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Wenceel Pérez, Javier Báez bring big bats in Detroit Tigers' 7-3 win over Pirates
Detroit Tigers outfielder Wenceel Pérez hit nine home runs in 112 games last season. This year, he already has five homers in just 18 games. Not only did the 25-year-old hit his fifth homer in a 7-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday, June 17, at Comerica Park, but he also drove in three of the Tigers' seven runs. Advertisement The Tigers (47-27) received a boost from Pérez in the second and sixth innings, when he delivered a two-run home run and a run-scoring triple, respectively. THE NEW GUY: Flamethrower Carlos Hernández joins Detroit Tigers' bullpen, meets with pitching coaches Detroit Tigers outfielder Wenceel Pérez (46) hits an RBI triple in the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the sixth inning against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Celebrate the Tigers with our commemorative book! In the second, Pérez flipped the scoreboard — from down 1-0 to up 2-1 — when he turned on left-hander Bailey Falter's inside fastball for a two-run home run. Before that, Spencer Torkelson set the table with a leadoff double. Pérez, a switch-hitter, has two homers against left-handed pitchers and three homers against right-handers this season. He was significantly more productive against righties in 2024, but he has produced against both in 2025. Advertisement It's a positive development in a small sample. In the sixth, Pérez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple off right-handed reliever Carmen Mlodzinski to the deepest part of the ballpark in right-center field, scoring Riley Greene — who had a leadoff single — from first base. The Tigers were in control. They scored five of their seven runs in the final five innings, including the go-ahead run from Pérez in the sixth. Riley Greene extended the Tigers' lead to 7-3 with a two-run home run in the seventh inning, which capped the scoring. It was Greene's 15th homer in 72 games. Casey Mize starts Right-hander Casey Mize allowed three runs (two earned runs) on five hits and zero walks with four strikeouts across six innings, throwing 92 pitches. Advertisement The Pirates scored all three runs in the first three innings. After that, Mize shut down the Pirates in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings. Detroit Tigers pitcher Casey Mize (12) pitches in the first inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park in Detroit on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. PACKING THE MIDSUMMER CLASSIC: Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres leads AL second basemen in first update of All-Star voting The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, when a throwing error by shortstop Javier Báez turned what could've been an inning-ending double play into runners on the corners with one out. The next batter, Adam Frazier, grounded out, but it was enough to score the runner from third for an unearned run. Mize then surrendered a pair of earned runs: Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a leadoff single, followed by Andrew McCutchen's double and Alexander Canario's two-run single — both occurring with one out in the third inning. Advertisement The Pirates grabbed a 3-2 lead on Canario's two-run single. Mize retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced, working around a two-out single from Oneil Cruz in the fifth inning. He wasn't at his best, but he battled his way through six innings and improved as his start went along. He has a 2.96 ERA in 12 starts. Javier Báez's big day Detroit Tigers outfielder Javier Báez (28) hits a single in the second inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Comerica Park in Detroit on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. On Tuesday, Báez reached 10 years of MLB service time, a milestone every player sets as a goal but fewer than 10% achieve. The 32-year-old made his MLB debut on Aug. 5, 2014. He has played 1,284 games throughout his 12-year career. Báez celebrated in more ways than one. Advertisement He received a bottle of champagne from his teammates in the hitters meeting before the game, then showed some pop with two home runs — a pair of solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings. His first homer tied the game, 3-3. His second homer extended the lead, 5-3. In the fifth, he hit a hanging curveball off Falter for a 407-foot homer. In the seventh, he hit a middle-down sweeper from Mlodzinski for a 410-foot homer. Báez has nine home runs in 62 games in 2025. Contact Evan Petzold at epetzold@ or follow him @EvanPetzold. Listen to our weekly Tigers show "Days of Roar" every Monday afternoon on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen to podcasts. And catch all of our podcasts and daily voice briefing at Advertisement Order your copy of 'Roar of 125: The Epic History of the Detroit Tigers!' by the Free Press at This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Javier Baez homers twice in Detroit Tigers' 7-3 win over Pirates
