By Jeremy Kahn
This will be a night that young Chris Heston of the San Francisco Giants will probably not forget for a very long time.
Heston picked up his first complete game, while striking out 10 and gave up just two hits, as the Giants defeated the Houston Astros 8-1 at Minute Maid Park.
The rookie right-hander retired the final 22 batters, as his streak of allowing two runs or fewer extends to five out of his seven starts.
Another rookie came up huge in their first ever trip to Houston, as Matt Duffy continues his hot hitting.
Duffy picked up three hits and drove in five runs, the most runs batted in for a Giants rookie since Buster Posey drove in six on July 7, 2010 against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.
The infielder cleared the bases with a double in the top of the second inning, and then topped off his five RBI night with a two-run single.
By scoring eight runs on the evening, the Giants scored their most runs of the young 2015 season.
It was also a good night for Angel Pagan, as he picked up three hits and the Giants continue their recent good play, as they have won eight out of their 11.
Former Stanford star Jason Castro drove in the Astros’ only run on the evening, as he homered off of Heston in the bottom of the second inning.
It was an off-night for Astros starter Colin McHugh, as he gave up seven runs on seven hits in just 4.2 innings of work and lost for the first time since August 2014. The first loss for McHugh in 12 decisions.
