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BALTIMORE -- Dallas Keuchel gave the Houston Astros the kind of performance they expect each time the left-hander takes the mound.While the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner has struggled through parts of the season, the confidence of his manager and teammates never wavered. Now, Keuchel might be coming around at the perfect time for his team.Keuchel was solid through eight innings, Yulieski Gurriel got a hit in his major league debut and the Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 in a rain-delayed victory Sunday.The Astros won the last three games in the four-game series, outscoring Baltimore 32-13 over that stretch. The slumping Orioles have lost four of five and are 9-16 over their past 25 games.Best fastball command I have had all year, Keuchel said. That really jump-started a lot of things for me. We have to play our game and not try to do too much. Any time you win a series in the big leagues is big.Keuchel (8-12) allowed two runs and five hits with seven strikeouts. Ken Giles picked up his third save despite allowing Mark Trumbo to hit his major league-leading 37th home run.The start of the game was delayed for 4 hours, 5 minutes because of storms. Another downpour at the end of the first inning prompted an additional 30-minute interruption.Im absolutely thrilled to leave her winning three out of four on one of the toughest days to play in awhile, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. We were here all day. The conditions werent the easiest to play in both mentally and physically. We stepped up and answered the challenge.Gurriel, a Cuban defector who signed a $47.5 million, five-year deal in July, singled in his first at-bat and went 1 for 2 with a walk as the designated hitter. He left the game in the eighth with right hamstring tightness and is day-to-day.I wasnt sure I was going to get my first hit that fast, Gurriel said. I will take care of (the ball) and put it away and put in a place that is very special.Carlos Correa went 2 for 3 with two RBI.After missing the past two games with a groin issue, Jake Marisnick entered in the seventh, and his home run an inning later gave the Astros a 5-2 lead.Jonathan Schoop got his 19th homer for the Orioles, who trail first-place Toronto by 2 1/2 games in the AL East.We know we can score a lot of runs, Schoop said. But its baseball, sometimes you score and sometimes you dont score.Houston took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a two-out RBI single by A.J. Reed. Schoop tied it later in the inning with his solo shot.Houston put together a three-run fifth on an RBI single by Jose Altuve and a two-run double by Correa. Baltimore pulled within 4-2 later that inning when Nolan Reimold doubled and scored on a single by Adam Jones.Baltimores Yovani Gallardo (4-5) allowed four runs and seven hits over a season-tying high seven innings. Houston won the season series over Baltimore 6-1.We have to worry about our job, go out there and give our team the chance to win and just come together like we were doing throughout the year, Gallardo said.SPRING IN HIS STEPThe Astros George Springer has reached base safely in 14 straight games. He is batting .357 over that span.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: RHP Chris Tillman, who had his start pushed back three days because of shoulder soreness, said he felt fine after Saturdays game when he allowed six runs, six hits and five walks in two-plus innings.MOVESThe Orioles recalled RHP Parker Bridwell from Triple-A Norfolk. He made his major league debut in the eighth inning and allowed the homer to Marisnick. Bridwell replaced RHP Odrisamer Despaigne, who was optioned to the Tides after allowing four runs in three innings Saturday.UP NEXTAstros: Doug Fister (11-8, 3.76 ERA) starts the series opener Monday in Pittsburgh. 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"Tomorrows simulated game is the first step in that process and then I just dont want to get anything past tomorrow just because of the weather, but the plan would be for him to be in a rehab game on Friday," Cashman said. A suspension would prevent Rodriguez from playing in any major or minor league games unless the penalty is stayed. New York has made the playoffs iin 17 of the last 18 seasons but is fourth in the AL East, 8 1/2 games behind division-leading Tampa Bay and 3 1/2 games back of Baltimore for the last wild-card berth.dddddddddddd "You have to walk before you can run, and right now obviously were closer to the wild card than the division," Cashman said. "So I didnt say we cant win the division, but right now if somebody says 8 1/2, Ill say 3 1/2." While Rodriguezs status is uncertain, outfielder Curtis Granderson could rejoin the Yankees for Fridays series opener at San Diego. Granderson broke an arm in the Yankees spring training opener, returned May 14, then broke a pinkie on May 24. "I think were shooting for Friday for an activation on Granderson. Hopefully Alex will be back shortly thereafter," Cashman said. He thinks theres a chance third baseman Kevin Youkilis could return this season from a back injury but doesnt expect catcher Francisco Cervelli to heal in time from elbow and finger injuries. Cervelli, also tied in media reports to the Biogenesis case, is to be examined Aug. 5 by Dr. James Andrews. "Its looking more and more like its going to be unrealistic to see Cervelli," Cashman said. ' ' '