Jose Altuve hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros, boosted by two homers from Colby Rasmus, beat the Detroit Tigers 6-5 Sunday.
Miguel Cabrera homered, doubled and drove in three runs for Detroit.
Jake Marisnick tripled off Tom Gorzelanny (1-2) with two outs in the Houston ninth. Alex Wilson relieved and Altuve singled on the first pitch for his third hit of the game.
The AL West-leading Astros chased Altuve as he rounded second base and rookie Carlos Correa tackled him in jubilation.
Will Harris (5-2) allowed two hits and a run in two innings for the win.
The Tigers had tied it on an RBI single by Tyler Collins in the eighth.
The Astros built a 5-2 lead on the homers by Rasmus. A two-run drive by Cabrera got the Tigers within a run in the seventh.
Rasmus hit a solo homer to begin a four-run second. Marwin Gonzalez had a two-run triple and Correa tacked on another run with a single.
Rasmus connected again in the third for his first multihomer game since 2012.
Cabrera, who returned Friday from a six-week stint on disabled list, hit his 16th home run.
Cabrera didn’t get a hit in his first game back on Friday, but has four hits in the two games since then to raise his average to .352.
Mike Fiers allowed five hits and two runs in 5 1-3 innings in his first home start for Houston since a trade from Milwaukee.
Detroit rookie Matt Boyd gave up five runs in five innings of his fifth career start.
Via AP