Tigers Lose To Astros In Game Four

The Detroit Tigers lost to the Houston Astros, 7-6, in the last game of the four game series, Thursday evening, in Houston.

The Tigers scored first, in the 2^nd inning, when Justin Upton singled to right field bringing J.D. Martinez home and the Tigers led 1-0.

J.D. Martinez homered to center in the 4^th, and Alex Avila scored on a double by Jose Iglesias staking Justin Verlander to a  3-0 lead. But the  Astros responded with five runs including three homers off Verlander to make it 5-3 Houston.

Detroit tightened the Astros lead to 5-4 when Upton singled to right-field bringing Miguel Cabrera home in the top of the 5^th inning. But Houston countered with a sixth run in their half of the inning.

A Justin Upton homer made it 6-5 and the Tigers tied it at 6 in the 8th when Jose Iglesias doubled to left-field scoring Andrew Romine.   But Alex Wilson gave up a homer to Jake Marisnick and Houston won it 7-6.

The Tigers begin a four game series against the Chicago White Sox with a double-header Friday afternoon. Coverage begins at 4:45 PM on 95.3 WBCK

.