Tigers eye surprising sweep against Astros
Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker pushed Framber Valdez past 100 pitches and through seven innings on Tuesday in a nod both to how well the ace left-hander was pitching and in consideration of a bullpen that has shouldered a heavy workload in the first week of the season.
The result was the samefor the Astros, who lost 6-3 to the visiting Detroit Tigers despite Valdez producing the first quality start of the season for