Yordan Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a double in a rehab game with Double-A Corpus Christi and is feeling good so far.

No absence has loomed larger than that of Yordan Alvarez, who has been sidelined with a lingering right-hand issue since May 5. The 28-year-old slugger has seen his return timeline repeatedly pushed back as the season has unfolded—first when the initial diagnosis revealed a fracture rather than a strain,

The Tigers and Astros have met in two wildly different games, despite the same coming out on top. After thumping the Astros 10-0 on Monday night, Detroit and Houston went into extras deadlocked at zero. However, several good at-bats by the Tigers in the 10th inning led to them scoring the game-winning run on a Gleyber Torres.

Framber Valdez faces former Astro Charlie Morton as Houston tries to end a three-game scoreless streak in day game at Detroit.

Tarik Skubal struck out 10 in seven scoreless innings in a duel against Wayne State alumnus Hunter Brown in the Tigers' 1-0 win.