Altuve’s 2-out single in 9th sends Astros over Tigers

The inning started with a Marwin Gonzalez single and a Jason Castro double into the right field corner.

“His timing is obviously not ideal”, manager Brad Ausmus said. “He pitches to the corners and he pitches with good stuff”, Hinch continued. Ian Kinsler led off the fourth with a single up the middle, and Miguel Cabrera followed with a walk.

Astros third. C.Gomez popped out to second baseman Kinsler. Detroit asked for a review, and umpires overruled the grab.

If Rondon would not have blown the save, Verlander would have gotten his second win of the season.

“Everything comes from New York”, Hinch said. You can’t force a player to take a rehab assignment. “I didn’t argue it”. “I do believe in getting an explanation as to what the interpretation was as to why Gose would or wouldn’t score”.

Keuchel struck out eight over 7.0 innings of one run ball.

The Astros were unable to solve the veteran right-hander, Houston only managed three hits and two walks through seven innings.

“All I’ve to do right here is my job”, he stated earlier within the weekend.

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

This was Cabrera’s first stint on the disabled list.

LF Colby Rasmus smacked a pair of solo home runs off Tigers LHP Matt Boyd in the second and third innings.

“I don’t think this is a throwback”, he said.

“If the Texans offered me something, I would like to try out”, Correa said with a laugh. The Astros hope to continue to enjoy home cooking in the afternoon start, and take the series versus the Tigers.

But he also noted, “I don’t think the Astros would be really happy with that”.

“He was having a little trouble with command of the strike zone”, Ausmus said.

Ranking first in hits, Detroit has earned 9.42 per game this season.

Houston Astros’ Preston Tucker gets a face full of water in the… A luncheon was held featuring a majority of the team along with a pregame ceremony.

Both Collin McHugh and his counterpart Justin Verlander had their best stuff as both went seven full innings.

This matchup features two pitchers who were moved at last month’s trade deadline. In two starts with Houston, Fiers owns a 0.75 ERA. Detroit is enjoying the return of All-Star Miguel Cabrera, who played for the first time since July 3 in the series opener and added a pair of hits on Saturday.