DETROIT (Interstat) — Keider Montero threw seven shutout innings, striking out three and allowing five hits, as the Detroit Tigers routed the Houston Astros 8-0 Friday night at Comerica Park before 30,036 fans in 2 hours, 31 minutes.

James Outman homered and drove in three runs, and Kerry Carpenter and Colt Keith also went deep for Detroit, which snapped a two-game skid. Outman’s three-run blast in the fourth capped a five-run inning. The Tigers had scored three in the third on Carpenter’s two-run homer and an earlier run on a throwing error.

Montero (4-5) retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced. Enmanuel De Jesus tossed two scoreless innings in relief. Spencer Arrighetti (7-4) took the loss for Houston, which managed only five hits and grounded into two double plays.

Bryan Abreu, Nate Pearson and Jake Meyers combined for five hitless innings in relief for the Astros (40-44). Detroit (35-47) totaled six hits and also hit into two double plays. The series continues Saturday.