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McHugh goes the distance for first career CG
- Updated: May 30, 2016
PHOENIX — There was no activity in the Astros’ bullpen Monday afternoon until there was one out in the ninth inning, when Michael Feliz began to get loose. It didn’t matter, though. Collin McHugh wasn’t about to let anyone else step on the mound.
McHugh threw the Astros’ first complete game of the season and the first of his career by holding the D-backs to three runs and five hits and striking out eight in an 8-3 win in the series opener at Chase Field. It was Houston’s first complete game since Mike Fiers’ no-hitter last Aug. 21.
McHugh allowed solo homers to Paul Goldschmidt in the first and Jake Lamb in the ninth.
“I thought he was in complete control of the game, really from the onset,” Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. “I thought it was good he got out of the gate hot. After the Goldschmidt homer, he settled in and got early-count outs and really did a good job of getting through the game. We needed him to go as long as he could today given our bullpen, the extra-inning game yesterday. Not …
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