This is The Athletic’s daily MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The first day of the postseason started out tense and ended with a masterful pitching performance.

Rogers, the former Astros prospect who caught Valdez in Class A ball, rocketed a 3-0 fastball into left field for the first RBI single. Rookie Trey Meadows and Matt Vierling followed with RBI singles, both swatting fastballs.

Tarik Skubal twirled six shutout innings as the bottom of the order sparked an early rally that carried the Detroit Tigers to a 3-1 victory over the Houston Astros in Game 1 of the American League wild-card series on Tuesday.