HOUSTON (Interstat) — Colt Keith hit three home runs and drove in six runs Monday night as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Houston Astros 9-3 at Daikin Park. The Tigers jumped ahead early, scoring a run in the first and another in the second. Keith’s two-run homer in the third inning extended the lead. Isaac Paredes answered with a two-run homer for Houston in the bottom of the third, but Detroit pulled away. Keith added another two-run blast in the seventh. Kevin McGonigle also homered for Detroit and finished with two hits. Drew Anderson pitched 2.2 innings of relief, allowing one earned run and striking out five. Kyle Finnegan tossed a scoreless ninth to earn the win, improving to 2-0. Kai-Wei Teng took the loss for Houston, falling to 3-6. The Tigers outhit the Astros 11-7. Attendance was 26,632. The game lasted 2 hours, 57 minutes. Detroit improved to 30-42. Houston dropped to 33-41.