Houston Astros at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball

Houston Astros

15-25, 8-13 Away

Final
9 - 3

Detroit Tigers

20-20, 9-11 Home

Skubal sensational, Tigers jump on Valdez early to get 3-1 win over Astros in AL Wild Card Series

The Tigers, swept in the American League Division Series in their last trip to the playoffs in 2014, got their first postseason win since Game 4 the 2013 AL Championship Series against .

Down 3-0 entering the ninth, Houston scored on Yanier Diaz's RBI single and had the bases loaded when Jason Heyward hit a game-ending lineout against Beau Brieske.

Game 2 of the best-of-three series is Wednesday in Houston.

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TV Channel: Astros at Tigers 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.tv.
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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 48.5%

Astros: 51.5%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kelly struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Báez singled to left.
	9th Inning	Torkelson homered to left (405 feet), Carpenter scored.
	9th Inning	Keith lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Carpenter singled to center.

Statistics

HOU		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	4
7	Strikeouts	10
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
18	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	3
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
42	At Bats	32
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
22	Fly Balls	18
1	Caught Stealing	1
169	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
23	Total Bases	12
45	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
8.8	Runs Created	3.2
.429	Batting Average	.188
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.548	Slugging Percentage	.375
.167	Secondary Average	.250
.467	On Base Percentage	.278
1.014	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.653
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
8.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.2
59.0	Batter Rating	23.5
42.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.76	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.119	Isolated Power	.188
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.067	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.262	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.063
17.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.5	Balls In Play Average	0.2
109.8	MLB Rating	73.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0