Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

18-12, 5-9 Away

Final
4 - 6

Houston Astros

16-13, 11-6 Home

Yainer Diaz drives in 3 runs to help the Astros rally to a 6-4 win over the Tigers

Kenta Maeda strikes out Jose Altuve in final batter faced for Tigers

The Astros scored three runs in the sixth and seventh innings — all with two outs — for a 6-2 lead.

Diaz hit a two-run single that bounced just in front of center fielder Riley Greene, giving Houston its first lead at 3-2 in the sixth. He singled in Isaac Paredes in the seventh.

Yordan Alvarez had an RBI single on a bouncer up the middle in the seventh for a 4-2 lead. Alvarez scored from first when Isaac Paredes hit a shot off the base of the wall in left for his third career triple.

Gleyber Torres hit a two-run homer in the ninth to get Detroit within two runs. He was 3 for 5 with three RBI.

Josh Hader struck out Zach McKinstry to end the game as Houston won for the eighth time in its last nine home games.

Bennett Sousa (1-0) struck out the final two Detroit batters in the fifth, stranding runners at second and third. He had three strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings.

Gusto allowed four hits and two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.

Jose Altuve hit second in the Astros lineup for the second straight game and went 0 for 4.

Key moment The Astros did not have a runner in scoring position until there were two outs in the sixth. Then, Christian Walker hit a shot off the wall in left for an RBI double that pulled the Astros within 2-1 and chased starter Reese Olson (3-2).

Key stat Houston shortstop Jeremy Peña has hit safely in 18 of his last 19 games.

Up next Detroit RHP Jackson Jobe (2-0, 2.70 ERA) will start the final game of the series on Wednesday. Houston has not announced a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McKinstry struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Torres homered to left (394 feet), Carpenter scored.
	9th Inning	Carpenter to third on wild pitch by Hader.
	9th Inning	Carpenter doubled to right.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez hit for Jung

Statistics

DET		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
6	Ground Balls	19
13	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	10
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	5
0	Caught Stealing	0
162	Pitches	160
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	13
39	Plate Appearances	38
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.5	Runs Created	5.3
.229	Batting Average	.313
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.457	Slugging Percentage	.406
.371	Secondary Average	.250
.308	On Base Percentage	.421
.765	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.827
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	3.8
5.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.9
36.0	Batter Rating	38.5
17.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.15	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.229	Isolated Power	.094
0.23	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.63
.077	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.132
.143	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.063
8.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
82.5	MLB Rating	88.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0