Leading up to the game, the Tigers made an announcement on relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan that reads like a promising sign heading into Monday night's game and the rest of the 2025 MLB season. The Astros lead the season series against Detroit 2-1 so far this season after falling to Detroit in the Wild Card round of the 2024 MLB Playoffs.

Dubon's homer snapped a streak of 31 straight scoreless innings by Astros hitters and a streak of 23 straight scoreless innings by Tigers pitching. And it was the only smudge against the Tigers' pitching staff.

Dillon Dingler had an RBI triple during a six-run first inning and the host Detroit Tigers completed a three-game sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday afternoon.

The Tigers and Astros have met in two wildly different games, despite the same coming out on top. After thumping the Astros 10-0 on Monday night, Detroit and Houston went into extras deadlocked at zero. However, several good at-bats by the Tigers in the 10th inning led to them scoring the game-winning run on a Gleyber Torres.

The Houston Astros have been shut out in back-to-back games, but they remain 1.5 games up on the Seattle Mariners in the AL West heading into their series final

Gleyber Torres drew a 10th-inning walk to send home Wenceel Pérez and give the Detroit Tigers a 1-0 win over Houston, the Astros third consecutive shutout loss.

Tigers' reliever Will Vest compared the Cy Young contenders matchup to watching Pedro Martinez face Roger Clemens.

For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.