Casey Mize had a challenging start, allowing two walks and facing a 27-pitch first inning but managed to keep the Astros scoreless. Despite struggles with the baseballs, Mize delivered a quality start, allowing only one run in six innings. Kyle Tucker's 12th home run off Mize was the lone run scored. Mize's performance included 5 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. The Tigers held a 2-1 lead after Tucker's home run. Mize kept his pitch count under 100, with 88 pitches thrown. Kyle Tucker's home run tied him for the league lead with 12 homers. Mize has a strong record against the Astros, aiming for his ninth career win and third against Houston.
Jack Flaherty's day ends with a man on and two outs in the 7th. 6.2 IP 3 ER 1 HR 7 H 0 BB 7 K 3 DPs 99 pitches 65 strikes --amended
Jack Flaherty's day ends with a man on and two outs in the 7th. 6.2 IP 2 ER (so far) 1 HR 7 H 0 BB 7 K 3 DPs 99 pitches 65 strikes
Kyle Tucker with his league-leading 13th bomb of the year! 🔥https://t.co/kCiyF5metl
Kyle Tucker is your Major League home run leader with 13! https://t.co/r7BJSNArA2
Kyle Tucker has 13 homers in 2024. Here's who has more so far: https://t.co/l2quWdoPlA
Kyle Tucker is that guy https://t.co/4dUfFlgGfN
Kyle Tucker launches his MLB leading 13th homer of the season! https://t.co/pdSru8wlBT
Kyle Tucker went down and golfed a 3-1 slider from Flaherty just over the wall in right -- two-run homer, his 13th.
Jack Flaherty-Carson Kelly end third inning with a strike-em-out (Kyle Tucker), throw-em-out double-play. Flaherty had thrown just 12 sinkers all season, only 1 to a LHH. But he threw two back-to-back to Tucker, setting up his curve and then 4-seamer
Jack Flaherty with three strikeouts in two innings, just 14 pitches. Spinning his slider and dropping knuckle-curves impressively early. Even threw a right-on-right changeup to Bregman. Feeling frisky.
King Tucker is now tied for the MLB lead after crushing his 12th homer of the season🔥 https://t.co/n2UBNvtHTs
Casey Mize has allowed two runs on 15 hits in 19 2/3 career innings vs. Astros. If Tigers hold on, this would be his ninth career MLB win, and third in as many meetings vs. Houston. https://t.co/pTri5okPb5
6 innings of 1-run ball from Mize 👏 https://t.co/Dgbumwo3vQ
6 innings of 1-run ball from Mize 👏 https://t.co/PlUG9GkGwP
Kyle Tucker has 5 hits in May, all of them are home runs. 🤯 Tucker was +580 to go yard tonight. https://t.co/sdqeS5HEEM
Kyle Tucker's 12th HR of the season was Casey Mize's lone run allowed in six innings. He allowed five hits total with two walks and two K's. 88 pitches, 54 strikes. Lots of fastballs and sliders, with 10 swinging strikes total.
Kyle Tucker continues his home run ways. That is now his 9th home run on a fastball this season, most in MLB. He entered the night slugging .657 against fastballs, 8th highest in MLB. #Relentless https://t.co/jufruN0W95
Casey Mize leaves with a quality start and a lead 6 IP 5 H 1 ER 1 HR 2 BB 2 K 9 ground ball outs 88 pitches 54 strikes
Kyle Tucker is now tied for the league lead in homers with 12. 💥 (🎥: @MLB) https://t.co/tjHQKPsgqn
Kyle Tucker’s 12th homer of the year ties him for the league-lead! https://t.co/LLkF9jC5mF
Kyle Tucker has 12 homers and is now tied for the league lead. Also a sick deposit of the bat. https://t.co/hI3mwclPip
Kyle Tucker ties the MLB lead with his 12th home run of the season! https://t.co/IIJU4cQTZq
The Tigers have kept Casey Mize under 100 pitches all season. His highest count has been 95. His 76th pitch tonight -- 92 mph heater -- just got knocked into the RF seats by Kyle Tucker. 2-1 DET
Astros have put leadoff batter on in four of Casey Mize's first five innings, including all three hits he has allowed. None have scored. He erased the last with a Jake Meyers double play.
How about a four-pitch fifth inning for Casey Mize. His pitch count is in good order after 27-pitch first (74). He's allowed three hits in five innings.
Casey Mize isn't loving this batch of baseballs. He's thrown out a bunch of them. Rubbing them up constantly. Must be slick. He pitched around a lead-off double in the second.
27-pitch first inning for Casey Mize, but he gets out of it scoreless with two key pitches: 96 mph fastball on outside corner to strike out Jeremy Pena, and a 2-0 slider to get back in count against Jon Singleton.
27-pitch first inning for Casey Mize, but he gets out of it scoreless with two key pitches: 96 mph fastball on inside corner to strike out Jeremy Pena, and a 2-0 slider to get back in count against Jon Singleton.
Two walks to start the game for Casey Mize. Leaving pitches up. Four-seam and slider
Two walks to start the game for Casey Mize. Leave pitches up. Four-seam and slider