Game Report - June 28, 2026 - Astros 7, Tigers 5
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Steve Bielawski
Jul 3, 2026, 5:14:29 PM (4 days ago) Jul 3
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> Houston Astros 7, Detroit Tigers 5 - final in 10 innings
The Tigers jumped out a to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and expanded it to 3-0 by the end of the fifth. But the game was a 3-3 tie at the end of the ninth. In the tenth, the Astros scored four runs, and the Tigers scored two.
In the bottom of the second, Kerry Carpenter singled, and Zach McKinstry homered.
In the bottom of the fifth, Kevin McGonigle walked, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a fielding error by Raynel Delgado.
In the top of the seventh, Jake Meyers was safe on a missed catch error by Colt Keith at first base, then Raynel Delgado homered.
Isaac Paredes homered leading off the eighth.
In the top of the tenth, Jeremy Pena was placed on second base, Yordan Alvarez walked, Isaac Paredes singled to drive in Mr. Pena, and Christian Walker homered to drive in Mr. Alvarez and Mr. Paredes.
In the bottom of the tenth, Riley Greene started the inning on second base, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
The Tigers moved on to New York City, where they won on Monday and on Tuesday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle 3B 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 .281 .394 .421
Walked in the fifth.
Walked again in the seventh.
Walked once more in the ninth.
> C. Keith 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .248 .293 .372
Doubled to left in the first.
> K. Jansen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> J. Jones PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .141 .225 .228
Walked in the ninth to load the bases.
> J. Waguespack P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> R. Greene LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .285 .377 .430
Started the tenth inning on second base and scored.
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> D. Dingler C 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262 .328 .528
nothing.
> K. Carpenter DH 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .234 .306 .491
Singled to centre in the second and scored.
Singled up the middle in the fourth.
> S. Torkelson PH-DH-1B 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .213 .313 .419
Singled to left in the eighth.
Homered to right-centre in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> Z. McKinstry SS 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 .191 .279 .295
Homered to right-centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Carpenter.
Grounded into a double play to end the eighth.
Singled to right in the tenth.
> H. Lee 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252 .287 .382
Walked in the sixth, but was caught stealing.
> J. Outman CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .185 .290 .407
Singled to right in the seventh.
> B. Malgeri PH-RF 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .444 .333
Walked in the ninth.
Walked again in the tenth.
> M. Vierling RF-CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .203 .259 .338
Singled up the middle in the second inning and stole second base.
> team 37 5 9 4 2 7 7
Not a bad showing by the offense, but not good enough.
> 2B: Keith (9, Brown)
> HR: McKinstry (3, 2nd inning off Brown 1 on, 0 Out);
> Torkelson (13, 10th inning off De Los Santos 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: McKinstry 2 (14), Torkelson 2 (34)
> SH: Vierling
> GIDP: McKinstry
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 1-10 (Vierling 0-1, Greene 0-4, Dingler 0-2,
> Torkelson 1-1, Keith 0-1, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: Lee (2, 2nd base by Brown/Diaz)
> SB: Vierling (3, 2nd base off Brown/Diaz)
> E: Keith (2, catch)
> Houston Astros AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
J. Pena SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .295 .356 .443
> Y. Alvarez DH 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .311 .426 .613
Contained to a pair of walks and a run scored.
> I. Paredes 3B 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 .256 .350 .428
> C. Walker 1B 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 .240 .311 .476
> J. Loperfido RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .221 .324 .347
> C. Smith PH-RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .295 .364
Cornered.
> Y. Diaz C 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .244 .268 .363
Caught.
> T. Trammell LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 .333 .414
> B. Matthews PH-LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .193 .243 .323
Curtailed.
> J. Meyers CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .205 .264 .318
> R. Delgado 2B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .280 .308 .400
> team 38 7 7 7 3 5 13
Enough runs to win.
> 2B: Meyers (6, Flaherty)
> HR: Walker (19, 10th inning off Jansen 2 on, 0 Out);
> Paredes (11, 8th inning off Finnegan 0 on, 0 Out);
> Delgado (1, 7th inning off Holton 1 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Walker 3 (56), Paredes 2 (45), Delgado 2 (4)
> 2Out RBI: Delgado 2.
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-8 (Walker 1-1, Alvarez 0-1, Paredes 1-1,
> Meyers 0-1, Peña 0-1, Delgado 1-2, Diaz 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Peña-Walker)
> E: Delgado (2, fielding)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Houston Astros (42-44, 22-23 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 - 7 7 1
> Detroit Tigers (35-49, 23-21 home) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 9 1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Not the happy ending that the Tigers were hoping for.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 5.0 2 0 0 3 9 0 94-57 4.97
Too short to be a quality start, but a good start.
