Tigers lineup:
1. Ian Kinsler, 2B
2. Jim Adduci, RF
3. Justin Upton, LF
4. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
5. Nicholas Castellanos, 3B
6. Victor Martinez, DH
7. Alex Avila, C
8. Mikie Mahtook, CF
9. Jose Iglesias, SS
Matthew Boyd LHP
Bench: C James McCann, IF/OF Andrew Romine, IF Dixon Machado.

astros lineup:
reddick rf
3 foot 2b
gurriel 1b
fattis c
gonzalez ss
beltran dh
fisher lf
bregman 3b
marsupiel cf
mchugh rhp

http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/articl...tigers-in-2nd-start-of-2017/?topicId=26688732
Boyd takes mound for first time as a father.
Tigers official site

http://www.mlive.com/tigers/index.ssf/2017/07/tigers_astros_preview.html#incart_river_index
Tigers, Astros preview: Matthew Boyd trying to break team's 4-game skid.
Mlive

http://www.espn.com/mlb/preview?gameId=370729106
Tigers vs. astros Game Preview.
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https://www.baseball-reference.com/previews/2017/DET201707290.shtml
Detroit Tigers vs. Houston Astros, at Comerica Park, July 29, 2017 Matchups, Tickets, Preview.
Baseball Reference

Things to know about this game
McHugh is 0-3 with a 6.86 ERA in four starts against the Tigers between 2015 and 2016. He was particularly roughed up in two starts last year, throwing just seven innings and allowing 20 hits and 12 runs.

Miguel Cabrera and Nicholas Castellanos have done the most damage against McHugh, batting .550 (11-for-20) combined with three doubles. Both sluggers homered in Friday's opener.

Though it's still his least-used pitch, Boyd's curveball has seen marked improvement over last season. Opponents are just 5-for-26 with a .192 slugging percentage off it in 2017, according to Statcast, compared to 8-for-27 with a .519 slugging percentage last season.

On the mound
Detroit Tigers
LHP Matthew Boyd (4-5, 5.48 ERA)
13 GS, 67 1/3 IP, 85 H, 41 ER, 8 HR, 28 BB, 48 K, 4.56 FIP

Astros
RHP Collin McHugh (0-0, 7.71 ERA)
1 GS, 4 2/3 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 2 HR, 2 BB, 4 K, 8.94 FIP

The Tigers are 11 games under .500, their lowest point of this season and worst since the end of 2015, when they finished 74-87.

Matthew Boyd is making his third career start against the Astros and the first of 2017. He's given up eight runs and eight hits in 10 innings of work. Among current Astros, Jose Altuve and Jake Marisnick have both homered once against Boyd.

McHugh is making just his second start since coming off the disabled list. He was sidelined since the end of spring training with an elbow injury. He's 0-3 with a 6.86 ERA in four career starts against the Tigers.
In his last start in Detroit, July 29 of last year, McHugh was battered for eight runs on 10 hits in 1 2/3 innings. Boyd got the win for the Tigers, who beat the Astros 14-6.

Tigers by the numbers
Overall: 45-56
Current streak: L4
At Comerica Park: 25-25
On the road: 20-31
Day games: 21-15
Night games: 24-41
vs. AL East: 10-10
vs. AL Central: 24-22
vs. AL West: 7-18
vs. NL: 4-6

Tigers record when...
Scoring first: 26-21
Opponent scores first: 19-35
Scoring 5 or more: 38-14
Scoring 4 or less: 7-42
Extra innings: 1-4
One-run games: 11-16
Two-run games: 6-10
Tigers get Quality Start: 32-23
Tigers starter works 6+ innings: 36-26
Lead after 6th/7th/8th inning: 39-8/39-8/40-4
Trail after 6th/7th/8th inning: 1-41/2-44/0-48
Tied after 6th/7th/8th inning: 5-7/4-4/5-4
Tigers outhit opponent: 32-10
Opponent outhits Tigers: 11-39
Tigers hit a home run: 43-28
Tigers don't hit a home run: 2-28
Come-from-behind wins: 24