Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Detroit 3,
Houston 1
When: 2:32 PM ET, Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Alfonso Marquez, LF - Jeremie Rehak, RF - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 40617
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Jordan Baker, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Alfonso Marquez, LF - Jeremie Rehak, RF - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 40617
Final Scoring Summary
Detroit
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Matt Vierling | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Justyn-Henry Malloy | DH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 |
| Kerry Carpenter | PH-DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Riley Greene | LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
| Andy Ibanez | 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Colt Keith | PH-2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Zach McKinstry | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Wenceel Perez | RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .400 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Parker Meadows | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .250 |
| Jake Rogers | C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .500 |
| Trey Sweeney | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .250 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Riley Greene (1), Andy Ibanez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Matt Vierling, Justyn-Henry Malloy, Riley Greene 2, Andy Ibanez 2, Wenceel Perez 2, Parker Meadows, Jake Rogers 2, Trey Sweeney | |||||||||
| RBI - Matt Vierling (1), Jake Rogers (1), Trey Sweeney (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Matt Vierling (1), Jake Rogers (1), Trey Sweeney (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Matt Vierling (1), Justyn-Henry Malloy (1), Wenceel Perez (1), Spencer Torkelson 2 (2), Parker Meadows 2 (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Riley Greene (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Parker Meadows (1, 2nd off Valdez/Diaz) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Tarik Skubal (W 1-0) | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Will Vest (H 1) | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Tyler Holton (H 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jason Foley (H 1) | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 |
| Beau Brieske (SV 1) | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Tarik Skubal 88-64, Will Vest 24-18, Tyler Holton 2-2, Jason Foley 17-13, Beau Brieske 17-10 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Tarik Skubal 4-3, Will Vest 0-0, Tyler Holton 1-0, Jason Foley 1-0, Beau Brieske 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Tarik Skubal 23, Will Vest 5, Tyler Holton 1, Jason Foley 4, Beau Brieske 3 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Beau Brieske 2-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Kyle Tucker | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Yordan Alvarez | DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Zach Dezenzo | PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Alex Bregman | 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Yainer Diaz | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .333 |
| Jeremy Pena | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .000 |
| Victor Caratini | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 |
| Mauricio Dubon | LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jon Singleton | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Chas McCormick | LF-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Jake Meyers | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Jason Heyward | PH-LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .000 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yordan Alvarez (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Jose Altuve, Yordan Alvarez 3, Alex Bregman 2, Yainer Diaz, Victor Caratini | |||||||||
| RBI - Yainer Diaz (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Kyle Tucker (1), Victor Caratini (1), Jason Heyward 2 (2) | |||||||||
| S - Jeremy Pena (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Framber Valdez (L 0-1) | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6.23 |
| Hector Neris | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bryan King | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ronel Blanco | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Framber Valdez 78-48, Hector Neris 16-10, Bryan King 12-7, Ronel Blanco 50-29, Caleb Ferguson 1-0, Josh Hader 15-11 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Framber Valdez 6-1, Hector Neris 0-0, Bryan King 0-0, Ronel Blanco 2-0, Caleb Ferguson 0-0, Josh Hader 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Framber Valdez 21, Hector Neris 3, Bryan King 3, Ronel Blanco 10, Caleb Ferguson 0, Josh Hader 4 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Hector Neris 1-0, Ronel Blanco 1-0, Caleb Ferguson 1-0 | ||||||||