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06/15 22:33 CDT Colt Keith has 3 home runs and 6 RBIs as Tigers blow past
Astros 9-3
Colt Keith has 3 home runs and 6 RBIs as Tigers blow past Astros 9-3
HOUSTON (AP) --- Colt Keith hit three home runs and six RBIs as the Detroit
Tigers took down the Houston Astros 9-3 on Monday night.
Kevin McGonigle and Spencer Torkelson each added homers of their own in an
11-hit game for Detroit.
The 24-year-old Keith, who entered the day with one home run in 65 games this
season, became the youngest Tigers player with a three-homer game since 1955.
This century, only eight different Tigers have accomplished the feat ---
including Miguel Cabrera twice.
McGonigle homered in the second inning for a 2-0 lead before Keith drilled his
first homer of the night, a 411-foot two-run shot, in the top of the third.
Torkelson followed with his 12th home run of the season to put the Tigers up
5-0.
Keith launched his second ball over the right field wall to plate two more runs
in the seventh before capping the scoring with a solo shot to left field in the
ninth to seal the win.
The Tigers also plated runs on a Keith RBI hit by pitch in the first and a
passed ball by Astros catcher Christian Vzquez in the fifth that scored Dillon
Dingler.
Kyle Finnegan (2-0) threw a one-hit fifth inning to earn the win in relief.
Tyler Holton worked 1 2/3 innings for his fifth-straight scoreless outing. The
Tigers scratched starter Troy Melton with back tightness before the game,
forcing a bullpen outing that allowed seven hits combined.
Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve connected on back-to-back homers in the third
inning to pull within 5-3, but that was all Houston mustered offensively.
Kai-Wei Teng (3-6) surrendered five runs on six hits and struck out nine for
the Astros.
Up next
LHP Framber Valdez (3-5, 4.40 ERA) gets the start for the Tigers and RHP Hunter
Brown (1-0, 0.84 ERA) takes the mound for the Astros in the second game of the
series.
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