> T. Holton (H, 8) 1.2 1 2 0 0 0 1 21-13 3.26
His teammate let him down, although the home run was all his fault.
> K. Finnegan (B, 5) 1.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 27-16 2.06
The season in half over, and he has five blown saves.
> K. Jansen (L, 1-4) 1.1 2 4 3 1 1 1 28-20 5.31
> J. Waguespack 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 2.35
Who would have thought that we fans would wish that Jack Flaherty could have gone longer?
> team 10.0 7 7 4 5 13 3 175-110
> WP: Flaherty
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 11/20;
> Holton 7/7; Finnegan 4/7; Jansen 5/7; Waguespack 1/2
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-8-16-25-7;
> Holton-2-0-4-6; Finnegan-3-1-9-3;
> Jansen-0-5-10-5; Waguespack-0-0-2-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 1-5;
> Holton 2-4; Finnegan 1-0; Jansen 1-2; Waguespack 2-0
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 69
> Houston Astros IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> H. Brown 6.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 103-60 1.78
A quality start, if barely.
> B. Abreu 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 15-7 6.00
> S. Okert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 2.48
> B. King 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 2.25
> J. Hader (W, 2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 29-16 0.75
Did their job, unfortunately.
> E. De Los Santos 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 1 25-13 4.91
Not too good, but good enough on this day.
> team 10.0 9 5 3 7 7 2 183-103
> WP: De Los Santos
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Hader 5/6; Okert 0/1;
> De Los Santos 1/6; Abreu 2/4; Brown 13/25; King 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Hader-3-3-9-1; De Los Santos-3-4-2-4;
> Abreu-1-0-3-3; Brown-16-10-15-19; King-2-1-0-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Hader 0-1; Okert 0-1; De Los Santos 1-1;
> Abreu 1-1; Brown 7-7; King 2-0
> Game Scores: H Brown 54
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 33,655
> Weather: 82 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., in from left
> Time of Game: 3:32
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The Tigers jumped out a to a 2-0 lead in the second inning, and expanded it to 3-0 by the end of the fifth. But the game was a 3-3 tie at the end of the ninth. In the tenth, the Astros scored four runs, and the Tigers scored two.
In the bottom of the second, Kerry Carpenter singled, and Zach McKinstry homered.
In the bottom of the fifth, Kevin McGonigle walked, went to second on a ground out, and scored on a fielding error by Raynel Delgado.
In the top of the seventh, Jake Meyers was safe on a missed catch error by Colt Keith at first base, then Raynel Delgado homered.
Isaac Paredes homered leading off the eighth.
In the top of the tenth, Jeremy Pena was placed on second base, Yordan Alvarez walked, Isaac Paredes singled to drive in Mr. Pena, and Christian Walker homered to drive in Mr. Alvarez and Mr. Paredes.
In the bottom of the tenth, Riley Greene started the inning on second base, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
The Tigers moved on to New York City, where they won on Monday and on Tuesday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle 3B 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 .281 .394 .421
Walked in the fifth.
Walked again in the seventh.
Walked once more in the ninth.
> C. Keith 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .248 .293 .372
Doubled to left in the first.
> K. Jansen P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> J. Jones PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .141 .225 .228
Walked in the ninth to load the bases.
> J. Waguespack P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
> R. Greene LF 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 .285 .377 .430
Started the tenth inning on second base and scored.
In the KIITI club, with two strikeouts.
> D. Dingler C 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .262 .328 .528
nothing.
> K. Carpenter DH 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 .234 .306 .491
Singled to centre in the second and scored.
Singled up the middle in the fourth.
> S. Torkelson PH-DH-1B 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 .213 .313 .419
Singled to left in the eighth.
Homered to right-centre in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> Z. McKinstry SS 5 1 2 2 1 0 0 .191 .279 .295
Homered to right-centre in the second
to drive in Mr. Carpenter.
Grounded into a double play to end the eighth.
Singled to right in the tenth.
> H. Lee 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 .252 .287 .382
Walked in the sixth, but was caught stealing.
> J. Outman CF 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .185 .290 .407
Singled to right in the seventh.
> B. Malgeri PH-RF 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .444 .333
Walked in the ninth.
Walked again in the tenth.
> M. Vierling RF-CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .203 .259 .338
Singled up the middle in the second inning and stole second base.
> team 37 5 9 4 2 7 7
Not a bad showing by the offense, but not good enough.
