DETROIT -- Robbie Ray provided a glimpse of what the Detroit Tigers saw in him when they acquired the pitching prospect for Doug Fister. Ray gave up one run in his major league debut and got plenty of run support, especially from Miguel Cabrera, to help Detroit rout the Houston Astros 11-4 on Tuesday night for its season-high seventh straight win. When Ray walked off the mound and toward the dugout in the sixth inning, he was given a standing ovation by a crowd that included his mother, father, fiancee and her family. "I did enjoy it," he said. "I started tearing up a little bit." Some of those same fans may have wondered what the Tigers were thinking when they traded a 14-game winner to Washington for the 22-year-old Ray during the off-season. "I got the sense that before today, they didnt know who I was," Ray said. Now, they know and 27,939 fans probably liked what they witnessed from the hard-throwing lefty. Ray (1-0) gave up one run, five hits and a walk, and struck out five in 5 1-3 innings. He probably earned another turn in the rotation because Anibal Sanchez is on the disabled list with a cut on his right middle finger. "Id be surprised if it was somebody else," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. Ray responded well when Jose Altuve led off the game with a bloop down the right field line, which he turned into a double. Dexter Fowler followed with an infield single after Ray ran past first base when Cabrera tossed him the ball. With the poise Ausmus predicted he would have, Ray struck out the third and fourth batters in Houstons lineup and an inning-inning groundout got him out of the jam. "That was a big inning," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "You have a guy whos making his first major league start on the ropes with the middle of the order coming up. "But to his credit, he was able to get out of it." The former Nationals prospect had a shot to have a scoreless start, but second baseman Ian Kinsler dropped a popup that allowed Fowler to score in the sixth inning. "Hes got good stuff and a good head on his shoulders," Tigers catcher Alex Avila said. "But people cant -- or shouldnt -- put pressure on the kid about being part of the Fister trade." Cabrera homered in the first inning for his first of four hits and four RBIs. He raised his batting average to .293 after it was .206 on April 21. The reigning two-time AL MVP, who matched a season high with the four hits, had an RBI single in the seventh and a two-run double in the eighth. "Every player goes through a little bit of a lull once in a while," Ausmus said. "Its just that I think Miggy has set such a high standard that people dont expect it." The Tigers scored two runs in the third inning and another in the fourth. J.D. Martinez was the only player in Detroits lineup who did not have a hit until he had an RBI single in the five-run eighth. Houston, which has the worst record in the majors (10-23), lost its fourth straight and sixth in seven games. "Its a little tough, you know," right-hander Josh Fields said after giving up five runs and getting only two outs. "Were struggling. But itll be all right." Brett Oberholtzer (0-6) allowed four runs, nine hits, two sacrifice flies and a walk over six innings. "I thought he did a good job of battling and did a good job of leaving us in a good position when he left the game," Porter said. The Astros bullpen, though, ended any shot of at least staying competitive in the game by giving up seven runs. "Extremely troubled," Porter said. "If our bullpen would have been able to keep it there, it would have been a different ballgame." NOTES: Detroit OF Torii Hunter extended his hitting streak to 13 games and had the first of Detroits three sacrifice flies. ... 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He underwent surgery and missed seven games before returning Sept. 13 and playing in two contests.Toronto head coach Scott Milanovich said the two injuries are similar and Durie will likely require surgery again.Its not exactly the same break, Milanovich said. Part of it held up, part of it didnt. Thats how I understand it.Im anticipating hes done for the season but that isnt set in stone.Rookie Robert Gill will replace Durie on Saturday when Toronto (4-8) hosts Edmonton (9-4) in the first of four straight home games at Rogers Centre. The Argos are currently third in the East Division, two points behind Hamilton and Montreal while the Eskimos are tied with Saskatchewan for second in the West.Robert Gill has as much juice as anybody in this league and well find somebody to do some of the other dirty work that Andre does, Milanovich said. Now, can one guy do the job Andre did? Probably not.But I do think were in a much better place than we were four, five weeks ago when we had all the injuries.Toronto also released former starting linebacker Shane Horton on Friday.The five-foot-10 199-pound Durie had career highs in catches (92) and receiving yards (986) last season. The Mississauga, Ont., native is also a versatile performer as he can play running back a€” his former position at York a€” and contribute on special teams.Durie has been limited to just 19 catches for 214 yards and a TD this season.Were definitely going to miss his production ... and his leadership as well, Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray said. Weve just got to try and fill that void and make some plays in his absence.Cornerback Pat Watkins, who spent two seasons with Toronto before signing with Edmonton this off-season as a free agent, said losing Durie is big for the Argos but its Ray who makes their offence go. Despite an abundance of injuries to Argos receivers, Ray leads the CFL in pass percentage (68.2 per cent) and TDs (22) and is second in passing yards (3,206).He (Ray) is going to be on his A game, we know that, Watkins said. Ricky Ray has always been sharp. I havent really seen him off his game too many times.We expect him to go out and play like Ricky Ray so weere going to play like we can play.dddddddddddd.Ray spent his first nine CFL seasons with the Eskimos and led them to two Grey Cups before being dealt to Toronto in December 2011. Ray guided the Argos to the 2012 Grey Cup but is just 1-3 against his former team, including a 41-27 road loss in Edmonton on Aug. 23 where Ray was sacked five times and threw three interceptions.Hell face an Edmonton defence that was sensational in last weekends 24-0 win over Saskatchewan, the Riders first shutout loss since 1986. But the Eskimos will be minus defensive linemen Eddie Steele and Gregory Alexandre a€” both Canadians a€” and Marcus Howard.Veteran Almondo Sewell and rookie Cedric McKinley will replace Alexandre and Steele at tackle while Canadian Bo Adebayo, plucked recently from Montreals practice roster, was added to the 46-man roster.They understand what needs to be done (Saturday), Watkins said. Im pretty sure after seeing them this week in practice they have a full understanding of how the game is played.Were going to be there to support them.Edmonton head coach Chris Jones also figures into the equation. A defensive guru, Jones is often unconventional in his defensive schemes, which makes it difficult for opposing offensive coaches to know exactly how to gameplan against him.Milanovich knows this firsthand. He and Jones are close friends and one of Milanovichs first moves after being named Argos head coach was to hire Jones as his defensive co-ordinator.Toronto hasnt played since its 40-23 road win over B.C. on Sept. 19 but Milanovich said time isnt an advantage when preparing to face Joness defence.The thing with him is you dont know what hes going to do, Milanovich said. So it really doesnt matter if you have a long week or short week because he could completely change everything the first play of the game and throughout the entire game.We understand whats ahead of us. Hes as good as it gets on defence and our offence is going to have a great challenge.Jones is also a free spirit. He rides motorcycles, dresses in all black on the sidelines and has drawn the ire from other coaches for not shaking hands after games.But Milanovich says, thats Chris Jones.I should go all black, its slimming, Milanovich said with a chuckle. He was upset we didnt have all black when he was here ... but thats the way hes been since Ive known him.And so Milanovich wont go looking for a pre-game handshake Saturday.Ive had enough handshakes, he said with a smile. Well be all right. ' ' '