Houston Astros right-hander Teng Kai-wei, the only active Taiwanese pitcher in the major leagues, on Monday continued to impress out of the bullpen, tossing two scoreless innings in an 8-3 home loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Teng took the mound at the start of the sixth inning with the Astros trailing 8-3. He allowed one hit, a single to Alex Freeland, and struck out two, lowering his earned run average to 2.35.
In his second outing in three days, Teng threw 31 pitches, including 18 strikes. His fastest pitch was a four-seam fastball, which he used to strike out nine-time All-Star Freddie Freeman to end the seventh inning.
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That strikeout gave Teng 68 career strikeouts, moving the 27-year-old past Tsao Chin-hui for fourth place among Taiwanese pitchers in career MLB strikeouts.
Next on the list is retired Taiwanese pitcher Kuo Hung-chih, who recorded 345 strikeouts. The top two on the list are Chen Wei-yin with 846 and Wang Chien-ming with 394.
Teng had been scheduled to make his second start of the MLB season on Sunday amid a shortage of starters in the Astros’ rotation, but the outing was canceled after he pitched 1-1/3 innings on Saturday in a 6-3 road win over the Boston Red Sox.
The Astros have a team ERA of 5.78, the highest in the majors. The only other team with an ERA above 5.00 is the Arizona Diamondbacks at 5.07.
Houston rank fourth in the American League West Division at 14-22, one game ahead of the Los Angeles Angels (13-23).
Elsewhere, the Yankees thrashed the Orioles 12-1, the Cubs edged the Reds 5-4, the Angels blanked the White Sox 6-0, the Mets mastered the Rockies 4-2, the Phillies pipped the Marlins 1-0 and the Rays stung the Blue Jays 5-1.
The Red Sox tamed the Tigers 5-4, the Royals routed the Guardians 6-2, the Cardinals beat the Brewers 6-3, the Mariners sank the Braves 5-4 and the Giants downed the Padres 3-2.
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