Dallas Keuchel blanked the A's for seven innings in Houston's

Dallas Keuchel blanked the A's for seven innings in Houston's 3-1 victory Friday. Keuchel allowed just three hits and got 16 outs in the ground. He's allowed one run over 13 2/3 innings in his last two starts after struggling in his first three outings back from the disabled list. [...]

Astros ride 2 jacks as Keuchel grounds A's

Dallas Keuchel, making his fifth start since missing eight weeks with neck discomfort, turned in his second consecutive gem by throwing seven scoreless innings to lead the Astros to their third win in four games, 3-1, over the Athletics on Friday night at Minute Maid Park.

Astros put Springer on DL with quad discomfort

DETROIT (AP) - The Houston Astros have put outfielder George Springer on the 10-day disabled list because of left quadriceps discomfort. The move, announced before Friday night's game at Detroit, was retroactive to Tuesday. Houston also activated left-hander Dallas Keuchel and right-hander Will Harris from the DL. Keuchel, Friday's starter, ...

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Alex Cobb is leaning on his curveball

Since returning from Tommy John Surgery, Alex Cobb has been forced to rely on his curveball instead of his signature split-change.

Pitchers tend to become known by their signature pitch. Chris Archer is a slider machine, Rich Hill pitches backwards with his looping curveball, and Dallas Keuchel generates a ton of ground balls with his worm-killing sinker. Until this season, if asked to identify what pitch is synonymous with Rays starter Alex Cobb, the answer would’ve been his split-change.

(Note: Curiously, Baseball Savant had it classified as a changeup last season, but as a split-finger this season. In interviews, Cobb refers to it as a changeup. But from this point forward, we’re gonna call it a splitter because that’s what it’s classified as by Pitch Info and Baseball Savant in 2017. It’s semantics; we’re talking about one pitch.