DETROIT -- Thanks to heavy rain in Michigan across 48 hours, the Detroit Tigers had an extra day inside a weekend series to prepare for the red-hot Houston Astros.
They made the most of it.
After storms washed out Friday's second game of the four-game series, Zack Short's first home run in the majors broke a fifth-inning tie and helped the Tigers snap the Astros' 11-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader.
The Astros could have broken their franchise-record 12-game winning streak with a sweep of the doubleheader.