> 2B: Keith (9, Brown)
> HR: McKinstry (3, 2nd inning off Brown 1 on, 0 Out);
> Torkelson (13, 10th inning off De Los Santos 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: McKinstry 2 (14), Torkelson 2 (34)
> SH: Vierling
> GIDP: McKinstry
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 1-10 (Vierling 0-1, Greene 0-4, Dingler 0-2,
> Torkelson 1-1, Keith 0-1, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: Lee (2, 2nd base by Brown/Diaz)
> SB: Vierling (3, 2nd base off Brown/Diaz)
> E: Keith (2, catch)
> Houston Astros AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
J. Pena SS 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 .295 .356 .443
> Y. Alvarez DH 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 .311 .426 .613
Contained to a pair of walks and a run scored.
> I. Paredes 3B 5 2 3 2 1 0 0 .256 .350 .428
> C. Walker 1B 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 .240 .311 .476
> J. Loperfido RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .221 .324 .347
> C. Smith PH-RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .218 .295 .364
Cornered.
> Y. Diaz C 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 .244 .268 .363
Caught.
> T. Trammell LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264 .333 .414
> B. Matthews PH-LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .193 .243 .323
Curtailed.
> J. Meyers CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .205 .264 .318
> R. Delgado 2B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .280 .308 .400
> team 38 7 7 7 3 5 13
Enough runs to win.
> 2B: Meyers (6, Flaherty)
> HR: Walker (19, 10th inning off Jansen 2 on, 0 Out);
> Paredes (11, 8th inning off Finnegan 0 on, 0 Out);
> Delgado (1, 7th inning off Holton 1 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Walker 3 (56), Paredes 2 (45), Delgado 2 (4)
> 2Out RBI: Delgado 2.
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 3-8 (Walker 1-1, Alvarez 0-1, Paredes 1-1,
> Meyers 0-1, Peña 0-1, Delgado 1-2, Diaz 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Peña-Walker)
> E: Delgado (2, fielding)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Houston Astros (42-44, 22-23 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4 - 7 7 1
> Detroit Tigers (35-49, 23-21 home) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 9 1
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Not the happy ending that the Tigers were hoping for.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 5.0 2 0 0 3 9 0 94-57 4.97
Too short to be a quality start, but a good start.
> T. Holton (H, 8) 1.2 1 2 0 0 0 1 21-13 3.26
His teammate let him down, although the home run was all his fault.
> K. Finnegan (B, 5) 1.1 2 1 1 1 3 1 27-16 2.06
The season in half over, and he has five blown saves.
> K. Jansen (L, 1-4) 1.1 2 4 3 1 1 1 28-20 5.31
> J. Waguespack 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 2.35
Who would have thought that we fans would wish that Jack Flaherty could have gone longer?
> team 10.0 7 7 4 5 13 3 175-110
> WP: Flaherty
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 11/20;
> Holton 7/7; Finnegan 4/7; Jansen 5/7; Waguespack 1/2
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-8-16-25-7;
> Holton-2-0-4-6; Finnegan-3-1-9-3;
> Jansen-0-5-10-5; Waguespack-0-0-2-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 1-5;
> Holton 2-4; Finnegan 1-0; Jansen 1-2; Waguespack 2-0
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 69
> Houston Astros IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> H. Brown 6.0 5 3 2 2 4 1 103-60 1.78
A quality start, if barely.
> B. Abreu 0.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 15-7 6.00
> S. Okert 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3-1 2.48
> B. King 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 2.25
> J. Hader (W, 2-0) 1.0 0 0 0 3 2 0 29-16 0.75
Did their job, unfortunately.
> E. De Los Santos 1.0 2 2 1 1 1 1 25-13 4.91
Not too good, but good enough on this day.
> team 10.0 9 5 3 7 7 2 183-103
> WP: De Los Santos
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Hader 5/6; Okert 0/1;
> De Los Santos 1/6; Abreu 2/4; Brown 13/25; King 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Hader-3-3-9-1; De Los Santos-3-4-2-4;
> Abreu-1-0-3-3; Brown-16-10-15-19; King-2-1-0-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Hader 0-1; Okert 0-1; De Los Santos 1-1;
> Abreu 1-1; Brown 7-7; King 2-0
> Game Scores: H Brown 54
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 33,655
> Weather: 82 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., in from left
> Time of Game: 3:32
This game report is brought to you by the Clinton Theatre.
Opened in 1939, and still running.
Now showing: Toy Story 5.
Next week: Minions And Monsters.
https://clintontheater.com/
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