Detroit Tigers

4thin AL Central · 76-86

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Last game: Detroit Tigers lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Sun, Sep 27

82-80 4 – 2

76-86

Final · Sun, Sep 27

Game Details

Comerica Park (Detroit) · 30,165 fans · MLB.TV, Tigers.TV

Recap

Griffin's homer helps Pirates finish with winning record, beating Detroit 4-2

Konnor Griffin homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates recorded their first winning season in eight years with a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in the final game for both teams.

Recap via ESPN

Comerica Park · Detroit

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	0
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0

Win Probability · Detroit Tigers

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Pittsburgh Pirates

Konnor Griffin · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Lake Bachar · 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 4 K (W, 2-4)Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Kevin McGonigle · 2-3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
River Ryan · 1.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

2026 National League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Milwaukee	103	59	.636	-	W5
Chicago	89	73	.549	14	W1
Pittsburgh	82	80	.506	21	W1
St. Louis	77	85	.475	26	L4
Cincinnati	75	87	.463	28	L1

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Bot 7th

HR Valencia homered to left center (443 feet).4–2

Bot 7th

HR McGonigle homered to left center (393 feet).4–1

Top 4th

1B Griffin singled to left, Cook scored.4–0

Top 4th

2B Cook doubled to left, Gonzales scored.3–0

Top 2nd

1B Mangum singled to left, Horwitz scored, Gonzales to third.2–0

Top 1st

HR Griffin homered to left center (385 feet).1–0

Team Stats

Pittsburgh PiratesDetroit Tigers

Batting

7 Hits 3

1 Home Runs 2

3 Walks 1

10 Strikeouts 13

0 Stolen Bases 1

12 Left on Base 6

Pitching & Fielding

128 Pitches Thrown 124

0 Errors 0

3 Double Plays 3

Box Score

Pittsburgh Pirates ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. GriffinSS	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	.272	9	.324	.404
R. O'HearnDH	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	.265	10	.330	.440
J. TrioloDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.238	7	.307	.302
B. ReynoldsLF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.261	8	.365	.424
R. SimonRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	4	.299	.349
R. Flores Jr.C	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.264	14	.331	.527
S. Horwitz1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	.244	14	.344	.364
N. Gonzales2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	.303	12	.367	.388
J. MangumLF	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.276	12	.331	.363
J. Gonzalez3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.220	19	.274	.364
B. CookCF	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	.179	15	.207	.250
Team	32	4	7	4	1	3	10		124

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J. Jones	4.0	1	0	0	0	5	0	55-36	3.72
A. Kelly	2.1	2	2	2	1	2	2	30-18	4.82
L. Bachar(W, 2-4)	1.2	0	0	0	0	4	0	29-19	3.43
M. Montgomery(S, 18)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14-8	2.88
Team	9.0	3	2	2	1	13	2	128-81

Detroit Tigers ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
M. ClarkCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.272	20	.350	.417
H. Lee2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.264	16	.322	.424
K. McGonigle3B	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	.278	14	.376	.430
B. MalgeriRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	2	.350	.417
R. GreeneDH	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.280	18	.370	.474
E. ValenciaC	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	.341	14	.380	.636
B. CallahanLF	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.211	12	.288	.324
S. Torkelson1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.230	7	.331	.435
J. Jung1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	4	.364	.222
Z. McKinstry3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.199	14	.288	.294
J. PeckSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.162	7	.275	.176
Team	30	2	3	2	2	1	13		128