Hartsville's Jordan Lyles made his 12th major league start on Wednesday night for the Houston Astros and finally picked up his first major league win. Lyles threw seven innings giving up three runs in a 5-4 Astros win over the Cincinnati Reds at Minute Maid Park. Lyles had a 2-0 lead early, but in the seventh gave up a solo homerun to Reds pitcher Dontrelle Willis. He left the game in the seventh down 3-2, but the Astros rallied to pick up two runs in the seventh and one more in the eighth to get Lyles his first win.
"My phone's very popular tonight," Lyles said to the Associated Press. "It's great to get this win -- finally. I haven't been nervous this year, but I was nervous in that dugout tonight after I came out," he said. "I'm not nervous when I'm on the mound at all, but emotions were up and down. Especially that last inning when they got a guy on base with no outs. But (Melancon's) still on the mound and I'm more confident in him than he knows."
UltimateAstros.com: Lyles finally records first career victory
