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SEATTLE -- Dallas Keuchel tried to deflect the praise of his manager and teammates after his second complete game in his last three starts. But there is no denying the stellar performances Keuchel has delivered over the last month. The Houston left-hander pitched a four-hitter in leading the Astros to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday. Keuchel (6-2) struck out six, walked none and allowed just an unearned run that scored on a throwing error in the second inning. He went 8 2-3 innings in a victory over the Angels in his last start, the only thing keeping him from three straight complete games. "He is definitely in a groove right now. Its a joy to watch," manager Bo Porter said. Keuchel has been nearly unhittable in his last four starts. He has earned four victories, thrown two complete games, walked just one and struck out 28. Hes allowed just four earned runs with a 1.08 ERA over that span. "Hes been lights out," first baseman Marc Krauss said. "Hes been everything you can ask for and more lately." Keuchel said hes not trying to nibble at the strike zone anymore; an approach that cost him at times as a rookie last season. Instead, hes trying to be more aggressive with his pitches. "Im just trying to attack the zone," Keuchel said. "Im not trying to be too fine anymore. Thats what I did my rookie year and obviously I had more walks than strikeouts." "Im just trying to go out there and help the team to the best of my ability." Krauss and George Springer hit two-run homers off Hisashi Iwakuma (3-1), who allowed a season-high nine hits. Seattle took the early lead with a two-out rally in the second inning. Mike Zunino and Michael Saunders each singled to put runners on first and second. Cole Gillespie followed with a dribbler off the end of the bat up the third-base line. Keuchel fielded the ball and threw wide of first base down the right-field line as Zunino scored. Keuchel retired the next 14 batters and faced the minimum 22 batters after Gillespies single in the second. Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon wasnt as impressed with Keuchels outing. He called Keuchel "average" and put the onus on his offence for not getting the job done. "I saw average stuff," McClendon said. "We didnt swing the bats very good. At some point, youve got to stop giving credit to average pitchers. That becomes a broken record. At some point, weve got to start swinging the bats." Meanwhile, the Astros finally broke through in the sixth inning. Jose Altuve singled and Springer followed with a two-run blast to left field for his fourth homer in his last three games. It was also Springers seventh home run of the month. Krauss added his homer in the seventh to extend the lead to 4-1, matching the most runs Iwakuma allowed this season. NOTES: Houston optioned OF L.J. Hoes to Triple-A Oklahoma City following the game and recalled OF Robbie Grossman. Grossman is expected to return to the lineup as the teams every day left fielder. ... Houston C Carlos Corporan was the only Astros batter that failed to get a hit. ... Mariners OF James Jones had his streak of hits in his first 15 starts and last 14 straight games ended with a 0-for-4 performance. ... Seattle 2B Robinson Canos streak of reaching base in a career-high 31 straight games also ended with a 0-for-4 day. ... McClendon didnt rule out the possibility of LHP James Paxton rejoining the starting rotation following a rehab start for Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday night. Paxton allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits with two walks and five strikeouts in a 62-pitch outing. Paxton has been on the disabled list since April 9 with a strained left latissimus dorsi muscle. Domata Peko Jersey . Colorado came up big against Chicago last spring, and repeated that performance Tuesday night. 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Tramaine Brock Jersey .com) - Coming off a pair of tough losses last week, the Syracuse Orange will try to put an end to their first losing skid of the season when they pay a visit to the Maryland Terrapins at the Comcast Center on Monday night in Atlantic Coast Conference action.SAN DIEGO - Tim Hudson had another rough start, costing the San Francisco Giants ground in the playoff chase and raising some big questions considering that his next scheduled start is against Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hudson allowed four runs in the first inning and the Giants were held to three hits in a 5-0 loss to San Diego on Friday night that dropped them 3 1/2 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race. The Giants lead in the wild-card race is down to one game over Pittsburgh, but their magic number to clinch a wild-card spot dropped to four thanks to the Pirates 4-2 victory against Milwaukee. The Dodgers won 14-5 at the Chicago Cubs. Hudson (9-12) lost his third straight start, guaranteeing the first losing record in his 16-year big league career. He allowed five runs, four earned, on seven hits in 4 1-3 innings, with two strikeouts and two walks. It wasnt as bad as Saturday night, when Hudson had the worst start of his career, lasting just one inning plus two batters in a 17-0 home loss to the Dodgers. He allowed six runs and eight hits while making 35 pitches. Hudson said he has confidence he can fix things before his next start Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium. "Even though my last couple of starts have been pretty bad, on paper I feel like I havent been quite as bad as what those innings have shown," Hudson said. Ive just got to go out there and make a couple of adjustments. I think theres a little bit of a delivery thing going on that I have to work on." Hudson got into trouble right away when he loaded the bases with one in the Padres first, allowing singles by Yangervis Solarte and Jedd Gyorko and walking Yasmani Grandal. Hudson got Seth Smith to fly out to right, but Alex Amarista hit a two-run double into the gap in right-centre. Cameron Maybin hit a two-run single to centre before he was caught stealing to end the inning. "I felt pretty good today, actually," Hudson said. "It was just of those innings where I was one pitch away from putting up a zero. Amarista got a hit with bases loaded, 3-2 count; I had to come to him right there. "Obviously Im not making the kind of pitches I need to make. Innings are not going the way I want them to, especially early. I need to make better pitches." Said manager Bruce Bochy: "That first inning he just got the ball up. He had two outs there. If he had gotten out of that I think he throws a nice game.ddddddddddddThe one pitch would have been nice to get before the double. That changed the whole at-bat. After that I thought he settled down. The first inning was tough — get two outs and give up four runs. "That wasnt the whole story, though. WE couldnt do anything offensively. We had a tough time getting anything going," Bochy said. The Giants had only three base runners in seven innings against Padres rookie Odrisamer Despaigne (4-7). The Cuban defector walked Angel Pagan opening the game and retired the next nine batters before allowing Joe Paniks double just inside first base leading off the fourth. Despaigne retired the next eight batters before Panik singled to left with two outs in the sixth. Despaigne struck out six and walked one. The Padres added an unearned run in the third when Gyorko reached on a two-base throwing error by third baseman Pablo Sandoval and scored on Smiths double to right. "Every time I face a team like the Giants with a pretty good lineup, I have to bring my best game into it," Despaigne said through a translator. "They have so many good hitters in the lineup that I cant afford to make too many mistakes. I have a pretty good idea of how to pitch to those guys. I have to make sure I bring my A game." DESPAIGNE DOMINATES The Padres right-hander improved to 2-0 with a 0.45 ERA in three starts against San Francisco. Hes allowed only one earned run in 20 innings. TIM LINCECUM The right-hander threw two perfect innings in his fourth relief appearance since being dropped from the rotation in late August. "That should really help his confidence. I thought he did a nice job," Bochy said. TRAINERS ROOM Giants: Pagan was back in the lineup after missing three straight games with a bulging disc in his back that was irritating a nerve. Pagan came out of the game after striking out in the sixth after his back tightened up. Padres: Manager Bud Black said closer Joaquin Benoit is available again after not having pitched since Aug. 26 due to a sore right shoulder. 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