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- Updated: May 3, 2016
HOUSTON — During a season in which plenty has gone wrong through the first five weeks, not even Dallas Keuchel’s remarkable stretch of success at home was immune to misfortune.
Keuchel’s 17-game winning streak at Minute Maid Park came to an end in Monday night’s 6-2 loss to the Twins after the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner allowed five runs, seven hits and five walks in 4 1/3 innings to fall to 2-4.
Keuchel, who went 15-0 last season at Minute Maid Park, lost for the first time at home since Aug. 10, 2014. After the Rangers beat him that day, he went 17-0 with a 1.47 ERA at home in his next 22 regular-season starts before struggling with his command against the Twins.
“I’ll just start a new one up,” Keuchel said when asked about the streak. “That’s baseball. I mean, you can be the highest of high and the lowest of low and you’ve got to just try to stay on an even keel, and that’s what I’ve got to do, get back to focusing on every pitch and make sure I’m doing a good job.”
Keuchel walked four batters in a 46-pitch fourth inning that …
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