Keuchel (6-11) took the mound with an 11-inning scoreless streak against the Tigers, and three runs allowed over 22 2/3 innings vs. Detroit since 2014. He gave up twice that many runs in the first, including a grand slam to his former catcher at the University of Arkansas, James McCann. Miguel Cabrera homered twice to go with four RBIs.
The seven runs off Keuchel in five innings were one shy of his season high. The early support allowed Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey (4-9) to cruise to victory with five scoreless innings, avenging a 1-0 loss in Houston from April 15.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
McCann strikes again: On the day Jonathan Lucroy exercised his no-trade clause to Cleveland and stayed with the Brewers for now, McCann hit his third home run in four games, turning on a Keuchel offspeed offering for his first career grand slam to cap the six-run first. McCann, who later threw out George Springer from his knees on a stolen-base attempt, has three home runs and six RBIs since rumors of the Tigers' interest in Lucroy were reported on Wednesday.
McCann's grand slam
HOU@DET: McCann smacks a grand slam into the bullpen
James McCann puts the Tigers up 6-0 as he launches his first career grand slam into the bullpen in left-center field
Keuchel's clunker: Keuchel's string of seven consecutive quality starts came to a quick end when he allowed six runs and five hits in the first inning, including a grand slam, while facing nine batters. He retired 10 of the next 11 batters he faced before Cabrera's homer in the fifth tagged him for his seventh run allowed.
Jason Beck has covered the Tigers for MLB.com since 2002. Read Beck's Blog, follow him on Twitter @beckjason and listen to his podcast.
Brian McTaggart has covered the Astros since 2004, and for MLB.com since 2009. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter and listen to his podcast.
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