AL Wild Card Game 1: Houston Astros vs Detroit Tigers, October 1, 2024
AL Wild Card Game 1
October 1, 2024, 2:32 PM ET | Minute Maid Park
Starting Pitchers
Detroit Tigers
Recorded starter
Houston Astros
Recorded starter
Season Comparison
2024Detroit TigersHouston Astros
.685
OPS.740
162
HR190
682
Runs740
3.61
ERA3.74
1.16
WHIP1.24
1354
Strikeouts by pitchers1479
Lower is better for ERA and WHIP; bars show each value against the larger of the two.
Top Performers
Picked by MLBDB from this game's box score. MLB's own list of top performers can differ.
Detroit Tigers, MLBDB pick
Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Houston Astros, MLBDB pick
Box Score
Batting
Wenceel Pérez and Jake Rogers led Detroit Tigers with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Vierling3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Justyn-Henry MalloyDH | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kerry CarpenterPH/DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley GreeneLF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Ibáñez2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colt KeithPH/2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach McKinstry2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wenceel PérezRF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Spencer Torkelson1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Parker MeadowsCF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jake RogersC | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Trey SweeneySS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 35 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Yordan Alvarez and Alex Bregman led Houston Astros with 2 hits each.
| Player | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Altuve2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle TuckerRF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yordan AlvarezDH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Zach DezenzoPR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Bregman3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yainer DiazC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jeremy PeñaSS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Victor Caratini1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mauricio DubónLF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon SingletonPH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chas McCormickLF/CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake MeyersCF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jason HeywardPH/LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Pitching
Tarik Skubal went 6.0 innings for Detroit Tigers (6 SO, 0 ER); Framber Valdez went 4.1 innings for Houston Astros (3 SO, 3 ER).
| Pitcher | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | |||||||
| Tarik Skubal | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Will Vest | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Tyler Holton | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Foley | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Brieske | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Astros | |||||||
| Framber Valdez | 4.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Héctor Neris | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bryan King | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ronel Blanco | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Caleb Ferguson | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Hader | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- AB
- at-bats
- R
- runs
- H
- hits
- RBI
- runs batted in
- BB
- walks
- SO
- strikeouts
- HR
- home runs
- IP
- innings pitched
- ER
- earned runs
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