

Winning Pitcher: Dallas Keuchel (4-0)

Losing Pitcher: Josh Tomlin (1-3)

Next Up for The Tribe: The Cleveland Indians play the Houston Astros in the second game of a three-game home series on Wednesday at 6:10pm at Progressive Field. The Tribe sends out RHP Trevor Bauer (1-2,6.35 ERA) against the Astros' RHP Lance McCullers (2-0, 3.38 ERA).