DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers (75-53) play the Houston Astros (69-57) at 1:10 p.m. at Comerica Park. Infielders Colt Keith, Zach McKinstry and Trey Sweeney; and outfielder Kerry Carpenter will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below.

The Astros were the last team to change leagues when MLB moved the franchise to the American League West to balance out the 30 teams in MLB. With the Astros’ move to the AL West, each division had five teams, and it sparked a new, consistent rivalry with the Texas Rangers that wasn’t dependent on Interleague scheduling.

If J.P. France is ready, the Astros would need to determine both his role and how to create space on a pitching staff with little flexibility.

It has been a month to forget for Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros.s The 31-year-old lefthander came into his start on Wednesday, allowing 12 earned runs over three starts. Valdez and the Astros had lost their last four starts, dating back to July 22, as he allowed 27 hits during those games.

The Houston Astros received a lot of criticism when they decided to trade All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs.

Yordan Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a double in a rehab game with Double-A Corpus Christi and is feeling good so far.

Astros' Joe Espada Announces Big Yordan Alvarez News on Sunday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Houston Astros have spent the entirety of the 2025 season short-handed, weathering a wave of key injuries across both the starting rotation and position player group.

While the pitching matchup of Hunter Brown (HOU) and Tarik Skubal (DET) lived up to the billing, Houston's offense continued to flounder, as they made history not seen in the last 40 years.Per Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle:Astros lose 1-0 in 10 innings.