Information about the match against Justin Verlander

Detroit Tigers (20-19) vs. Houston Astros (14-25)

When: 1:40 p.m. Sunday.

Or: Comerica Park in Detroit.

TV: MLB Network (out-of-market only), Bally Sports Detroit. (Have Xfinity but still looking for a way to watch BSD? Here are some other options.)

Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1). (Tigers Radio Affiliates).

Weather report: 66 degrees and mostly sunny, 7% chance of precipitation, winds 6 mph.

Likely launchers: Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (0-2, 3.86 ERA) vs. Astros RHP Justin Verlander (1-1, 4.43 ERA).

• The score of the box

Tigers lineup: To be determined.

Houston Astros starter Justin Verlander (35) makes a break against the Detroit Tigers during the fifth inning at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sunday, August 27, 2023.

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Game Notes: For the third time in just over a calendar year, the Detroit Tigers will face their former ace, Justin Verlander.

A lot could be said about Verlander and his epic career with the Tigers. With a Cy Young Award, an MVP, Rookie of the Year and multiple trips to the World Series, Verlander couldn’t spend enough seasons away from Detroit to damage his reputation. However, it’s still a little weird to see him at Comerica Park sporting a non-Tigers logo.

Sunday will be the seventh time Verlander faces the Tigers and the fifth time at Comerica Park. Two of those departures came last year, one during his short stint with the New York Mets and another with the Houston Astros after being traded mid-season.

Much like his two starts last year, things were a bit mixed for Verlander against the Tigers. Overall, he is 3-3, but part of that is due to a bit of bad luck. He has a 2.77 ERA and one of his losses came in a 2019 game when he went nine innings and allowed just two runs, but the Tigers, at the time only 38-87, emerged victorious thanks to a home run in the ninth inning. directed by John Hicks.

Verlander, making just his fifth start of the year after an injury delayed his season debut, will certainly hope to have better luck this time around when he faces Jack Flaherty on Game Day. mothers’ Day.

Although he has yet to earn a victory while in a Tigers uniform, Flaherty has been great since signing a one-year, $14 million contract this offseason . His best outing of the year came against his former team, the St. Louis Cardinals, when he retired the first seven batters and finished with 14 total strikeouts, but the bullpen gave way the one-point lead the Tigers had and gave up what should have been a victory for Flaherty.

Detroit Tigers (20-19) vs. Houston Astros (14-25)

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