Houston Astros vs Detroit Tigers Match Player Stats On Jul 30, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jul 30, 2017

DETROIT -- Justin Upton hit a grand slam and tied a career best with six RBIs and Miguel Cabrera hit a milestone RBI double in the fifth while Justin Verlander pitched six shutout innings Sunday to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 13-1 victory over the Houston Astros.

Verlander (6-7), a non-winner since June 27, retired the last seven batters he faced in his 110-pitch outing but left eight Houston runners on base in the first four including three in the second. He walked three, gave up five hits and struck out six.

Verlander has dealt with trade rumors almost since spring training but unless something changes it appears he will pass the non-waiver trade deadline on Monday wearing a Detroit uniform.

Daniel Stumpf pitched a scoreless seventh, Alex Wilson the eighth and Drew VerHagen the ninth, losing the shutout when Alex Bregman led off the inning with his 11th home run of the season.

The Tigers broke the game open with three runs in the sixth, chasing Lance McCullers Jr. who gave up at least four runs in his fourth straight start. McCullers Jr. (7-3) allowed eight hits, walked four, struck out four and was charged with five runs in five innings.

Jose Iglesias walked and Dixon Machado singled to chase McCullers Jr. at the beginning of the sixth and reliever Joe Musgrove gave up an RBI double to left to Mikie Mahtook and a two-run double to right center to Upton.

Machado hit a sacrifice fly off Tony Sipp with the bases loaded in the seventh and Upton hit his sixth career grand slam (second this season) and 17th home run of the year to make it 11-0. Upton has five six-RBI games in his career.

Cabrera hit an RBI double to left in the fifth after Upton's leadoff single to right and scored on a two-out single by James McCann to put Detroit up, 3-0. Cabrera's double tied him for 79th place on the all-time hit list with new Hall-of-Famer Tim Raines at 2,605.

The Tigers scored first on an RBI single down the first base line by Jose Iglesias in the second. Andrew Romine was hit by a pitch with two out and wild-pitched to second.

The Astros used first baseman Tyler White to pitch the eighth and save the bullpen. He also pitched a mop-up inning for Houston last year. He gave up a two-run home run to James McCann, his 10th.

NOTES: RHP Will Harris was returned to the 10-day disabled list with continued shoulder discomfort by Houston on Sunday, having not appeared in a game after being activated on Friday. ... 2B Ian Kinsler was not in Detroit's starting lineup. "Just a day off," manager Brad Ausmus said. ... The Astros brought RHP Reymin Guduan up from Triple-A Fresno to fill RHP Will Harris' spot in the bullpen. Guduan was in nine games earlier this season with a 7.88 ERA. ... Detroit's 5-3 win Saturday night, coming with three runs in the seventh, marked just the second time in 44 games the Tigers had won when trailing after six innings. It was also just the club's third win in 31 games without hitting a home run.