The Astros recalled right-hander Brad Peacock from Triple-A Fresno to make Tuesday’s start against the Indians.
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Dickey allowed five runs in four innings on a blustery afternoon.
One bad pitch, one good swing, one great night for the Houston Astros.
Carlos Santana homered in the eighth off Luke Gregerson to pull Cleveland within 4-2.
“The two walks are abnormal for Kluber, so you’ve got to take advantage of it when he opens the door for you like that, and we did”, said Houston manager A.J. Hinch. Nevertheless, a good start for the Astros through 5-of-13 games against first place teams as they are 3-2. MLB.com ranked him as Houston’s No. 4 overall prospect this season, and the 76th-best prospect in all of baseball. He went 0-5 with an 11.47 ERA in six August starts, prompting Francona and pitching coach Mickey Callaway to take their unusual approach against Houston.
After a pair of uncharacteristic two-out walks in the second, Kluber got ahead of Gonzalez 0-2 before leaving a belt-high curve over the middle of the plate that the first baseman drilled into the right-field seats.
Then in the top of the second with two outs, Evan Gattis and Colby Rasmus each worked a walk to set up a less than 100 percent Marwin Gonzalez. On Tuesday night, two walks led to a major mistake.
Cleveland got a run back in the bottom of the second as Tyler Naquin drove in a run with a ground out, but once again Peacock avoided the big inning despite surrendering a pair of doubles in the frame.
George Springer doubled down the right field line, and scored on a triple by Bregman, giving the Astros a 4-1 lead. He finished with nine strikeouts.
Houston Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel will miss at least two scheduled starts and undergo tests for inflammation inhis left throwing shoulder, the team said on Monday. “But we’ll talk it over and see which way we’ll go the next time around”.
“I thought we put it together pretty well, especially with guys coming in earlier than they’re used to”, said Clevinger, whose previous five appearances were in relief. He’s expected to speak with the media Friday when the Astros begin a three-game series with the Cubs.
Kluber (15-9) allowed four runs on four hits over seven innings in a losing effort against the Astros Tuesday.
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Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco, who struck out 11 and pitched 7 1/3 shutout innings in his last outing, starts for the fifth time in his career against Houston. He has not been able to replicate his success from last season, as he now has a 4.55 ERA in 168 innings with a 9-12 record.
