Astros stretch winning streak to 6 with 3-2 win over Tigers

HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games with an 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.

The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for 11th on the all-time list. Baker became the 12th manager in MLB history and first Black man to reach 2,000 wins on Tuesday night.

The Astros trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Altuve singled with one out and scored on a triple to right field by Brantley to tie it. The Tigers intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez with two outs before Michael Fulmer (1-1) walked Yuli Gurriel to load the bases.

Another walk to Kyle Tucker scored Brantley to put Houston up 3-2.

Bryan Abreu (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and closer Ryan Pressly threw a perfect ninth for his fourth save.

Miguel Cabrera doubled in the third inning to join Hank Aaron and Albert Pujols as the only players in MLB history to have at least 3,000 hits, 500 homers and 600 doubles in their careers. Cabrera, who got his 3,000th hit April 23, drove in two runs with that double to pass Frank Robinson (1,812) for 19th on the all-time RBIs list with 1,813.

There were runners at first and third with one out in the third when Cabrera lined his double into left field to score 2 and put the Tigers up 2-0. Cabrera raised his arm to celebrate before tapping Altuve on the head when he reached second base, and the two Venezuelans shared a short embrace before play continued.

The Tigers finished with 11 hits but had trouble cashing in on them on a day they went 1 for 16 with runners in scoring position and lost their fourth straight.

Their trouble pushing runs across ruined a good day on the mound for Eduardo Rodriguez. He...

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