October baseball has arrived in Detroit and the Detroit Tigers will take on the Houston Astros in the Wild Card round in a best-of-three series starting today.
Detroit Tigers (86-76) vs. Houston Astros (88-73)
Date: Tuesday, October 1
Time: 2:32 pm EST
Broadcast: ABC
Field: Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Line: Houson -130 / O/U 6.5
Probable Starting Pitchers
Tarik Skubal (18-4, 2.39 ERA) vs. Framber Valdez (15-7, 2.91 ERA)
Skubal toes the rubber in game one for the Tigers, he is 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA, a 2.50 FIP, a 0.92 WHIP, a 1.6 BB/9, and a 10.7 K/9 in 192 innings. This season against Houston in two starts he went 1-1 with a 4.26 ERA, a 1.26 WHIP, and nine strikeouts in 12.2 innings. Valdez goes for the Astros, he is 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA, a 3.25 FIP, a 1.11 WHIP, a 2.8 BB/9, and an 8.6 K/9 in 176.1 innings. He made one start against the Tigers this season getting a win as he went seven innings giving up two runs on six hits; he walked two and struck out four.
2024 Head to Head
Tigers vs. Astros
5/10: Houston won 5-2
5/11: Detroit won 8-2
5/12: Houston won 9-3
6/14: Houston won 4-0
6/15: Detroit won 13-5
6/16: Houston won 4-1
Houston won the season series 4-2. Houston outscored Detroit 29-27
Tigers vs. Astros Leaders
Tigers:
AVG – Riley Greene – .263
HR – Riley Greene – 24
RBI – Riley Greene – 74
IP – Tarik Skubal – 192.0
ERA – Tarik Skubal – 2.39
K – Tarik Skubal – 228
Astros:
AVG – Yordan Alvarez – .308
HR – Yordan Alvarez – 35
RBI – Yordan Alvarez – 86
IP – Framber Valdez – 176.1
ERA – Ronel Blanco – 2.80
K – Hunter Brown – 179
Tigers vs. Astros Numbers
Tigers
AVG: .235 (25)
OPS: .686 (22)
R: 669 (17)
HR: 161 (23)
ERA: 3.60 (3)
K: 1328 (17)
WHIP: 1.17 (2)
Astros
AVG: .261 (3)
OPS: .739 (8)
R: 731 (12)
HR: 188 (10)
ERA: 3.76 (7)
K: 1460 (3)
WHIP: 1.25 (14)
