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.

Houston, for the first time since 1985, 40 years ago, has lost three straight games where they were shut out. Three straight games scoring zero runs is a tough look for the Astros, especially as they try to put distance between themselves and the Mariners.

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

To put Brown's recent stretch into perspective, the current AL Cy Young frontrunner, Tarik Skubal, has posted a 3.56 ERA over the same stretch, while the consensus second-place runner at the moment, Garrett Crochet, has an ERA sitting at 3.91.

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.