The Tigers had some pop in their bats in the first game of the set, but they did themselves in thanks to some costly errors. Detroit found themselves up 3-0 by the fourth inning, but the Astros roared back with eight unanswered runs. The Bengals were unable to recover, losing 8-5, putting an end to the team’s four-game win streak.

On Wednesday, the Houston Astros (15-13) are hosting the Detroit Tigers (18-11), at 2:10 p.m. ET, in the second game of a three-game series. The Astros (-118 on the moneyline) and the Tigers (-102) will meet in an expected close contest. The Astros will give the ball to Hayden Wesneski (1-2) versus the Tigers and Jackson Jobe (2-0).

The Houston Astros will call up pitching prospect AJ Blubaugh to start Wednesday's series finale against the Detroit Tigers, marking the right-hander's major-league debut. Blubaugh, 24, was a 2022 seventh-round draft pick by the Astros out of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

The Houston Astros will promote pitching prospect AJ Blubaugh to make his major-league debut on Wednesday afternoon in a spot start against the Detroit Tigers. Blubaugh boasts a 4.29 ERA across his first 21 Triple-A innings.

A seventh-round pick from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the 2022 draft, he has turned in a 4.02 ERA over 268 1/3 minor league innings.