Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros

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Detroit Tigers

18-11, 5-8 Away

Final
5 - 8

Houston Astros

15-13, 10-6 Home

Altuve and Walker each hit a 2-run homer to help the Astros beat the Tigers 8-5

Christian Walker also had a two-run shot in the fourth to begin Houston's comeback from a 3-0 deficit. The Astros still trailed by one when Jeremy Peña singled in the sixth. Altuve followed with his drive off Jack Flaherty (1-3) that crashed off the wall above the left-field seats to put Houston up 4-3.

Altuve had two hits and three RBI while batting second for the first time since 2023. He asked to move out of the leadoff spot to give him more time to get ready to hit in the first inning after coming in from the outfield. The nine-time All-Star moved to left field this year after spending his first 14 major league seasons playing second base.

Houston’s victory snapped a four-game winning streak for the Tigers, who got two homers from Riley Greene and one from Kerry Carpenter but managed just two other hits.

The Astros tacked on four runs in the seventh with the help of sloppy defense by the Tigers. Rookie shortstop Trey Sweeney made throwing errors on consecutive plays with no outs to put runners at second and third.

Mauricio Dubón singled to score them both and extend the lead. Houston added runs on a groundout by Altuve and an RBI single by Yordan Alvarez to push it to 8-3.

Houston starter Ronel Blanco allowed three hits and three runs while striking out six in five innings. Steven Okert (1-0) worked a scoreless sixth for the win. Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his eighth save.

Flaherty yielded six hits and four runs — both season highs — in five-plus innings.

Key moment Altuve’s home run.

Key stat Peña has four hits in two games batting leadoff. He hit first Sunday — with Altuve getting a day off — and stayed in the top spot Monday when Altuve dropped to second.

Up next Houston RHP Ryan Gusto (3-1, 2.78 ERA) opposes RHP Reese Olson (3-1, 3.28) when the series continues Tuesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Báez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Dingler doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Sweeney struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Ort
	9th Inning	McCormick in right field.

Statistics

DET		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
2	Ground Balls	13
12	Strikeouts	5
5	Runs Batted In	8
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	2
18	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
145	Pitches	130
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
16	Total Bases	18
36	Plate Appearances	35
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	4
4.5	Runs Created	5.3
.156	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.545
.500	Secondary Average	.303
.250	On Base Percentage	.343
.750	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.888
0.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
4.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
39.0	Batter Rating	54.0
10.7	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.71
.344	Isolated Power	.242
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.057
.344	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
10.0	Runs Produced	17.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
81.5	MLB Rating	97.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0