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.

Astros vs Tigers best bet: Charlie Morton Over 5.5 strikeouts (+122) The Detroit Tigers went out and acquired Charlie Morton at the trade deadline from the Baltimore Orioles.

Hunter Brown pitched six shutout innings against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros' bullpen delivered three scoreless innings. Consid

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.

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Logan VanWey made seven appearances earlier in the season for the  Astros and has been at Sugar Land. Tayler Scott was designated for assignment.

The Houston Astros have been shut out in back-to-back games, but they remain 1.5 games up on the Seattle Mariners in the AL West heading into their series final