Alvarez, who last played for Houston on May 2, recorded two hits and stole a base during a rehab start at Double-A Corpus Christi. He is not expected to play Wednesday, according to Astros manager Joe Espada, and Alvarez could rejoin Houston as early as this weekend's series against the Baltimore Orioles.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/astros as Astros Star Rookie Cam Smith 'Has No Right To Be As Helpful as He Already Is'. The Houston Astros received a lot of criticism when they decided to trade All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for three players.

The Tigers won a pitching duel between Tarik Skubal and Hunter Brown on a bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning on Tuesday.

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DETROIT -- The Detroit Tigers will go for a three-game sweep on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers (75-53) play the Houston Astros (69-57) at 1:10 p.m. at Comerica Park. Infielders Colt Keith, Zach McKinstry and Trey Sweeney; and outfielder Kerry Carpenter will be available off the bench. The full lineup is below.

For the first time since the 1985 season, the Astros have been shut out in three consecutive games after losing in 10 innings Tuesday.

With a tantalizing pitching matchup of young aces like Hunter Brown of the Astros and Tarik Skubal of the Tigers, it’s not surprising runs were hard to come by Tuesday night. For Houston, it’s becoming all too commonplace.

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While the pitching matchup of Hunter Brown (HOU) and Tarik Skubal (DET) lived up to the billing, Houston's offense continued to flounder, as they made history not seen in the last 40 years.Per Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle:Astros lose 1-0 in 10 innings.