Slumps are always harder to take at the beginning of the season. That’s because you don’t really know if it’s a slump or a harbinger of the new normal to come.
But for now, the Astros are 2-4 for the year, and the mainstay of last year’s championship run, the pitching, is so far showing severe regression.
The Tigers got on the board early with a run in the first thanks to a Spencer Torkelson double off the wall in left, scoring Javier Baez. But the Astros answered in the bottom of the inning after a walk to Alex Bregman, a single by Jose Abreu, and an RBI single by Kyle Tucker.