Astros extend the inning, then punish the Tigers’ bullpen in comeback win at Comerica

Houston’s comeback at Comerica began the way most late rallies do, with damage done in the middle innings and then carried forward into extra baseball. In a game that swung to Detroit’s side earlier, the Astros erased the deficit with a seven-run surge and ultimately broke through again in extra innings to complete the reversal.

Isaac Paredes supplied the pivotal extra-base hit in the seventh inning, drilling a two-run home run that helped flip the momentum back toward Houston. The Astros did not stop there. In the 10th, Paredes delivered an RBI single to push the Astros ahead, turning a tying situation into the kind of late-inning lead that forces the other dugout to make high-leverage pitching decisions.

With the game still in the balance in extras, Christian Walker put a more decisive punctuation mark on Houston’s night. After the Astros continued to generate runs, Walker launched a Statcast-projected 394-foot, three-run homer off Tigers closer Kenley Jansen. The blast made it clear the comeback had reached its final form, turning a brief Astros advantage into a margin Detroit could not close.

Walker’s home run was his 19th of the season, a reminder that Houston’s rally was not only about timing but also about the matchup between an Astros lineup that keeps pressure on and a Detroit bullpen trying to hold the line late. When Walker homered in a game-deciding moment, it gave Houston the extra distance it needed and prevented the Tigers from relying on late outs to swing momentum back again.

The nature of the win mattered as well. Extra-inning games can amplify small edges, especially when one team strings together enough baserunners to move pitchers and enough contact to turn threats into runs. Houston’s seven-run outburst did both, and then Paredes and Walker added back-to-back layers of offense when the Tigers most wanted to slow the pace.

For the Astros, the result is a statement about staying power, both offensively and in how they treat late innings as opportunities rather than a finish line. For Detroit, the loss underscores how quickly a one-run lead can become a multi-run hole when the opposition gets into the same bullpen rhythm twice in one night.