Player of the gameKeider MonteroDET7.0ip 5h 0er 3k
Keider Montero started for Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic semifinals just three months ago. As he took the mound for the Tigers in Friday’s 8-0 win over the Astros, he had to feel like he was pitching for his country again. It wasn’t just the “VZ” adorning the side of his cap as he shut down an Astros lineup that had handed him a loss in relief 10 days earlier. It was the heaviness in his heart, pitching two days after two powerful earthquakes devastated much of the country. Between seven dominant innings from Montero and two innings of relief from Enmanuel De Jesus, Venezuelan pitchers handled the entire shutout. Tigers director of Spanish communications Carlos Guillen, who calls play-by-play on the team’s Spanish radio broadcasts, called the final out on television. “I'm happy for what I did. I'm satisfied with what I did. But I'm even happier for \[how\
