Detroit Tigers blow lead in 9th, win 7-6 in 11 over Houston Astros: Game thread recap
Detroit Tigers (0-3) vs. Houston Astros (2-2)
When: 8:10 p.m. Monday.
Where: Minute Maid Park in Houston.
TV: Bally Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit; other Tigers radio affiliates).
Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (2-0, 1.35 ERA in 2022) vs. Astros RHP Hunter Brown (2-0, 0.89 ERA in 2022).
Tigers batting lineup:
1. 3B Nick Maton
2. CF Riley Greene
3. SS Javier Baez
4. DH Kerry Carpenter
5. 1B Spencer Torkelson
6. LF Austin Meadows
7. RF Matt Vierling
8. 2B Zach McKinstry
9. C Eric Haase
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Game notes: The Tigers scored three runs combined in their three-game series sweep at Tampa Bay, and were no-hit by Rays starter Jeffrey Springs through six innings Sunday in a 5-1 loss. Now they face the defending World Series champion Astros in Houston. The Astros won the middle two games of a four-game home set vs. the White Sox, losing Sunday 6-3.
Boyd makes his Tigers return to the mound after 10 relief appearances with Seattle last season. He went 37-60 with a 4.87 ERA in 147 games (143 starts) for the Tigers from 2015-21. Brown, a native Michigander who attended Wayne State, made two starts in seven appearances as a rookie last season, and allowed two runs over 20⅓ innings. The 24-year-old was a fifth-round pick in the 2019 draft. ... The Tigers and Astros meet again Tuesday (8:10 p.m.) and Wednesday (2:10 p.m.), before the Tigers on Thursday host Opening Day in Detroit vs. Boston (1:10 p.m.).
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers beat Houston Astros, 7-6, in 11: Game thread recap
