Hunter Brown, Tarik Skubal and Detroit Tigers
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With a tantalizing pitching matchup of young aces like Hunter Brown of the Astros and Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, it’s not surprising runs were hard to come by Tuesday night. For Houston, it’s becoming all too commonplace.
Hunter Brown pitched six shutout innings against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros' bullpen delivered three scoreless innings. Consid
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Astros shut out again by Tigers, hit worst offensive drought in 40 years with extra-inning loss
For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.
To put Brown's recent stretch into perspective, the current AL Cy Young frontrunner, Tarik Skubal, has posted a 3.56 ERA over the same stretch, while the consensus second-place runner at the moment, Garrett Crochet, has an ERA sitting at 3.91.
Tuesday's game between the Houston Astros and Detroit Tigers is a game many MLB fans have been looking forward to for a while. Not only does this game feature t