The Tigers are coming into this game with a 1-0 series lead after beating the Astros 3-1 on Tuesday. The Tigers have now won 7 of their last 9 games and they have been one of the hotter teams in the league to end the regular season. They are not a strong offensive team, but they have one of the better bullpens in the league and they are going to have a bullpen day which will actually give them an advantage in this game. They are going up against an Astros team that is down 1-0 in the series after losing 3-1 on Tuesday and they have not been playing well recently. They did enough to win the division but they have lost 4 of their last 7 games and have not been a very hot team recently. Hunter Brown is starting for the Astros in this game and he is 11-9 with a 3.49 ERA this season. He has pitched well in his last 2 starts and he has also pitched well against the Tigers this season. He has not been a shutout starter though as he has consistently allowed runs in a majority of his starts this season and that is going to hurt them in this game, just like it did yesterday in a tight game with good pitching. It is going to be all hands on deck here for the Tigers bullpen and they are going to do whatever they need to do to shut down the Astros offense again and advance to the next round with some rest. Brown has been pitching well, but he has a lot more potential to get blown up here with the way he has been allowing runs consistently, and the Astros also used quite a few arms in game 1 trying to mitigate the damage when they fell behind. The Tigers will get the job done here with the better pitching staff. The Tigers will win this game and advance to the next round.