HOUSTON (AP) — Jose Altuve homered early, and Michael Brantley tripled in a two-run eighth to help the Houston Astros run their winning streak to a season-best six games with an 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.
The win was manager Dusty Baker’s 2,004th, passing Bruce Bochy (2,003) for 11th on the all-time list. Baker became the 12th manager in MLB history and first Black man to reach 2,000 wins on Tuesday night.
“That’s pretty cool,” Baker said of passing Bochy, the former San Francisco Giants manager and a good friend. “It was going to come sooner or later. I’m glad it came sooner rather than later. Now I can quit keeping lineup cards.”
The Astros trailed 2-1 in the eighth when Altuve singled with one out and scored on a triple to right field by Brantley to tie it. The Tigers intentionally walked Yordan Alvarez with two outs before Michael Fulmer (1-1) walked Yuli Gurriel to load the bases.
Another walk to Kyle Tucker scored Brantley to put Houston up 3-2.
“You’re going to have these days,” Fulmer said. “We’re on a skid like this and everybody does their job except me. It’s just tough. I tried to get back in the zone, tried to make adjustments. Obviously didn’t make them.”
Fulmer’s performance ended a streak of 21 straight games without allowing a run dating to Sept. 5, 2021, which was the second-longest active streak in the majors.
Bryan Abreu (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth for the win and closer Ryan Pressly threw a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
“He looked very sharp today … we love saves with no drama,” Baker said. “It’s good for the heart and definitely good for the soul.”
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