Detroit Tigers (0-3) vs. Houston Astros (2-2)
Houston; Monday, 8:10 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Matthew Boyd (0-0); Astros: Hunter Brown (0-0)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Astros -228, Tigers +188; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros host the Detroit Tigers to open a three-game series.
Houston had a 106-56 record overall and a 55-26 record in home games last season. The Astros scored 4.5 runs per game in the 2022 season while allowing 3.2.
Detroit went 65-96 overall and 31-50 in road games last season. The Tigers slugged .346 as a team last season with 2.3 extra base hits per game.
INJURIES: Astros: Blake Taylor: 15-Day IL (elbow), Parker Mushinski: 15-Day IL (spine), Michael Brantley: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Lance McCullers Jr.: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jose Altuve: 10-Day IL (thumb)
Tigers: Tyler Nevin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Beau Brieske: 15-Day IL (arm), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (groin), Freddy Pacheco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tarik Skubal: 60-Day IL (elbow), Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
