Game Report - June 27, 2026 - Astros 8, Tigers 6

[Steve Bielawski]

> Houston Astros 8, Detroit Tigers 6 - final

The Tigers fell behind early, took the lead in the third inning, and held the lead through the fifth.  They soon lost the lead and lost the game.

The Astros started the scoring in the top of the second, when Christian Walker doubled, and Cam Smith homered.

In the top of the third, Jeremy Pena singled, went to third on a single by Isaac Paredes, and scored as the Tigers turned a Jose Altuve grounder into a double play.

In the bottom of the third, Kevin McGonigle walked, Colt Keith was safe on a combination of a fielder's choice and a fielding error, Spencer Torkelson was hit by a pitch, and Kerry Carpenter hit a grand slam home run, to drive in Mr. McGonigle, Mr. Keith, and Mr. Torkelson.  The Tigers had a 4-3 lead.

In the top of the fourth, Yainer Diazsingled, went to second on a single by Jake Meyers, went to third on a force out of Mr. Meyers at second base, and scored on a single by Jeremy Pena.

In the bottom of the fourth, Jake Rogers singled, went to second on a single by Riley Greene, and scored on a double by Spencer Torkelson.

Hao-Yu Lee homered in the bottom of the fifth, to give the Tigers a 6-4 lead.

In the top of the seventh, Isaac Paredes walked with two outs, went to second base on a single by Jose Altuve, and scored on a single by Christian Walker.

In the top of the eighth, Yainer Diaz singled, CHristian Vazquez singled with two outs, Jeremy Pena singled to drive in Mr. Diaz, the runners advanced on a fielding error by James Outman, and Isaac Paredes doubled to drive in Mr. Vazquez and Mr. Pena.

The Tigers lost on Sunday in extra innings, but won on Monday.



> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .283 .391 .423

Singled to right in the first.
Walked in the third and scored.

> C. Keith DH 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 .294 .369

Was safe on a fielder's choice in the third and scored.

>    D. Dingler PH-DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 .333 .537

> R. Greene LF 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .290 .382 .437

Singled to right in the fourth.
Doubled to right in the sixth.

> S. Torkelson 1B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .207 .308 .404

Was hit by a pitch in the third and scored.
Doubled to left in the fourth
    to ddrive in Mr. Rogers.
Doubled to left in the fourth
    to drive in Mr. Rogers.

> K. Carpenter RF 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 .226 .300 .488

Singled to left in the second.
Homered to right-centre in the third
    to drive in Mr. McGonigle, Mr. Keith, and Mr. Torkelson.

>    M. Vierling RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 .259 .340

> Z. McKinstry SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .185 .276 .274

Singled to right in the third.
Doubled to left in the seventh.

>    J. Jones PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .141 .218 .228

> H. Lee 2B 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .261 .290 .395

Singled to right in the second.
Homered to left-centre in the fifth.

> J. Outman CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .417

Walked in the fifth.
He also struck out twice.

> J. Rogers C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .155 .235 .254

Hit an infield single in the fourth and scored.

> team 39 6 11 6 2 2 5

A rather good game for the offense, but a loss.



> 2B: McKinstry (5, Blubaugh); Greene (17, Blubaugh); Torkelson (18, Teng)
> HR: Carpenter (12, 3rd inning off Teng 3 on, 1 Out);
>    Lee (3, 5th inning off Okert 0 on, 1 Out)

> RBI: Carpenter 4 (35), Torkelson (32), Lee (11)
> 2-Out RBI: Torkelson.

> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 2-11 (Rogers 0-2, Outman 0-2, Greene 0-1, Carpenter 1-3, Torkelson 1-2, Lee 0-1)

> DP: 1 (McKinstry-Lee-Torkelson)

> E: Outman (2, fielding); McGonigle (9, fielding)
> PB: Rogers



> Houston Astros AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Pena SS 5 2 3 2 0 0 1 .298 .360 .449
> I. Paredes 3B 4 1 2 2 0 1 0 .250 .347 .414
> J. Altuve 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .239 .311 .391
>    R. Delgado 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .318 .286
> C. Walker 1B 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 .240 .309 .470
> C. Smith RF 3 1 1 2 1 0 1 .220 .298 .368
>    J. Loperfido PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 .321 .351
> Y. Diaz DH 5 2 2 0 0 0 1 .254 .277 .377
>    J. Meyers CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .203 .264 .313
> B. Matthews LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .196 .246 .328

Cornered.

>    T. Trammell PH-LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267 .330 .419
> C. Vazquez C 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .214 .273 .327
> team 41 8 15 7 1 2 5

Enough runs to win this game.

> 2B: Walker 2 (16, Valdez 2); Paredes (16, Vest)
> HR: Smith (9, 2nd inning off Valdez 1 on, 0 Out)

> RBI: Walker (53), Paredes 2 (43), Peña 2 (21), Smith 2 (30)
> 2Out RBI: Walker, C; Peña 2; Paredes 2.

> SH: Loperfido

> GIDP: Altuve

> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 5-14 (Vázquez 0-1, Altuve 0-2, Walker 1-1, Trammell 0-1, Paredes 1-2,
> Peña 2-2, Loperfido 0-1, Diaz 0-1, Matthews 0-1, Smith 1-2)

> E: Altuve (3, fielding)



> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Houston Astros (41-44, 21-23 away)   0 2 1  1 0 0  1 3 0 - 8 15 1
> Detroit Tigers (35-48, 23-20 home)   0 0 4  1 1 0  0 0 0 - 6 11 2
> -------------------------------------------------------------------

It looked good for a while, but the Tigers ended up losing.



> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez 6.0 8 4 4 0 2 1 88-59 4.05

Not a quality start, but not terrible, either.

> D. Anderson (H, 5) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 25-13 4.17

A problem.

> D. Sommers (H, 3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-4 0.00

Got his man.

> W. Vest (L, 3-5, B, 5) 1.0 4 3 2 0 2 0 26-20 6.08

Also a problem.

> J. Waguespack 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 14-6 2.57

Did his job.

> team 9.0 15 8 7 2 5 1 158-102

> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
>    Valdez 16/26;
>    Anderson 4/5; Sommers 1/1; Vest 5/7; Waguespack 1/5

> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
>    Valdez-13-5-17-23;
>    Anderson-0-5-5-3; Sommers-1-1-1-1;
>    Vest-4-3-8-5; Waguespack-2-0-0-4

> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
>    Valdez 10-6;
>    Anderson 0-1; Sommers 0-1; Vest 1-0; Waguespack 3-0

> Game Scores: F Valdez 42



> Houston Astros IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Teng 3.2 8 5 4 1 1 1 58-39 4.36

Looked good at first, but later, not so much.

> S. Okert 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 15-10 2.50

Also a bit of a problem.

> A. Blubaugh (W, 4-2) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 28-20 3.52
> B. King (H, 9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-9 2.31
> J. Hader (S, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-7 0.82

Did their job.

> team 9.0 11 6 5 2 5 2 123-85

> HBP: Torkelson (by Teng)

> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Hader 2/3; Okert 6/6; Teng 15/22; Blubaugh 5/8; King 2/3

> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Hader-3-0-2-2; Okert-2-3-0-5;
> Teng-5-4-11-17; Blubaugh-5-4-5-6; King-1-1-5-2

> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Hader 1-1; Okert 2-2; Teng 2-9; Blubaugh 2-2; King 1-1

> Game Scores: K Teng 27



> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 27,232

> Weather: 77 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 7 m.p.h., in from left

> Time of Game: 2:46

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