Despite leaving down 3-2, Houston Astros starter Ronel Blanco had a decent start, only allowing three hits. The problem was that two of those hits left the yard.
The Tigers jumped out front first after the first two base runners allowed by Blanco both scored in the top of the third when Kerry Carpenter poked a two-out oppo-homer just over the head of Jose Altuve in left. They added more to that in the next inning when Riley Greene snuck a fastball into the Crawford Boxes, putting the Tigers up 3-0 in the fourth.
It wasn’t till then that the Astros bats finally woke up to back their pitcher.