Jose Urquidy shut out a decent Orioles offense, permitting just three hits and a walk while striking out six in seven innings. Sixty-nine of his 84 pitches were for strikes.
His relief, Brandon Bielak in the eighth, and Luis Garza in the ninth, handled to preserve the shutout, however both required inning-ending double plays with runners on 3rd to do so.
The Astros send out another quiet super star pitcher to the mound tomorrow against the Tigers in Detroit, rookie Luis Garcia, with a 2.84 season ERA.
Game time 6:10 CDT
Box Score and videos HERE.

Its hard to picture a group that has actually ever played better than the Astros have been playing in the month of June, 2021.
They have scored 159 runs, just a tiny portion below seven runs per game, while enabling 69 runs, exactly three runs per video game. They have actually outscored their opponents by more than three runs per video game.
For the season the Astros are presently first in the AL and have actually won 14 of 18 series, including their last 7 in a row. And obviously, with tonights sweep of the Orioles, the Astros have now won ten straight games.
Tonight the Astros shut out the Os while the offense went bombs away for 13 work on 17 hits, 3 doubles, and 4 house runs. And they were clutch too, going 6 for ten with runners in scoring position, while including 6 strolls with only 5 strikeouts. The very first 4 runs were scored after there were 2 outs and no one on.
The Astros scored in six of the 9 innings, and every starter had at least one hit, while six beginners had two hits each.
Jose Altuve, once again responding to the boo-birds in an opposing park, probably struck the killer blow of the night, a 2 run homer off losing pitcher Thomas Eshelman in the fourth, making ball game 6-0. It was Altuves 17th homer of the season. Could he hit 40 this year?

The other homers were off knuckle-balling rookie Mickey Jannis who had a nightmarish major-league launching from Hell. He surrendered homers to Yordan Alvarez and Abraham Toro in the seventh inning, and Chas McCormick in the eighth.
Toro led the Stros with four RBI tonight, added to Carlos Correas two RBI on two doubles.

They have scored 159 runs, just a small fraction listed below seven runs per video game, while allowing 69 runs, exactly three runs per game. Tonight the Astros shut out the Os while the offense went bombs away for 13 runs on 17 hits, 3 doubles, and 4 home runs. The first 4 runs were scored after there were two outs and nobody on.
Jose Altuve, once again responding to the boo-birds in an opposing park, most likely struck the killer blow of the night, a 2 run homer off losing pitcher Thomas Eshelman in the fourth, making the rating 6-0.