Jose Altuve records another multi-hit game

He was leading all of baseball with a. 350 average at the All-Star break, and has an even bigger lead over the current leader in the AL – Prince Fielder at. Detroit asked for a review, and umpires overruled the grab.

“All in all, Dallas was in complete control virtually all night, ” manager A.J. Hinch said.

“Everything comes from New York”, Hinch said. “I wanted to know what ruling would come out of New York that would create Gose scoring”. In his last seven games, Altuve is hitting.

Considering all of the twists and turns that unfolded over the opening eight innings Sunday, it seemed only fitting that one final dramatic sequence of events was in store for the bottom of the ninth. “I think his timing’s still off every now and then but he certainly took some good swings the last two days“.

Verlander passed Barry Zito for 93rd in strikeouts, with 1,884.

Boyd allowed five earned runs and six hits over five innings in the loss to Houston. The lefty struck out four and has continued to lower his ERA to 7.50 with both Detroit and the Toronto Blue Jays.

“I think if the Texans see that, they going to put him out there”, Altuve said. “You can bring in a right-hander knowing they’re going to pinch-hit Tucker at some point, or leave the left-hander in there against guys you feel he has a good chance to get out and leave Tucker in the dugout”. “That’s something I would like to clean up if I can”. V.Martinez grounded out to first baseman Carter.

“I had a couple coaches that thought Victor would be fine here and there at first”.

“He was having a little trouble with command of the strike zone”, Ausmus said. It was his fifth career multi-homer game.

The recent struggles of the Los Angeles Angels are the only thing keeping the Houston Astros atop the American League West at the moment. A luncheon was held featuring a majority of the team along with a pregame ceremony.

Oswalt, Hall of Famer Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Lance Berkman and former Astros manager Phil Garner were greeted with thunderous ovations as they were presented to the crowd. The 24-year-old has a 4.67 ERA with just the Tigers over three starts this season. He’s had two solid starts for Detroit since the trade.

Mike Fiers took the start for Houston and was dominant.

NOTES: The Tigers activated 1B Miguel Cabrera from the 15-day disabled list, concluding his 35-game absence with a left calf strain.