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Run Prevention A Major Key To Detroit Tigers' Great Success
The Detroit Tigers have a record of 47-27, which is the best in Major League Baseball. The Tigers may have the best overall pitching staff in the game. The Tigers pitching staff is masterful at preventing the opposition from scoring. After their June 17 victory against the Pittsburgh, the opposition has scored only 277 runs against Detroit. Consider that the Houston Astros have yielded over 700 runs. The Tigers have an extremely formidable starting rotation, led by 2024 American League Cy Young Award winner, Tarik Skubal. Skubal, 28, is the only left-hander in a stellar Tigers rotation. He has fashioned a 7-2 record, with a 1.99 ERA, and 0.81 WHIP in 14 starts, covering 90.1 innings. Skubal has struck out 111, while walking nine. It almost seems plausible that every time Skubal takes the mound, he could throw a no-hitter. That's how good his stuff is. That's how good his control and command are from the beginning of the game, until the last batter he faces. Skubal is usually joined in the rotation by: Jack Flaherty-RHP-Age 29 Jackson Jobe-RHP-Age 22 Casey Mize-RHP-Age 28 Reese Olson-RHP-Age 25 Jobe is sidelined now with a strained elbow flexor, and is on the Injured List. Olson is sidelined now with inflammation of his ring finger and is also disable. Right hander Keider Montero, 24, has entered the rotation for now. He is joined by right-hander, Sawyer Gipson-Long, 27. Each of Montero and Gipson-Long will start until Jobe and Olson return. Here are highlights regarding Skubal, Flaherty, and Mize, who anchor the rotation while Jobe and Olson recover from their injuries. Skubal was pick No. 255 in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft. Rarely, does the baseball world experience auch a dramatic shirt from a 9th round draft position to Cy Young success. Skubal has defied the odds. An All Star last season, Skubal won the 2024 American League Cy Young Award. So far this year, Skubal is clearly in the Cy Young conversation, and he may be the favorite in the race. Skubal is 6-3, 240 pounds, and is nicely proportioned for a pitcher going deeply in games. He has strength and stamina to handle cold and hot, humid weather. Skubal pitched at Seattle University, where he spent parts of three seasons on the mound. Last year, Skubal went 18-4, with a 2.39 ERA, and 2.49 WHIP in 31 starts, covering 192 innings. Flaherty received a $2M signing bonus from the Cardinals. The Cardinals traded Flaherty to the Baltimore Orioles in 2023. Flaherty signed with the Tigers as a free agent in December 2023. The Tigers traded Flaherty to the Los Angeles Dodgers in July 2024. Flaherty returned to the Tigers as a free agent in February 2025. Flaherty has signed a two-year, $35 million contract with Detroit. As well as Flaherty has pitched, he has never been an All Star. Last season, Flaherty had a combined 13-7 record with the Dodgers, and Cardinals. He threw to a 3.17 ERA, and 1.066 WHIP. So far this season, has made 14 starts. He has a record of 5-7. He has a 4.03 ERA and a 1.13 WHIP in 76 innings. The Tigers gave Mize a $7.5 million signing bonus. Mize is working on a one-year, $2.3 million contract. He won't be eligible for free agency until 2027. Mize was injured, and did not pitch in 2023. In 2024, Mize made no starts, but pitched 20 games in relief. He threw to a 2-6 record, with a 4.49 ERA, and 1.46 WHIP. Strong and healthy this season, Mize has become the pitcher the Tigers had hoped they drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2018. So far this year, Mize is 7-2, with a 2.96 ERA, and a 1.24 WHIP in 12 starts, covering 67 innings. At the start of play June 17, the Tigers had a sparkling team ERA of 3.34. The team WHIP is only 1.18. The opposition is hitting only .232 against Tigers pitching. The Tigers have a balanced team, with a competitive offense, good defense, and superb pitching. Preventing runs is a crucial component of the Tigers success.
