Dallas Keuchel to be Guest on Astroline tomorrow

HOUSTON, TX - Left-handed starter and 2014 Rawlings Gold Glove winner Dallas Keuchel will be the guest on Astroline tomorrow, March 10, at 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. CT), which airs from the ESPN Club at Disney's BoardWalk in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Astros radio color commentator and former Major League pitcher Steve Sparks will serve as the host.

Tomorrow's Astroline, which is presented by Karbach Brewing Co., will air on KBME SportsTalk 790 AM and will stream online at Astros.com/Astroline. All shows are scheduled to broadcast on KBME SportsTalk 790, but are subject to change due to scheduling conflicts. Astroline broadcasts live, weekly from 7-8 p.m. CT during the offseason. 

Astroline will continue from the ESPN Club at Disney's BoardWalk for the final three broadcasts from Florida during Spring Training. Astroline runs through March 26 (16 segments overall). On-site locations for Astroline are open to the public with no admission charge. 

Fans can submit questions to the show via Twitter using the hashtag #Astroline, before and during the show. Fans may also post questions on the Astros Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Astros. As always, fans will also have the option to call the show with questions at 713-212-5790. 

Keuchel, 27, enters 2015 as one of the top starters in the Astros rotation. The longest continuously tenured pitcher on the staft led the 2014 club in wins (12), innings (200.0), complete games (5) and quality starts (21), while ranking second in strikeouts (146) and ERA (2.93). In 2014, he was named an AL Gold Glove winner, the Astros Pitcher of the Year by the Houston Chapter of the BBWAA and was on the Final Vote ballot for the 2014 AL All-Star Team. Keuchel became the first pitcher in Astros franchise history to win a Gold Glove and led the AL in complete games. He has made 67 starts with the Astros since making his Major League debut in June 2012.

Sparks enters his third season as the Astros radio color commentator after being named to the post on Feb. 13, 2013. Prior to joining the Astros radio broadcast team, Sparks served as a pre- and postgame analyst for Astros television games over several seasons following a 17-year playing career. A knuckleballer in his playing days, Sparks pitched in the Major Leagues in parts of nine seasons (1995-2004) for the Brewers, Angels, Tigers, A's and Diamondbacks. His best season came in 2001 for Detroit when he went 14-9 with a 3.65 ERA and a Major League-best eight complete games while tallying 232.0 innings pitched. 

*Media Note- Media wishing to interview Dallas Keuchel are asked to arrive by 7:45 p.m. ET.

Astroline schedule (subject to change).

Day   Date   Station   Location
Tues.   Mar. 10    KBME   ESPN Club at Disney Boardwalk
Wed.   Mar. 18     KBME   ESPN Club at Disney Boardwalk
Thu.   Mar. 26     KBME    ESPN Club at Disney Boardwalk

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