The Houston Astros will host the Detroit Tigers to begin the AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday at 2:32 p.m. ET, live on ABC from Minute Maid Park. The Tigers are underdogs (+121) for this contest with the Astros (-142).
Houston sends Framber Valdez (15-7) out for his 29th start this season, and Tarik Skubal (18-4) makes his 32nd start of the year for Detroit.
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The Astros have compiled a 67-51 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 56.8% of those games).
Houston has a 46-26 record (winning 63.9% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -142 or shorter.
The Tigers have entered the game as underdogs 96 times this season and won 46, or 47.9%, of those games.
Detroit has entered 42 games this season as the underdog by +121 or more and is 14-28 in those contests.
The Astros have combined with opponents to go over the total 65 times this season for a 65-90-6 record against the over/under.
The Tigers and their opponents have gone over the total this season in 78 of their 161 opportunities.
Astros Stats & Insights
The Astros have the No. 11 offense in baseball scoring 4.6 runs per game (740 total runs).
Houston ranks 10th-best in baseball with 190 total home runs.
The Astros have the third-best batting average in the league (.262).
Houston’s hitters strike out 7.3 times per game, the third-fewest strikeouts in the majors.
The 9.3 strikeouts per nine innings compiled by the Astros pitching staff ranks third in MLB.
Houston has a 3.74 team ERA that ranks sixth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have scored the 19th-most runs in the league this season with 682 (4.2 per game).
Detroit’s 162 home runs rank 24th in Major League Baseball.
The Tigers’ .234 batting average ranks 23rd in the league this season.
Detroit ranks 23rd with an average of nine strikeouts per game.
The Tigers strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 21st in MLB.
Detroit has the fourth-best ERA (3.62) in the majors this season.
Astros Key Players to Watch
Valdez gets the start for the Astros, his 29th of the season. He is 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA and 169 strikeouts in 176 1/3 innings pitched.
Yordan Alvarez leads Houston in batting average (.308), home runs (35) and runs batted in (86) this season.
Jose Altuve has 185 hits and an OBP of .350 to go with a slugging percentage of .439 this season.
Alex Bregman has 151 hits this season and a slash line of .260/.315/.453.
Yainer Diaz has 175 hits and an OBP of .325 to go with a slugging percentage of .441 this season.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers’ Skubal (18-4) will make his 32nd start of the season.
Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .262.
Matt Vierling is batting .257 with 28 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 41 walks.
Colt Keith is batting .260 with 15 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 36 walks.
Kerry Carpenter has 16 doubles, five triples, 18 home runs and 22 walks while hitting .284.
Astros and Tigers Injuries
Astros: Jose Urquidy: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Luis Garcia: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Oliver Ortega: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Cristian Javier: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Penn Murfee: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Kendall Graveman: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), J.P. France: 60 Day IL (Undisclosed), Ben Gamel: 60 Day IL (Knee)
Tigers: Javier Báez: 60 Day IL (Hip), Brendan White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Faedo: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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