Astros ace lefthander Dallas Keuchel’s Cy Young Award candidacy received another boost Wednesday when he was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for the third time this season.
Keuchel, who also was the AL Pitcher of the Month in April and May, is the first Astro to win three Pitcher of the Month awards in the same season. He’s the first pitcher in the majors to win three Pitchers of the Month in a season since Jake Peavy won three in the NL in 2007. No AL pitcher had won three since Johan Santana in 2004.