Astros face Tigers leading series 1-0

Houston Astros (14-24, fourth in AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (19-19, fourth in AL Central)

Detroit; Saturday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

Pitch PROBABLES: Astros: Cristian Javier (0-0); Tigers: Tarik Skubal (4-0, 1.90 ERA, 0.77 WHIP, 53 strikeouts)

: LINE Tigers -135, Astros +114; over/under = 7 races

BOTTOM LINE: The Houston Astros face the Detroit Tigers with a 1-0 series lead.

Detroit is 8-10 in home games and 19-19 overall. Tigers pitchers have a collective ERA of 3.31, which ranks seventh in the majors.

Houston is 7-12 on the road and 14-24 overall. The Astros are 8-4 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The teams meet on Saturday for the second time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 17 extra-base hits (seven doubles, one triple and nine home runs). Wenceel Perez is 11 for 36 with three homers and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jeremy Pena has a .338 batting average to lead the Astros, and has five doubles, a triple and four home runs. Jose Altuve is 12 for 43 with four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 3-7, .237 batting average, 3.81 ERA, even run differential

Astros: 5-5, .237 batting average, 4.90 ERA, led by six runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Gio Urshela: 10-day IL (hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-day IL (groin)

Astros: Chas McCormick: 10-day IL (hamstring), Cristian Javier: 15-day IL (neck), Oliver Ortega: 60-day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60-day IL (shoulder), Penn Murfee : 60 -Day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60 days IL (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 days IL (elbow), Jose Urquidy: 15 days IL (forearm), Kendall Graveman: 60 days IL ( elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.