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Detroit Tigers (35-46) vs. Houston Astros (40-44) Time/Place: 1:10 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: The Crawfish BoxesMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Framber Valdez (4-5, 3.91 ERA) vs. RHP Kai-Wei Teng (4-6, 4.03 ERA)
TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (40-44) and Detroit Tigers (35-47) will play the 3rd game of their 4-game series this afternoon at Comerica Park. RHP Kai-Wei Teng (4-6, 4.03 ERA) will start for the Astros vs. Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (4-5, 3.91 ERA). ROAD TRIPPIN: Today is the 6th game (3-2 thus far) of a […]
The Detroit Tigers evened up their four-game home series with the Houston Astros on Friday night with an 8-0 blowout victory over the visitors. Keider Montero tossed seven innings of shutout ball and the offense rallied behind home runs by Kerry Carpenter and Colt Keith. Climbing the mound for the Motor City Kitties on Saturday […]
The hopes of being a .500 ball club by Sunday Afternoon were blasted to smithereens like something out of the new SuperGirl movie. Tigers 8 Astros 0. If only MLB had adopted the mercy rule for this season. Things would begin unraveling in the bottom of the third for Spencer Arrighetti (L, 7-4). James […]
Detroit Tigers (34-46) vs. Houston Astros (40-43) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: The Crawfish BoxesMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Keider Montero (3-5, 3.68 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-3, 3.13 ERA)
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Houston Astros (40-43) and Detroit Tigers (34-47) will play the 2nd game of their 4-game set tonight at Comerica Park. RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-3, 3.13 ERA) will start for the Astros vs. Tigers RHP Keider Montero (3-5, 3.68 ERA). Tonight will be Arrighetti’s 3rd career start/app. vs. DET and his 2nd at […]
Bust. Disaster. Another Dana Brown failure. Bum. DFA that clown. These are the things Astros fans were saying about Tatsuya Imai after his third start of the season. Imai’s 3rd start of the year was an epic failure. He only got one out against division-rival Seattle. He allowed 3 runs on 4 walks and a […]
Trever Miller pitched 13 seasons in the majors. He’d appear in 230 games as a reliever for the Astros and was a member of the 98′ squad that won 102 games. Trever joins us exclusively at The Crawfish Boxes. Q: You came to Houston as part of a big trade. Where were […]
Happy Friday, everyone! The Tigers will continue their lengthy weekend series against the Astros tonight, but while we wait for that game to get underway, let’s get caught up on all the baseball news that’s fit to print. FanGraphs has good reason to believe that Dillon Dingler is the best catcher in baseball at the […]
As we close out the trade deadline add possibilities we get to one of the two positions that the Astros actually mentioned they were interested in. What’s fascinating is that things have not changed over the last two seasons at least. Dana Brown is still looking for a lefty bat and the Astros are still […]
The Detroit Tigers officially reached the halfway mark of the 2026 regular-season schedule on Thursday night after dropping the opener of a four-game home series with the Houston Astros, 2-1. Troy Melton looked sharp, recording a career high six strikeouts, but the offense went AWOL until a solo homer in the ninth by Dillon Dingler. […]
Despite the inconsistency with which the Houston Astros has played with all season long, they remain in the thick of the division race, standing at just 1.5 games behind the AL West-leading Seattle Mariners. On Thursday night, the Astros scored a solid 2-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers, with Tatsuya Imai turning in the best […] The post Astros’ Tatsuya Imai gets vote of confidence from Joe Espada after shutting down Tigers appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Houston Astros are keeping things interesting in the American League West, as they continue to breathe down the necks of the division-leading Seattle Mariners. With their 2-1 victory in the series opener against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday at Comerica Park in Detroit, the Astros improved to 40-43 and extended their winning streak to […] The post Tatsuya Imai’s jaw-dropping dominance will have Astros fans thinking about playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints .
On Thursday, the Detroit Tigers opened up a series with the Houston Astros (at home).The Tigers are coming off a series where they dropped two out of three games to the New York Yankees.Tigers Quietly Announced Justin Verlander UpdateThe Tigers have been without Justin Verlander since his only start of the season (on March 30).Earlier […] The post Detroit Tigers Quietly Announced Justin Verlander Update appeared first on HEAVY .
Detroit Tigers (34-45) vs. Houston Astros (39-43) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: The Crawfish BoxesMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Troy Melton (4-0, 2.56 ERA) vs. RHP Tatsuya Imai (4-3, 6.15 ERA) Lineups ASTROS TIGERS Jeremy Pena – SS Kevin McGonigle – DH Yordan Alvarez – DH Kerry Carpenter – RF Isaac Paredes – 3B Dillon Dingler […]
There are MLB people who think the Houston Astros should sell at the trade deadline. But the Astros are standing firm on key tradeable pieces. And here are three sneaky 2026 MLB trade deadline targets for the Astros to chase. One of the reasons the Astros won’t sell is the weakness of the AL West. […] The post 3 sneaky Astros’ 2026 MLB trade deadline targets to chase appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Toronto Blue Jays have flirted with .500 several times throughout the 2026 season, but at each and every turn the team’s momentum is halted. Over the past few days, it was the Houston Astros to shut the Jays down, and after back-to-back losses for Toronto, they’re back to 39-41 on the season as they […] The post Blue Jays Announce Ernie Clement Status Following Astros Series Loss appeared first on HEAVY .
Bryan Abreu is with the team in Detroit ahead of today’s game with the Tigers: At 2:29 pm, the Astros made the move official: Effective today, the Astros reinstated RHP Bryan Abreu from the Restricted List…LHP Colton Gordon was optioned to Triple A Sugar Land following last night’s game. Abreu is 2-3 with 5 Saves this season. He […]
The trade deadline will be Dana Brown’s ultimate “ride or die” moment. Four days ago, Astros GM Dana Brown was reported to be telling other teams they were “wasting their time” calling him about being a seller. The Astros intend to be buyers at the deadline, and specifically are seeking bullpen help and a lefthanded […]
We asked. You answered. The Astros have four potential starting pitchers returning from the IL this season still, in Lance McCullers Jr., Christian Javier, Ronel Blanco and Hayden Wesneski. We asked you which of those 4 do you believe will have the best impact on the team this season. Here is what you said: SB […]
Lance McCullers Jr., on the IL since May 19 with a right rotator cuff impingement, is scheduled to make his first rehab start tonight with the Sugar Land Space Cowboys at Constellation Field. Josh Hendrickson is currently listed as the Space Cowboys starter tonight when the team hosts the El Paso Chihuahuas. That, combined with […]
The Detroit Tigers failed to secure a series win against the New York Yankees on Wednesday night, falling short in a 4-2 defeat that saw Tarik Skubal earn his fourth loss of the season. The offense did him no favors, going just 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and leaving nine on base, but Skubal’s […]
Astros 3 Blue Jays 1 That was depressing. Barker talked about it being a game they should have won, but really you shouldn’t win if you only get six base runners. Both teams got just four hits, but the Astros scored three runs to our one. But then we walked eight, they walked two. There […]
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider shared his reaction to his team botching a pivotal pickoff play to the Houston Astros. In a 1-1 game in the top of the eighth inning, the Astros had a man at third base. Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman then threw a pickoff play to third base to try […] The post John Schneider Reacts After Blue Jays Botch Pickoff Play to Astros appeared first on HEAVY .
Christmas came six months early for the Astros. After Joey Loperfido tripled with 1 out in the 8th, Blue Jays reliever Jeff Hoffman inexplicably attempted to pick him off at third base. His errant throw would send him home, making Loperfido the hero for the second straight day. Gifts continued in the bottom of the […]