Overview

• Detroit completed a three-game sweep at Comerica Park, jumping on Framber Valdez for six first-inning runs en route to a 7-2 win.
• Mauricio Dubón snapped Houston’s 31-inning scoreless streak with a two-run homer, yet the Astros totaled only two runs in the series.
• The middle game ended 1-0 in the 10th on a bases-loaded walk after a duel between Hunter Brown (six scoreless) and Tarik Skubal (seven scoreless, 10 strikeouts).
• Former Astro Charlie Morton earned his first win against Houston since 2019, striking out eight over six innings in the finale.
• Houston has dropped four straight and is 2-6 over its last eight, remains 1.5 games up in the AL West, and is managing late innings with Bryan Abreu while Josh Hader rests a sore shoulder.