June 3 at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX
ROOT Sports
In just his fourth big league start, Lance McCullers pitched a complete game, four-hitter in the Astros' 3-1 victory. McCullers struck out a career-high 11 and retired 15 consecutive batters at one point, leading Houston to its AL-leading 35th win.
Chris Carter crushed a pair of solo home runs and George Springer hit a line drive solo shot in the sixth for Houston's runs. Baltimore tied the game at 1-1 in the fourth on Delmon Young's RBI-single, then didn't get another hit until Adam Jones' opposite field single with two outs in ninth. Fantastic outing for the rookie McCullers.
The return of Alan Ashby
We haven't had the pleasure of listening to color commentator Alan Ashby since his intriguing evening in late-April, so it was nice to be re-acquainted with his unique brand of Baseball Phrases.
Ashby likes Lance McCullers, that was made abundantly clear:
"That's high cheese"
"He can still get into that gas tank"
"Did a little paint job"
"This arm is alive!"
"He's all the way back in the tank there, trying to get every last fume"
And a few non-McCullers-related items:
"The fruits of his labor"
"Majestic fly balls"
"Polish him off"
"The home run brigade"
"He can hit that fast ball atop he eight-foot ladder, I know that"
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