For fans of the Detroit Tigers, this can still be a heartbreaking topic. But Justin Verlander’s storied career rolls on in Houston, and the milestones are starting to pile up. He’s not just ours anymore, but whatever comes, he’s going to go down in the books as one of a handful of greatest Tigers of all-time. On Friday night, Verlander passed another notable name in Tigers’ lore, Frank Tanana, on major league baseball’s all-time strikeout list.
Verlander made mincemeat of the Astros’ interstate rivals, the Texas Rangers, in a 3-0 victory at Minute Maid Park on Friday.