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deficit  CHICAGO -- With a career-high nine strikeouts in six
innings, Astros starter Dallas Keuchel had swing-and-miss stuff
on Friday.  The problem came when contact was made, as Keuchel
surrendered three homers in a 3-1 loss to the Cubs at Wrigley
Field.  Keuchel (4-4) allowed nine hits and walked just one
while giving up more than two runs in a start for the first time
since May 26.  "I felt good out of the 'pen, even with the long
rain delay," Keuchel said. "They touched me up for two solos
first at-bats in the fourth and the fifth. Other than that, I
felt pretty good and kept the team in the game."  Following that
rain delay of three hours and 18 minutes before the start of the
game, both starting pitchers came out throwing strikes and
mowing down hitters.  Cubs starter Matt Garza (2-1) faced just
three over the minimum through the first six innings, needing 65
pitches over that span. Of the three batters to reach base, two
came with two outs