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The Houston Astros traded for Carlos Correa to get help in their batting order and to take over at third base. The leadership comes with the package.
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Gleyber Torres draws game-ending walk as Detroit Tigers beat Houston Astros 1-0 in 10 innings
Gleyber Torres drew a 10th-inning walk to send home Wenceel Pérez and give the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win over Houston on Tuesday night, the Astros third consecutive shutout loss. Pérez started the 10th as the automatic runner on second base and took third on Andy Ibáñez's fly to deep right.
The Tigers and Astros have met in two wildly different games, despite the same coming out on top. After thumping the Astros 10-0 on Monday night, Detroit and Houston went into extras deadlocked at zero. However, several good at-bats by the Tigers in the 10th inning led to them scoring the game-winning run on a Gleyber Torres.
The once-slipping Detroit Tigers extended their American League Central lead to 10 games after sweeping the Astros in three games at Comerica Park.
The Houston Astros have been shut out in back-to-back games, but they remain 1.5 games up on the Seattle Mariners in the AL West heading into their series final
The Tigers won a pitching duel between Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown on a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning on Tuesday.
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Astros shut out again by Tigers, hit worst offensive drought in 40 years with extra-inning loss
For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.