The Tigers had some chances early, but the breaks went Houston’s way, and Framber Valdez settled in to spin a complete game shut out on six hits, with 107 pitches thrown. That was the 21st time the Tigers have been shut out in 2022.
Houston didn’t take long to draw blood in this one. Jose Altuve led off with a single, stole second base, and scored on a Jeremy Pena ground ball before Eduardo Rodriguez had thrown five pitches. Pena immediately stole second as well, and after Rodriguez struck out Yordan Alvarez, Alex Bregman followed with a ground ball back up the middle to score Pena as well.