After he joined the Tigers from the Orioles at the Trade Deadline, Charlie Morton made a late-season acquisition of his own: The 41-year-old endeared himself to his new teammates by adding an espresso machine to the Tigers' clubhouse.

Valdez walked his first two hitters. Andy Ibáñez lined a sinker up the middle for an RBI single. Spencer Torkelson flared a changeup down the right-field line; it fell fair and bounced into the seats for a ground-rule double, putting men on second and third. Wild pitches allowed both to score.

Although a just-barely, oppo taco two-run homer by Mauricio Dubon ended a 31-inning Astros scoring drought, that was all the scoring the team could muster en route to another humiliating defeat and lopsided series sweep at the hands of A.J. Hinch’s Detroit Tigers.

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.

Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell left Wednesday’s game against the Detroit Tigers on a cart after crashing into the center field fence in the first inning

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

Detroit Tigers reliever Will Vest watched in admiration as Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal and Astros righty Hunter Brown clashed in a battle of the aces.

Astros vs Tigers best bet: Charlie Morton Over 5.5 strikeouts (+122) The Detroit Tigers went out and acquired Charlie Morton at the trade deadline from the Baltimore Orioles.