Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and the Houston Astros used a four-run eighth inning to rally past the Detroit Tigers 5-2 on Friday night.
Valdez allowed two runs and six hits, tossing at least seven innings for the first time since his second start of the season on April 2, when he went 7 2/3.
“It had been a long time since I've pitched into the seventh,” he said. “I felt a little bit tired, but it felt good.”“There's no secret how to beat him,” said Tigers manager A.J. Hinch, who managed Valdez in Houston. “You've got to try to get the ball into the air. We did a couple times early, but he made a ton of pitches."Peña has gone 7 for 11 in three games since moving into the cleanup spot for the first time.
“I feel like I'm getting a lot of opportunities with people on base,” he said. “I'm just sticking to my approach and trying to get a good at-bat.”“The eighth showed what this team can do offensively,” Astros manager Joe Espada. “We just didn't try to do too much."Houston had a chance in the first as Mize walked Altuve and Tucker to start the game, but he escaped the inning after Peña took a called third strike on a 3-2 pitch.
Tucker led off the sixth with a long homer to right off Mize, his 12th of the season, but Houston didn't get anything else going until the eighth. The Tigers debuted their blue City Connect jerseys — the first time they had worn anything but white at home since 1995 — and had an organist for the first time in more than 40 years.from the injured list on Saturday. Javier, who missed 18 games with neck soreness, is scheduled to start Saturday's game.
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