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4 days ago
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Báez homers twice on 10th anniversary as a major leaguer as Tigers beat Pirates
Detroit Tigers' Javier Báez celebrates his home run against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning during a baseball game, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) DETROIT (AP) — Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers' four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered for Detroit. Advertisement Casey Mize (7-2) got the win, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits in six innings. He struck out four without walking a batter. Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the second when Spencer Horwitz singled and scored on Adam Frazier's groundout, but the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the inning on Pérez's homer. Alexander Canario's two-run single put the Pirates back in front 3-2 in the third, but Báez tied the game with a homer in the fifth. Canario replaced Bryan Reynolds in right field in the second inning after his wife went into labor. Pérez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Báez made it a two-run game with a leadoff homer in the seventh. Greene hit a 436-foot home run to right later in the inning, making it 7-3. Advertisement Carmen Mlodzinski (1-5) allowed four runs in two innings of relief. MARLINS 8, PHILLIES 3 MIAMI (AP) — Eric Wagaman and Jesús Sánchez homered as Miami snapped a five-game home skid with a win over Philadelphia. Xavier Edwards had three hits and Javier Sanoja tripled and singled for the Marlins. Nick Castellanos was benched by Phillies manager Rob Thomson on Tuesday for 'an inappropriate comment' the outfielder made after he was pulled for a defensive replacement in the series opener Monday. The benching ended Castellanos' streak of 236 consecutive starts. Edwards' RBI single capped a three-run sixth that put Miami ahead 5-3. Phillies reliever Tanner Banks inherited two base runners from starter Jesús Luzardo and allowed an RBI groundout by Kyle Stowers and Sanoja's run-scoring triple. Advertisement Sánchez connected off reliever Joe Ross with a solo blast in the seventh inning, his seventh homer of the season. Freddy Tarnok (1-0) pitched the top of the sixth and earned the win. ROCKIES 10, NATIONALS 6 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Rockies hit a franchise record-tying seven home runs, including two from Michael Toglia, and Antonio Senzatela won his second game of the season, as Colorado held off Washington. Colorado hit seven homers in a game for the third time in franchise history, matching April 1997 at Montreal and against Cincinnati in May 2016. The Rockies have won three in a row for the second time this season. Advertisement It was the second multihomer game of Toglia's career. He hit three homers on July 14 last season against the Mets. Four of the homers came in the six-run seventh, highlighted by a three-run shot from Hunter Goodman and a solo shot by Ryan McMahon off Nationals reliever Cole Henry. The Rockies last hit four or more homers in one inning on June 20, 2021 against Milwaukee. Thairo Estrada, Sam Hilliard and Mickey Moniak also homered for the Rockies. Senzatela (2-10) allowed one unearned run on three hits and three walks in five innings. The right-hander also defeated the Nationals on April 20. Washington's Michael Soroka (3-5) pitched six innings, striking out a season-high nine batters, but allowed five hits and three runs. Advertisement ANGELS 4, YANKEES 0 NEW York (AP) — Kyle Hendricks and three relievers combined on a four-hitter as Los Angeles beat New York to hand the Yankees their third straight shutout. New York manager Aaron Boone tinkered with his lineup — batting rookie Jasson Domínguez first and dropping Paul Goldschmidt to sixth — but it didn't yield results for the Yankees, who were 0 for 10 with runners on and got just three to second base. Aaron Judge went 0 for 4 with three strikeouts and heard boos following whiffs in the sixth and eighth. He is 2 for 19 with 12 strikeouts in his last five games. The Yankees, who haven't scored in 29 innings since the ninth inning of a 4-3 loss at Boston on Saturday, were last blanked in three consecutive games from Sept. 22-24, 2016. They have never been shut out in four straight games. Advertisement Hendricks (5-6) allowed four hits and walked one while striking out nine — his most since he whiffed 10 for the Chicago Cubs on Sept. 18, 2020. Ryan Zeferjahn, Reid Detmers and Hunter Strickland tossed a hitless inning apiece for the Angels, who threw consecutive shutouts for the first time since Aug. 26-27, 2022. BLUE JAYS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 4 TORONTO (AP) — Bo Bichette and Addison Barger hit back-to-back home runs off Shelby Miller in the ninth inning and Toronto rallied to beat Arizona. Jeff Hoffman (6-2) pitched one inning for the win as Toronto snapped a three-game skid. Toronto trailed 4-3 heading to the final frame before Bichette tied it with a one-out drive to left, his ninth of the season. Barger followed with a game-winning shot to right, his eighth. Advertisement For Miller (3-2), the blown save was his fourth in 11 chances. