Another night in Texas, and another opportunity for the Tigers up against the team that stole Justin Verlander from us. This time around, it would be Reese Olson on the mound for the Tigers, up against Ryan Gusto for the Astros, which truly is a name begging for me to make puns from it at some point.
In the top of the first, right after it appeared that a ball had grazed Kerry Carpenter and the Tigers opted not to review it, Carpenter hit a solo home run to open the game in style.