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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers (75-53) play the Houston Astros (69-57) at 1:10 p.m. at Comerica Park. Infielders Colt Keith, Zach McKinstry and Trey Sweeney; and outfielder Kerry Carpenter will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below.
The Tigers won a pitching duel between Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown on a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning on Tuesday.
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Astros shut out again by Tigers, hit worst offensive drought in 40 years with extra-inning loss
For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.
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Sporting News on MSNTigers’ Tarik Skubal, Astros’ Hunter Brown live up to Cy Young contenders pitchers dual
Tigers' reliever Will Vest compared the Cy Young contenders matchup to watching Pedro Martinez face Roger Clemens.
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SB Nation on MSNAstros Fail to Score in Third Straight Game. Fall to Tigers 1-0 in Extras
In the bottom of the 10th, Andy Ibanez hit a sacrifice fly against Caleb Ort to advance their extra runner. Ort allowed an intentional walk, struck out Javier Baez, and then walked in the winning run by walking Jahmai Jones and Gleyber Torres successively to end the game.
Gleyber Torres drew a 10th-inning walk to send home Wenceel Pérez and give the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win over the Houston Astros.
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