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his ninth homer of the season and drove in three runs for the Blue Jays, who were swept at Philadelphia over the weekend. The Diamondbacks came in having won five of six. Arizona failed to hit a home run for the first time in 11 games. REDS 6, TWINS 5 CINCINNATI (AP) — TJ Friedl hit a decisive two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning and Cincinnati rallied for a over Minnesota. Cincinnati has won eight of its last 11 games to climb within two games of the third NL wild-card spot. Byron Buxton's solo homer off Andrew Abbott put the Twins ahead 1-0 in the third. Advertisement David Festa held Cincinnati hitless until the fourth when Will Benson's two-run double put the Reds ahead 2-1. Festa left the game in the fourth with a right hand contusion after allowing four runs, two earned. Jake Fraley drove in two more runs with a single to make the score 4-1. A throwing error by Reds third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand opened the door for a Twins rally in the sixth. Harrison Bader's three-run homer caromed over the wall off Fraley's glove to put them ahead 5-4. Abbott allowed five runs, but only one earned, dropping his ERA to 1.84. He struck out five and didn't walk a batter. Advertisement ROYALS 6, RANGERS 1 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Salvador Perez homered twice, Bobby Witt Jr. went deep in his hometown team's ballpark for the first time and Kansas City stopped a six-game losing streak with a victory over Texas. Seth Lugo struck out a season-high nine for his first win since May 1 as all three active Kansas City All-Stars from last year's Midsummer Classic at Globe Life Field returned to Texas and had a hand in ending the team's five-game skid against the Rangers. Lugo (4-5), who threw a scoreless inning in the American League's 5-3 victory last July, gave up three hits and a run over six innings in his return to Arlington. Advertisement With the Royals coming off an 0-6 homestand that matched their longest losing streak of the season, Perez hit a two-run shot for a 3-0 lead in the first inning. After adding an RBI double in the fourth, Perez connected for his eighth homer of the year, a solo shot that made it 6-1 in the sixth. Witt also homered off Jack Leiter in a matchup between sons of former major league pitchers. Witt grew up in the Dallas area, where Bobby Witt settled after spending 11 of his 16 big league seasons with the Rangers. Leiter (4-4) is the son of Al Leiter, who had a 19-year major league career. The rookie right-hander gave up eight hits and six runs — both matching season highs — in 5 2/3 innings. CARDINALS 12, WHITE SOX 2 Advertisement CHICAGO (AP) — Brendan Donovan had four hits and Iván Herrera drove in four runs to back a strong start by Matthew Liberatore as St. Louis handed Chicago their sixth straight loss. Alec Burleson went 3 for 5 for St. Louis, including his sixth home run, a solo shot in the seventh that made it 9-2. Victor Scott II — in the midst of a 5-for-35 slump — hit a two-run homer off Chicago position player Vinny Capra in the ninth. Donovan drove in a run, hit his 21st double and scored twice in his third four-hit game this season and the fifth of his career. Herrera had a two-run single in a five-run second inning. Michael A. Taylor took a home run away from Herrera leading off the fifth, but he came back to drive in a pair with a sixth-inning single. Advertisement Liberatore (4-6) gave up two runs on five hits in six innings for his first win since beating the Pirates on May 6. ORIOLES 5, RAYS 1 TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Colton Cowser hit a go-ahead homer and Baltimore beat Tampa Bay. Jordan Westburg and Dylan Carlson each had three hits for the Orioles, who have won 12 of 17. Ramón Laureano drove in two runs. Westburg fell inches shy of a second-inning homer when his flyball bounced off the top of the left-center fence. After a replay review upheld the double, Westburg scored the first run on Laureano's single. Eight of nine starters had at least one hit for Baltimore. Advertisement Rays starter Zack Littell (6-7) had retired 10 straight until Cowser launched a slider into the right-field seats for a solo shot that broke a 1-all tie in the fifth. Baltimore starter Dean Kremer (6-7) allowed one run and four hits over five innings, leaving with a 2-1 lead. Four relievers combined to shut out the Rays over the final four innings, improving the bullpen's ERA to 1.76 since May 24.
