Six pitches into his major-league debut, Asher Wojciechowski trailed the Cleveland Indians 1-0. And things did not get much better for the South Carolinian as the Astros went on to lose to the Indians 5-1 Thursday at Minute Maid Park.

Wojciechowski went four-plus innings and allowed four runs, two walks and eight hits, including two home runs.

On the flip side Indian right-hander Trevor Bauer went six no-hit innings against the Astros on Thursday striking out a career-high 11 Astros.Bauer threw 111 pitches, allowing five walks

Kyle Crockett (seventh) and Scott Atchison (eighth) each tossed a no-hit frame before reliever  Nick Hagadone allowed the Astros' lone hit, a one-out Jed Lowrie home run in the bottom in the ninth..

Bauer's pitching line was extremely unique in terms of baseball history. It marked the first time since at least 1914 that a pitcher struck out at least 11 with no hits allowed in no more than six innings of work.

Wojciechowski -- the first Astros starting pitcher to make his debut at home since Troy Patton in 2007 -- threw 88 pitches and struggled with his fastball command and controlling his slider, though his changeup was solid.

"There's a lot of room for improvement," he said. "It felt good just to be out there and finally get this first one under my belt. There's definitely a lot of room for improvement and a lot to work on. I'm just excited to get to work tomorrow and start preparing for my next outing."

"He battled himself a little bit early, and they hit some mistakes," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "It was his first outing, and he obviously wanted to get that under his belt and get on to the next one. They nicked at him early in the game and were able to put a few runs on the board, and he lost his arm slot a little bit. He was a little bit winded. Unfortunately, we didn't do anything to help him out. That was unfortunate for us as a team."

Michael Bourn doubled off Wojciechowski to start the game and wound up scoring on a sac fly. Wojciechowski allowed a leadoff double to Yan Gomes in the second, and he scored on a two-out single. Roberto Perez homered to left in the fourth, and Jose Ramirez led off the fifth with a homer.

"The scoreboard is way too big not to know that you're being no-hit," said Lowrie, whose homer snapped the Astros' 17-inning scoreless streak. "It's a weight lifted off the whole dugout, the whole team. Hopefully, it was good for morale."

The Indians have held their opponent to four hits or fewer in each of their first three games, which ties a Major League record with the Orioles (2011), Twins (2003), Dodgers (1965) and Red Sox (1916).

Houston (1-2) hits the road this weekend, but it won't leave the state as it opens a three-game series in Arlington against the Rangers (2-2) at 3:05 p.m. CT on Friday. Collin McHugh, who went 7-0 in his final 10 starts last year, gets the ball for the Astros, who won the season series from Texas last year after losing the previous five years.

The Rangers, which split its season-opening four game series with Oakland, will counter with Derek Holland.

Game two of the series slated for 6:05 p.m. Saturday can be heard on Sports Radio 1340 and 1340thefan.com.

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