Friday night’s rainout was probably a blessing in disguise for the Detroit Tigers. In game one of Saturday’s doubleheader, Casey Mize needed just one inning of relief help from Jose Cisneros to shut down the Astros and win 3-1.
The Astros got off to a good start with singles from Jose Altuve and Michael Brantley to start the game. Mize wasn’t having it, punching out Yuli Gurriel and then using well located fastballs to dust Yordan Alvarez as well. Carlos Correa grounded out right back to Mize, and just like that one of the Astros best opportunities of the day went for naught.