TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (40-44) and Detroit Tigers (35-47) will play the 3rd game of their 4-game series this afternoon at Comerica Park.
RHP Kai-Wei Teng (4-6, 4.03 ERA) will start for the Astros vs. Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (4-5, 3.91 ERA).
ROAD TRIPPIN: Today is the 6th game (3-2 thus far) of a 7-game road trip for the Astros, They were 2-1 at TOR on the 1st stop of the trip.
Road Recovery: The Astros are 13-8 in their last 3 road trips combined. They are 19-14 on the road since going 1-9
on their 1st road trip of the 2026 season.
ASTROS-TIGERS: The Astros are 3-2 vs. DET this season, having won 2 of 3 games from the Tigers last week at Daikin Park (June 15-17). The 2 clubs will play all 7 of their scheduled games between June 15-28. In 2025, the Astros and Tigers finished with identical 87-75 records, with the Tigers earning the final AL Wild Card spot due to winning the season series vs. HOU.
Recent Success: Since 2022, the Astros are 19-11 vs. DET with an 8-5 record here at Comerica Park.
ABOUT KAI-WEI: Today will be RHP Kai-Wei Teng’s 10th start and 23rd app. overall this season. He was solid in his last start on Sunday vs. CLE, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits in 6.0 IP to earn the win in the Astros 2-1 victory.
Today will be Teng’s 2nd start vs. the Tigers (other was June 15 at Daikin Park, 9-3 loss). He took the loss in that start, but did tally 9 strikeouts in just 3.1 innings of work (9 of the 10 outs recorded were via the punchout).
Daytime Warrior: Teng is 2-1 in 8 daytime app. (3 GS) with a 1.96 ERA (5ER/23IP) and a .188 opp. avg.
Teng was acquired by the Astros from the Giants this offseason in exchange for minor league C Jancel Villarroel. Teng is the 2nd Taiwanese-born player ever to appear with HOU, joining RHP Chia Jen-Lo, who made 19 relief app. with the Astros in 2013.
PITCHING DEBUT: OF Jake Meyers hurled a scoreless 8th inning last night in what was his 1st ML appearance on the mound. While at the Univ. of Nebraska (2015-17), Meyers was 17-4 in 39 appearances (23 starts). Prior to last night, he had 1 pitching appearance as a professional, which was in 2018 while at Buies Creek (1.1 IP, 0 R).
RECENT STROS: The Astros have won 4 of 6, 7 of 10 and 9 of their last 14 games.
WINNING THE CLOSE CALLS: The Astros are 9-4 in 1-run games and 16-10 in 2-run games (4-4 in extra innings).
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Astros have won 4 consecutive series for the 1st time in 2026, posting an 8-4 record in those series. The last time that the Astros won that many series in a row was when they won 5 straight, from June 20-July 6 of last season (went 12-3 in that stretch).
THE SLOW TURNAROUND: After a slow start to the season, the Astros are 20-13 since May 21, which is the best record in the AL in that span.
Top Records since May 21 (AL)
1. HOU: 20-13 (.606)
2. NYY: 18-13 (.581)
MVP-CALIBER: Yordan Alvarez has had a torrid 1st half to his season, currently leading all of baseball with a 1.045 OPS. Additionally, he leads the AL in SLG (.619), OBP (.427) and TB (185), is T-1st in HR (25), 2nd in batting avg. (.314) and runs scored (57) and T-3rd in RBI (56).
Alvarez, who was the AL Player of the Month for May, is hitting .349 (29×83) in June with 5 HR and 17 RBI with a 1.033 OPS (.455 OBP/.578 SLG).
ALL-STAR UPDATE: Per MLB’s update on Thursday, Yordan Alvarez’ 2,911,655 fan votes were tops among all DH’s and the 2nd-most overall in the AL. The second phase of fan voting begins Monday, June 29th and features the top two vote-getters at each position.
Phase 2 voting concludes at 12:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, July 2nd. Alvarez has been an All-Star 3 times thus far in his career. Since 2017, the Astros’ 37 All-Star selections are tops in the AL in that span.
OH MY FOR IMAI: With his 10 K’s Thursday night, RHP Tatsuya Imai now has tallied 21 strikeouts in his last 2 starts combined. He had a career-high 11 strikeouts in his previous start on June 19 vs. CLE. His 21 K’s in his last 2 starts have come in just 12.0 innings pitched, and make him the 1st Astros pitcher to reach 10 punchouts in back-back starts since LHP Framber Valdez, June 5 and 12 of 2025 (11 K at PIT, 12 K vs. CWS, respectively)….
Solid Stretch: Since May 25, Imai is 4-1 in his 6 starts with a 3.64 ERA (12ER/29.2IP) with 37 K’s in 29.2 IP.
PEN PALS: The Astros bullpen combined for 5.0 scoreless innings last night, continuing a trend of solid pitching over the past 6 weeks. Since May 15, the Astros bullpen has been one of the best in the AL, posting a 2.66 clip (42ER/142P) in that span. The Astros are 23-16 since May 15.
HADERADE: In his 10 appearances since coming of the IL on June 3, opponents are just 2×32 off LHP Josh Hader. For the season, Hader has posted a 0.90 ERA (1ER/10IP) and is 6-for-6 in save opportunities (.063 opp. avg., .040 WHIP).
TODAY IN ASTROS HISTORY: 2002 – Pinch-hitter Gregg Zaun hits a walk-off, grand slam with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th off RHP Byung-Hyun Kim to defeat the Diamondbacks, 7-4, at Daikin Park. Zaun is one of four Astros to hit a walk-off grand slam in franchise history. The others: Milt May (May 22, 1974 vs. SD); Brian Bogusevic (Aug. 16, 2011 vs. CHC); Jose Altuve (June 15, 2021 vs. TEX).
Game Info
Game Date/Time: Saturday, June 27, 12:10 p.m. CT
Location: Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
TV: SCHN
Radio: KBME 790 AM & 94.5 FM HD2; TUDN 102.9 FM HD2 (Spanish)
