Jeremy Guthrie struggled for the Royals and Keuchel won behind Houston's offense. He allowed four earned runs on nine hits and four walks over 6 2/3 innings for the win. Keuchel struck out six and his ERA is 4.93. 

The 25-year-old Houston starter has been decent in three starts after beginning the year out of the bullpen. His next start is scheduled for Sunday against Oakland. 

Keuchel, who settled for a no-decision, allowed five runs -- four earned -- on seven hits and two walks over 5 2/3 innings. He surrendered four runs in the second, but was otherwise able to avoid giving up too many runs. His biggest mistake was serving up a three-run homer in the fourth to Avisail Garcia. 

The 25-year-old, who was making just his second start, has given up six runs over 11 2/3 innings in his first two starts with six Ks. He hasn't been fantastic, but he's been one of Houston's better options to this point. His next scheduled start comes Tuesday vs. the Royals. 

Keuchel got by as a prospect thanks to pinpoint control, but he has not been able to find the strike zone consistently in the majors. He doesn't light up the radar gun, meaning he needs to be more fine with his pitches to keep from being clobbered.

Keuchel has been too prone to mistakes to get away with his style of pitching in his 101 2/3 major-league innings, hence the 5.75 ERA between two seasons. At this point, I would leave him for just AL-only Fantasy formats. 

Keuchel has made six relief appearances for the Astros this season, going 0-1 with a 4.96 ERA, 1.84 WHIP and 10:8 K:BB ratio in 16 1/3 innings. He started 16 games for the team in 2012, posting a 3-8 record and 5.27 ERA.