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The annual flurry of activity that is the MLB trade deadline is now just a month away, and for teams residing in the gray area between buying and selling, decision time is fast approaching.
The Detroit Tigers failed to split their four-game weekend series against the Houston Astros on Sunday, falling 7-5 in 10 innings after taking a 3-0 lead into the seventh. Jack Flaherty gave his team five frames of shutout ball with a whopping nine strikeouts, but the trio of Tyler Holton, Kyle Finnegan and Kenley Jansen […]
The Mariners dropped back below the .500 mark today, as their 6-5 loss to the Guardians put Seattle’s record at 42-43. Despite the lackluster record, the M’s are only a half-game behind the Rangers for the AL West lead, and the crowded division race also has the Astros and A’s within two games of first […]
A “very telling” move. That’s how manager Dave Roberts described Kyle Tucker’s move to Dodger Stadium this season. Naturally, considering the numbers Tucker put up during seven seasons with the Houston Astros and one with the Chicago Cubs, expectations were high. To some degree, he delivered, hitting .297 with a .910 OPS in the three […] The post Red Sox Veteran Takes Sly Dig at Kyle Tucker as Career-Worst Offensive Struggles Continue appeared first on EssentiallySports .
It took the Astros’ offense 7 innings to get into gear, but they were able to hit the gas when they needed to. The Houston Astros (42-44) climbed out of a 3-0 hole early to come back and defeat the Detroit Tigers (35-49) 7-5 in 10 innings today at Comerica Park. It is the the […]
TODAY: The Astros announced Ullola’s promotion prior to today’s game, and Teng was optioned to Triple-A. JUNE 27: Right-hander Miguel Ullola is getting his first look in the majors. The Astros are recalling the pitching prospect for his big-league debut, reports Chandler Rome of The Athletic. Ullola was added to the 40-man roster in November […]
Detroit Tigers (35-48) vs. Houston Astros (41-44) Time/Place: 1:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: The Crawfish BoxesMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: RHP Jack Flaherty (1-8, 5.35 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Brown (1-0, 1.40 ERA)
The Tigers announced this morning that they activated right-hander Jack Flaherty off the injured list. Left-hander Enmanuel De Jesus was optioned to Triple-A to make room for Flaherty on the active roster. Flaherty started today’s game against the Astros, throwing five scoreless innings while striking out nine and surrendering just two hits. Flaherty went down on […]
Astros fans have heard the old saying a thousand times: it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. As frustrating as it was to hear early in the season, that saying may be coming to fruition right before our eyes with the 2026 Houston Astros. Think back to where this team was just a couple of months […]
TODAY’S GAME: The Astros and Tigers will play the finale of this 4-game series this afternoon at Comerica Park in Detroit. DET area native RHP Hunter Brown (1-0) will start for the Astros vs. Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-8). Tiger Hunter: Brown is 3-0 in 7 career app. (6 GS) vs. DET with a 2.29 […]
The Detroit Tigers fell short in their quest to take the lead in a four-game home series against the Houston Astros on Saturday afternoon, coughing up a late lead en route to an 8-6 defeat. Framber Valdez struggled against his old team, but the offense looked strong for the second straight game. Unfortunately, Will Vest […]
The Houston Astros are calling up pitching prospect Miguel Ullola, according to a report from Chandler Rome of The Athletic. Ullola, 24, is ranked as the Astros #11 prospect per MLB.com. Ullola was converted to a reliever this season in an effort to help him with his command issues and be someone the team could […]
There may have been a sense that with AL MVP frontrunner Yordan Alvarez getting just his second off day of the season, the Houston Astros (41-44) may have trouble scoring runs today. That would not be the case. The Houston offense got untracked early and surged late to lead the Astros over the Detroit Tigers […]
Jose Altuve returned from his oblique strain nearly one month ago. But now the Houston Astros star exited the Detroit Tigers game with another MLB Injury. Altuve took this collision at second base from Zach McKinstry of Detroit, then became hobbled. He tried staying in the game but eventually left as Raynel Delgado stepped in. […] The post Astros’ Jose Altuve exits Tigers game with apparent injury appeared first on ClutchPoints .
After a nice, solid drubbing of the Houston Astros on Friday night which evened the four-game series at a game apiece, the Detroit Tigers looked to clinch at least a series tie on Saturday afternoon. Despite a lovely grand slam early in the game, the Tiger bullpen couldn’t hold onto this one as the Astros […]
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 […]