Troy Melton was terrific in a tough luck loss against the Astros on Thursday evening, racking up six strikeouts over six innings of one-run baseball.

Melton allowed just two hits in the contest and didn’t walk a batter. He retired the first 16 hitters that he faced in the game until Taylor Trammell walloped a solo homer to break a scoreless tie with one out in the sixth inning. That was enough to do him in. Melton generated 15 swings and misses on 88 pitches in the game — six of those on his fastball — while posting a CSW of 26 percent. He’ll bring an outstanding 2.39 ERA, 0.85 WHIP and a 25/9 K/BB ratio (37 2/3 innings) into a tough matchup against the Yankees in New York on Tuesday.