Tarik Skubal, Detroit Tigers and Hunter Brown
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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.
The Astros' offense has been missing in action during the team's recent slump but Houston finally ended its scoring drought on Wednesday.
Hunter Brown pitched into the seventh inning and the Josh Hader-less bullpen held it down to make it three straight series wins for the Astros.
Hunter Brown allowed only a run in 6 2/3 innings for his 10th victory, Jeremy Peña and Yainer Diaz homered and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Wednesday night.