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June 17, 2026 · AL West

Detroit Tigers vs Houston Astros

June 17, 2026Daikin ParkRoof Closed 73°F · 0 mph, None
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
30-44
2
vs
HOME
Houston Astros
35-41
4

Game Highlights

Published June 17, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Jeremy Peña Jeremy Peña homers (4) on a line drive to left field. DET 0, HOU 1
B5 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez doubles (15) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Matt Vierling. Christian Vázquez scores. DET 0, HOU 2
B5 Isaac Paredes Isaac Paredes doubles (14) on a fly ball to left fielder Riley Greene. Yordan Alvarez scores. DET 0, HOU 3
B6 Jeremy Peña Astros challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Jeremy Peña singles on a line drive to right fielder Kerry Carpenter. Joey Loperfido scores. Jake Meyers out at home on the throw, right fielder Kerry Carpenter to catcher Jake Rogers. Christian Vázquez to 3rd. DET 0, HOU 4
T7 Kerry Carpenter Kerry Carpenter homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. DET 1, HOU 4
T9 Kevin McGonigle Kevin McGonigle homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. DET 2, HOU 4

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 000000101 2
HOU 001021000 4

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Tigers AWAY 2

Casey Mize started for Tigers, leaving trailing 0–3. Out of the bullpen, Kyle Finnegan took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Casey Mize Starter 4.2 86 3 3 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Casey Mize threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 67% 4.1 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 30 35% 4 7 3 12 4
    Slider 25 29% 3 5 3 9 5
    Sinker 19 22% 0 3 5 8 3
    Splitter 9 10% 1 0 1 4 3
    Slurve 3 3% 0 0 0 1 2
  • Kyle Finnegan Setup 1.0 26 1 0 inherited 1, all 1 scored
  • Drew Sommers Middle 0.1 2 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Jacob Waguespack Middle 2.0 20 0 1
Astros HOME 4

Peter Lambert started for Astros, leaving with a 4–1 lead. Out of the bullpen, Josh Hader took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Peter Lambert Starter 7.0 89 1 5 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Peter Lambert threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 63% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 29 33% 2 3 13 8 3
    Changeup 19 21% 3 0 6 6 4
    Cutter 14 16% 0 4 2 4 4
    Slurve 10 11% 0 4 1 3 2
    Sinker 9 10% 0 3 0 2 4
    Slider 8 9% 0 1 0 6 1
  • Enyel De Los Santos Middle 1.0 13 0 1 HLD
  • Josh Hader Closer 1.0 15 1 3 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 3rd · off Mize
  • Peña HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Kevin McGonigle SS 4 1 1 1 0 0 .282 .390 .429 .819 HR (6)
Dillon Dingler DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .255 .329 .522 .851
Riley Greene LF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .295 .384 .444 .828
Spencer Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .204 .304 .408 .712
Kerry Carpenter RF 3 1 1 1 0 1 .232 .313 .493 .806 HR (10)
Colt Keith 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .264 .311 .386 .697
Matt Vierling CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .260 .333 .593
Hao-Yu Lee 2B 3 0 0 0 0 2 .232 .263 .358 .621
Jake Rogers C 3 0 0 0 0 1 .148 .229 .262 .491
HOME · HOU
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS 4 1 2 2 0 1 .279 .344 .415 .759 HR (4)
Yordan Alvarez DH 4 1 1 1 0 1 .325 .428 .642 1.070 2B
Christian Walker 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 .315 .495 .810 2B
Isaac Paredes 3B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .234 .341 .414 .755 2B
Cam Smith RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .223 .304 .363 .667 2B
Jake Meyers CF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 .276 .330 .606
Christian Vázquez C 2 1 1 0 1 0 .221 .284 .342 .626
Jose Altuve 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .229 .307 .383 .690
Joey Loperfido LF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .236 .349 .319 .668 2B

Pitching lines

AWAY · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Casey Mize 4.2 6 3 3 1 3 1 86 2.58 L
Kyle Finnegan 1.0 3 1 1 2 0 0 26 2.08
Drew Sommers 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
Jacob Waguespack 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 4.15
HOME · HOU
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Peter Lambert 7.0 2 1 1 0 5 1 89 3.23 W
Enyel De Los Santos 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13 4.22 HLD
Josh Hader 1.0 1 1 1 0 3 1 15 1.29 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 3.5 R Bunts 0.4 R IBBs 0.6 R
HOME · HOU
Joe Espada
Lineup 3.9 R Bunts 1.1 R IBBs 0.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
5-4 W4 +6 run diff
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HOME · HOU
6-4 L1 -5 run diff
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Season series: 1-2 with DET listed first across 3 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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