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Game 128: LHP Tarik Skubal (11-3, 2.42 ERA) vs. RHP Hunter Brown (10-5, 2.45 ERA) For the eighth year in a row, we're running our simulated season, with Charles McDonald and Anthony Sulla-Heffinger reprising their roles as Madden Maestros.
Two division leaders in the American League face off on Tuesday night, as Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers host the Houston Astros and All-Star Hunter Brown.
The Astros have been shut out three times in four games for the first time since April 2005, leaving them looking for adjustments at the plate.
On Sunday, Southwest Virginia native and recent Major League Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Billy Wagner was honored by one of his former teams, the Houston Astros.The vast majority of his career was spent with the Astros after being drafted 12th overall by the franchise in 1993.
The Astros have the upper hand in the final game on Wednesday with Framber Valdez. The lefty is 11-6 with a 3.01 ERA, which is a two points less than Tigers starter Charlie Morton's 5.22 ERA. Morton is under .500 this season (8-10) and Houston will have the chance to capitalize with its offense.
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Houston Astros' Jésus Sánchez feeling 'weird' at the plate but team confident he'll shed slump
"I think it's just a slump," Sánchez said Sunday. "And that can happen to anyone. I don't think it's the team, because the team has helped me a lot and given me a lot of confiden
They are two of the best starting pitchers in baseball. Two All Stars. Two Cy Young candidates sharing the mound.
Carlos Correa's confidence is not shaken one bit despite the Astros' brutal 10-0 loss against the Tigers on Monday.