DETROIT (Interstat) — Tatsuya Imai struck out 10 in six shutout innings, Taylor Trammell homered in the sixth and the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 2-1 on Thursday at Comerica Park. Imai (5-3) allowed two hits and walked none, retiring the first 10 batters. Troy Melton (4-1) allowed one earned run over six innings with six strikeouts. The Astros added a run in the ninth when Jeremy Peña doubled and scored on Isaac Paredes’ sacrifice fly off Kenley Jansen. Peña had two hits. Enyel De Los Santos earned his fifth save despite surrendering a solo homer to Dillon Dingler in the ninth. AJ Blubaugh threw two scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Tyler Holton and Kyle Finnegan each pitched a scoreless inning for Detroit. Both teams had five hits. Houston improved to 40-43, Detroit fell to 34-47. Attendance was 25,066. Game time was 2:23. The game was the first of a four-game series. Dingler’s homer was his only hit.