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Detroit Tigers 9 Houston Astros 3
Status: Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tigers 1 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 9 11 0
Astros 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0
T9 DET 9- 3 Keith homered to left (347 feet).
T7 DET 8- 3 Keith homered to right (344 feet), Dingler
scored.
T5 DET 6- 3 Dingler scored on a passed ball by Vazquez,
Torkelson to second on passed ball by Vazquez.
T5 DET 6- 3 Dingler scored on a passed ball by Vazquez,
Torkelson to second on passed ball by Vazquez.
B3 HOU 5- 3 Altuve homered to left center (410 feet).
B3 HOU 5- 2 Paredes homered to left (358 feet), Walker
scored.
T3 DET 5- 0 Torkelson homered to left (372 feet).
T3 DET 4- 0 Keith homered to right center (411 feet),
Dingler scored.
T2 DET 2- 0 McGonigle homered to right (383 feet).
T1 DET 1- 0 Keith hit by pitch, McGonigle scored, Dingler
to second, Greene to third.
Colt Keith has 3 home runs and 6 RBIs as the Tigers blow past the Astros 9-3
HOUSTON -- Colt Keith had three home runs and six RBI as the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Monday night.
Kevin McGonigle and Spencer Torkelson also homered in an 11-hit game for Detroit.
The 24-year-old Keith, who entered the day with one home run in 65 games this season, became the youngest Tigers player with a three-homer game since 20-year-old Al Kaline in 1955. This century, only eight Tigers have accomplished the feat including Miguel Cabrera twice.
McGonigle homered in the second inning for a 2-0 lead before Keith drilled his first homer of the night, a 411-foot two-run shot , in the third. Torkelson followed with his 12th home run of the season to put the Tigers up 5-0.
Keith launched his second longball over the right-field wall to plate two more runs in the seventh before capping the scoring with a solo shot to left in the ninth to seal the win.
Keith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first and Dillon Dingler scored on a passed ball by Astros catcher Christian Vazquez in the fifth.
Kyle Finnegan (2-0) threw a one-hit fifth inning to earn the win in relief. Tyler Holton worked 1 2/3 innings for his fifth straight scoreless outing. The Tigers scratched starter Troy Melton with back tightness before the game, forcing a bullpen game.
Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve connected on back-to-back homers in the third to pull the Astros to 5-3, but that was all Houston mustered offensively.
Kai-Wei Teng (3-6) gave up five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings for the Astros. He struck out nine.
LHP Framber Valdez (3-5, 4.40 ERA) gets the start for the Tigers and RHP Hunter Brown (1-0, 0.84 ERA) takes the mound for the Astros in the second game of the series.
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