The Detroit Tigers took game one last night over the Houston Astros and will look to wrap up the series today.
Detroit Tigers (86-76) vs. Houston Astros (88-73)
Game 2:
Date: Wednesday, October 2
Time: 2:30 pm EST
Broadcast: ABC
Field: Minute Maid Park, Houston, TX
Line: Houson -180 / O/U 7.5
Probable Starting Pitchers
Tyler Holton (7-2, 2.19 ERA) vs. Hunter Brown (11-9, 3.49 ERA)
Holton will be the Tigers’ opener before handing the ball to Reese Olson. Holton is 7-2 with a 2.19 ERA, a 3.17 FIP, a 0.78 WHIP, a 1.6 BB/9, and a 7.3 K/9 in 94.1 innings. In the regular season against the Astros, he pitched four shutout innings giving up one hit; he didn’t allow a walk and struck out three. He appeared in yesterday’s game going 0.1 innings and got the lone out on a ground out. Olson hasn’t faced the Astros yet this season. Brown will go for Houston he is 11-9 with a 3.49 ERA, a 3.58 FIP, a 1.27 WHIP, a 3.2 BB/9, and a 9.5 K/9 in 170 innings. In two appearances against the Tigers this season he went 1-0 with a 0.75 ERA, a 0.83 WHIP, and 16 strikeouts in 12 innings.
Tigers vs. Astros Postseason Leaders
Tigers:
AVG – Justyn-Henry Malloy – .500
HR – N/A
RBI – Trey Sweeney – 1
IP – Tarik Skubal – 6.0
ERA – Tarik Skubal – 0.00
K – Tarik Skubal – 6
Astros:
AVG – Yordan Alvarez – .500
HR – N/A
RBI – Yainer Diaz – 1
IP – Framber Valdez – 4.1
ERA – Ronel Blanco – 0.00
K – Ronel Blanco – 4
Tigers vs. Astros Postseason Numbers
Tigers
AVG: .286 (1)
OPS: .733 (1)
R: 3 (4)
HR: 0 (8)
ERA: 1.00 (3)
K: 10 (2)
WHIP: 1.00 (2)
Astros
AVG: .212 (3)
OPS: .499 (5)
R: 1 (5)
HR: 0 (8)
ERA: 3.00 (5)
K: 10 (2)
WHIP: 1.78 (3)
