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06/25 20:26 CDT Imai strikes out 10 as Astros beat Tigers 2-1 and extend
winning streak to 3 games
Imai strikes out 10 as Astros beat Tigers 2-1 and extend winning streak to 3
games
DETROIT (AP) --- Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six scoreless innings and Taylor
Trammell homered to lead the Houston Astros to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit
Tigers on Thursday night.
Imai (5-3) allowed two hits and a walk and threw 63 of his 96 pitches for
strikes in the opener of the four-game series. AJ Blubaugh struck out three in
two innings, and Enyel De Los Santos gave up Dillon Dingler's 19th home run in
the ninth on the way to his fifth save.
Detroit starter Troy Melton took a perfect game into the sixth inning before
Trammell hit a one-out, 0-1 pitch 422 feet to right field for his second home
run and a 1-0 lead.
Jeremy Pea singled leading off the ninth against Kenley Jansen and then stole
second. Pea took third on a groundout by Yordan Alvarez and scored on a
sacrifice fly by Isaac Paredes for an insurance run for Houston.
Melton (4-1) allowed one run on two hits with six strikeouts in six innings for
the Tigers, who have lost three straight.
Riley Greene's two-out single off Imai in the fourth was the first hit by
either team against the rookie starters.
Houston (40-43) has won three in a row and seven of its last nine to close
within two games of the first-place Mariners in the AL West.
The Astros won two of three games in Houston against the Tigers earlier this
month.
Up next
Astros RHP Spencer Arrighetti (7-3, 3.13 ERA) starts Friday opposite Tigers RHP
Keider Montero (3-5, 3.68).
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