{"id":1518908,"date":"2026-06-29T05:20:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1518908"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:20:45","slug":"christian-walkers-3-run-homer-in-10th-inning-helps-power-astros-past-tigers-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1518908","title":{"rendered":"Christian Walker&#8217;s 3-run homer in 10th inning helps power Astros past Tigers 7-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Christian Walker&#8217;s three-run homer highlighted a four-run 10th inning as the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers closer Kenley Jansen (1-4), pitching his second inning, started the 10th by walking Yordan Alvarez. Isaac Paredes, who tied it in the eighth with a solo home run, singled to give Houston a 4-3 lead. Walker then hit Jansen&#8217;s 2-2 cutter for a long homer to left to make it 7-3.<\/p>\n<p>Spencer Torkelson homered off Enyel De Los Santos with one out in the 10th to get Detroit within 7-5. Zach McKinstry followed with a single and rookie Ben Malgeri drew a two-out walk to bring the winning run to the plate.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Vierling lined out to the warning track to right to end the game.<\/p>\n<p>For the second day in a row, the Astros trailed late in the game before rallying to prevent their former manager A.J. Hinch from winning his 1,000th MLB game. On Saturday, they trailed 6-4 after six innings before winning 8-6.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Houston was down 3-0 entering the seventh, but Colt Keith\u2019s two-out error extended the inning, and Raynel Delgado followed with his first MLB homer to make it a one-run game. Paredes then led off the eighth with a tying homer off Kyle Finnegan.<\/p>\n<p>Astros closer Josh Hader (2-0) walked the bases loaded with two outs in the ninth, but struck out Riley Greene to force extra innings.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers took the lead on McKinstry&#8217;s two-run homer in the second.<\/p>\n<p>Jake Meyers led off the third with a double and took third on a wild pitch, but Jack Flaherty struck out the next two before getting Yordan Alvarez to fly out.<\/p>\n<p>Houston loaded the bases with two outs in the fourth, but Flaherty struck out Meyers to end the inning.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin McGonigle scored on second baseman Delgado&#8217;s two-out error in the fifth, giving the Tigers a 3-0 lead.<br \/>\nUp next<\/p>\n<p>Astros: Return home to open a three-game series with Minnesota. RHP Zebby Matthews (3-5, 4.56) is scheduled to start for the Twins on Monday, while Houston hadn&#8217;t announced a starter.<\/p>\n<p>Tigers: Travel to New York for a three-game series with the Yankees. RHP Casey Mize (2-5, 2.95) is scheduled to start on Monday for Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Christian Walker&#8217;s three-run homer highlighted a four-run 10th inning as the Houston Astros rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 on Sunday. Tigers closer Kenley Jansen (1-4), pitching his second inning, started the 10th by walking Yordan Alvarez. Isaac Paredes, who tied it in the eighth with a solo home run, singled &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1518908\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Christian Walker&#8217;s 3-run homer in 10th inning helps power Astros past Tigers 7-5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1452],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1518908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":true,"date":"2026-07-01 05:20:29","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[0],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1518908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518910,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1518908\/revisions\/1518910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1518908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1518908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1518908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}