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06/16 01:10 CDT Colt Keith has 3 home runs and 6 RBIs as the Tigers blow past the Astros 9-3 Colt Keith has 3 home runs and 6 RBIs as the Tigers blow past the Astros 9-3 HOUSTON (AP) --- Colt Keith had three home runs and six RBIs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Houston Astros 9-3 on Monday night. Kevin McGonigle and Spencer Torkelson also homered in an 11-hit game for Detroit. The 24-year-old Keith, who entered the day with one home run in 65 games this season, became the youngest Tigers player with a three-homer game since 20-year-old Al Kaline in 1955. This century, only eight Tigers have accomplished the feat --- including Miguel Cabrera twice. McGonigle homered in the second inning for a 2-0 lead before Keith drilled his first homer of the night, a 411-foot two-run shot, in the third. Torkelson followed with his 12th home run of the season to put the Tigers up 5-0. Keith launched his second longball over the right-field wall to plate two more runs in the seventh before capping the scoring with a solo shot to left in the ninth to seal the win. Keith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first and Dillon Dingler scored on a passed ball by Astros catcher Christian Vzquez in the fifth. Kyle Finnegan (2-0) threw a one-hit fifth inning to earn the win in relief. Tyler Holton worked 1 2/3 innings for his fifth straight scoreless outing. The Tigers scratched starter Troy Melton with back tightness before the game, forcing a bullpen game. Isaac Paredes and Jose Altuve connected on back-to-back homers in the third to pull the Astros to 5-3, but that was all Houston mustered offensively. Kai-Wei Teng (3-6) gave up five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings for the Astros. He struck out nine.

Up next LHP Framber Valdez (3-5, 4.40 ERA) gets the start for the Tigers and RHP Hunter Brown (1-0, 0.84 ERA) takes the mound for the Astros in the second game of the series. ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb

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