The Detroit Tigers pulled off baseball’s biggest upset in at least 15 years on Wednesday.
The host Houston Astros, with ace Justin Verlander on the mound, were a -500 to -550 favorite over the Tigers at Las Vegas sportsbooks, according to ESPN.com, but Detroit pulled out a 2-1 win.
The Tigers began the game with odds of +400 to +425.
Per ESPN.com, the biggest baseball favorite in recent years was the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2016, when they were -485 for a game they won against the Atlanta Braves.
The Astros lost 8-7 on the road to the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 12 when they were -460 favorites, again with Verlander on the mound.
Verlander threw a complete-game two-hitter Wednesday, striking out 11 without issuing a walk, but he lost thanks to yielding solo homers to Ronny Rodriguez in the fifth inning and John Hicks in the ninth.
