Astros score 5 in 9th to top Royals 6-1

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The Royals were without a hit until the seventh as Lance McCullers worked on a no-hitter and Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in a five-run ninth as the Astros beat the Royals 6-1.

Herrera's ERA jumped to 5.55 as he gave up four runs in one-third of an inning.

"I think when a pitcher walks one batter with four pitches, he wants to come back to the zone", Altuve said.

Carlos Beltran with the two run bomb as the Astros hang seven runs on Junis in three and two thirds innings.

The Astros starter kept his bid going through 6.1 innings, but he fell behind Lorenzo Cain 3-0, and Cain punished him by smashing a triple into the left-center gap.

Keuchel is 9-0 with a major league-leading 1.67 ERA in 11 starts.

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Kansas City Royals' Cheslor Cuthbert celebrates in the dugout after scoring on a single by Alcides Escobar during the second inning of a baseball game against the Houston Astros Wednesday, June 7, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. He added a second hit, an infield single later in the game. He has 54 strikeouts with 16 walks and a WHIP of 1.10. Hinch to put on the take sign before Kelvin Herrera threw a strike. Houston is near the top and that should allow Keuchel to get a few runs of support and pick up the win. Howie Kendrick had three hits, including a home run in the fourth.

Kansas City trailed 7-1 in the fourth inning but powered its comeback with a four-run eighth. He has nine multihit games and 23 hits total in his streak. "Two good ones in a row".

The Chicago White Sox got past the Tampa Bay Rays 4-2, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 and the Milwaukee Brewers were 5-2 winners against the San Francisco Giants. They are 21-6 in away games, and they own a 13 1/2-game lead in the American League West.

Braves 3, Phillies 1: R.A. Dickey allowed only three hits in seven innings to earn his first win in five weeks and lead host Atlanta over rookie Ben Lively (1-1) and Philadelphia. The knuckleballer gave up no walks for the first time this season.

Keuchel was scratched from Wednesday's start against the Kansas City Royals with what the Astros initially said was an illness. Chris Devenski ended the game without trouble with a 1-2-3 inning.

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