Houston's star pitcher shined during his Motown homecoming, as returning home inspires memories of former Detroit hurlers.

Brown is prepping for his latest Detroit homecoming. Friends and family will fill the stands. And something about this one feels different.

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.

The last time Hunter Brown pitched here, he was on the verge of losing his job. Now the Detroit native is an ace with Skubal-like numbers.

Hunter Brown pitched six shutout innings against the AL Central-leading Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros' bullpen delivered three scoreless innings. Consid

Hunter Brown pitched into the seventh inning and the Josh Hader-less bullpen held it down to make it three straight series wins for the Astros.

Hunter Brown allowed only a run in 6 2/3 innings for his 10th victory, Jeremy Peña and Yainer Diaz homered and the Houston Astros beat the Boston Red Sox 4-1 on Wednesday night.

It doesn't get much better than this pitching battle tonight, as Tarik Skubal (11-3, 2.42 ERA) takes the mound for the Tigers while the Astros will counter with Hunter Brown (10-5