Reuters
4 days ago
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Javier Baez hits two HRs as Tigers knock off Pirates
June 18 - Javier Baez hit a pair of solo home runs and the host Detroit Tigers downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday. Baez's power display made a winner of Casey Mize, who allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits in six innings. Chase Lee, Tommy Kahnle and Brenan Hanifee each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Detroit, which had lost its last two games. Riley Greene and Wenceel Perez blasted two-run homers and Perez also supplied a run-scoring triple. Alexander Canario had a two-run single for Pittsburgh. Canario replaced Bryan Reynolds, who left the game in the second inning when his wife went into labor. Starter Bailey Falter gave up three runs and five hits in five innings. Pittsburgh has lost four of its last five games. The Pirates scored an unearned run in the second. Spencer Horwitz led off with a single and moved to third on an error by shortstop Baez. Adam Frazier's groundout brought him in. Detroit scored in the bottom of the inning. Spencer Torkelson led off with a double and Perez followed with his two-run homer, lofting a Falter fastball over the left field wall. Isiah Kiner-Falefa's leadoff single in the third sparked Pittsburgh's two-run inning. Andrew McCutchen smacked a one-out double before Canario lined a 3-0 Mize fastball into right, scoring both runners. Baez tied the game at 3 leading off the fifth. He blasted a Falter curveball off the top of the left-center field wall and it caromed into the visitor's bullpen. The Tigers took a 4-3 lead in the sixth against Carmen Mlodzinski. Greene led off with a single and scored when Perez smacked a fastball into the right-center field gap for a triple. Baez gave the Tigers some breathing room in the seventh when he cranked a Mlodzinski sweeper over the left-center field wall. Kerry Carpenter was hit by pitch with two outs in the inning and Greene made it 7-3 by blasting a slider over the right field wall. --Field Level Media
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4 days ago
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- CBS News
Detroit Tigers beat Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 in first game of series
Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers' four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered for Detroit. Casey Mize (7-2) got the win, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits in six innings. He struck out four without walking a batter. Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the second when Spencer Horwitz singled and scored on Adam Frazier's groundout, but the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the inning on Pérez's homer. Alexander Canario's two-run single put the Pirates back in front 3-2 in the third, but Báez tied the game with a homer in the fifth. Canario replaced Bryan Reynolds in right field in the second inning after his wife went into labor. Pérez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Báez made it a two-run game with a leadoff homer in the seventh. Greene hit a 436-foot home run to right later in the inning, making it 7-3. Carmen Mlodzinski (1-5) allowed four runs in two innings of relief. After Pérez's third-inning homer, the Tigers put runners on the corners with one out, but Bailey Falter got Parker Meadows to pop out before striking out Gleyber Torres to end the inning. Báez reached his 10-year milestone in career game 1,284. He is hitting .253 with 190 homers, 663 RBIs and 111 stolen bases. The teams are scheduled to play the second of three games on Wednesday night, with Detroit ace Tarik Skubal (7-2, 1.99 ERA) facing LHP Andrew Heaney (3-5, 3.33). ___ AP MLB:
