Detroit Tigers

4thin AL Central · 75-85

YES!

Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates

81-79 7 – 8

75-85

Final · Fri, Sep 25

Game Details

Comerica Park (Detroit) · 36,315 fans · MLB.TV, Tigers.TV

Recap

Torkelson narrowly misses cycle as Tigers hang on to beat Pirates, 8-7

Spencer Torkelson finished a single short of the cycle, Jackson Jobe allowed two runs in 5 1/3 innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 on Friday night after nearly wasting a six-run lead.

Recap via ESPN

Comerica Park · Detroit

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
PIT	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	7	7	1
DET	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0		8	10	0

Win Probability · Detroit Tigers

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Pittsburgh Pirates

Rafael Flores Jr. · 1-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 RBatting
Bubba Chandler · 2.2 IP, 4 ER, 2 K (L, 8-10)Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Spencer Torkelson · 3-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jackson Jobe · 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 8 K (W, 3-3)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

Top 8th

HR Flores Jr. homered to center (422 feet), Gonzales scored and O'Hearn scored.7–8

Top 8th

1B O'Hearn singled to left, Cruz scored, Gonzales to third.4–8

Top 8th

1B Gonzales singled to right, Reynolds scored, Cruz to third.3–8

Bot 7th

HR Torkelson homered to left center (387 feet).2–8

Bot 6th

BFC Dingler grounded into fielder's choice to left, Valencia scored on fielding error by shortstop Griffin, Greene safe at third on error.2–7

Bot 3rd

KPB Torkelson struck out, Greene scored and Dingler scored, Torkelson to first on passed ball by Flores Jr., Callahan to third.2–6

Bot 3rd

1B Dingler singled to left, McGonigle scored and Valencia scored, Greene to second.2–4

Bot 2nd

3B Torkelson tripled to right, Valencia scored and Callahan scored.2–2

Top 2nd

2B Horwitz doubled to right, O'Hearn scored.2–0

Top 2nd

1B O'Hearn singled to right, Cruz scored.1–0

Team Stats

Pittsburgh PiratesDetroit Tigers

Batting

7 Hits 10

1 Home Runs 1

4 Walks 7

14 Strikeouts 5

1 Stolen Bases 1

9 Left on Base 21

Pitching & Fielding

166 Pitches Thrown 154

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Pittsburgh Pirates ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. GriffinSS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.266	19	.320	.388
B. Lowe2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	.260	26	.331	.490
B. ReynoldsLF	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.259	19	.364	.420
O. CruzCF	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	.281	13	.368	.488
N. Gonzales3B	3	1	1	1	0	1	1	.302	15	.366	.388
R. O'HearnDH	4	2	2	2	0	0	1	.268	18	.333	.445
R. Flores Jr.C	4	1	1	3	1	0	1	.271	19	.340	.542
S. Horwitz1B	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	.248	10	.345	.369
J. Triolo1B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	1	.310	.305
J. MangumRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.275	14	.331	.364
Team	33	7	7	7	1	4	14		154

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
B. Chandler(L, 8-10)	2.2	4	6	4	4	2	0	77-42	4.50
E. Sisk	1.1	1	0	0	2	1	0	25-14	3.07
W. Dotel	3.0	4	2	1	1	2	1	47-28	4.46
B. Eisert	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-9	5.52
Team	8.0	10	8	5	7	5	1	166-93

Detroit Tigers ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
M. ClarkCF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.281	19	.361	.433
H. Lee2B	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	17	.319	.424
K. McGonigle3B	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	.276	20	.376	.425
E. ValenciaDH	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	.350	33	.391	.617
R. GreeneLF	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	.282	20	.373	.477
D. DinglerC	5	1	1	2	0	0	0	.243	13	.303	.448
B. CallahanRF	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	.217	11	.286	.333
B. MalgeriRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	6	.350	.419
S. Torkelson1B	4	1	3	3	1	0	1	.232	18	.331	.439
J. PeckSS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.169	9	.286	.185
Team	36	8	10	5	1	7	5		166

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
J. Jobe(W, 3-3)	5.1	3	2	2	2	8	0	86-55	3.91
D. Sommers	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0	13-8	3.63
A. Sears	1.2	4	5	5	1	2	1	41-24	7.11
T. Holton(H, 15)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	2.75
K. Jansen(S, 22)	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13-8	3.20
Team	9.0	7	7	7	4	14	1	154-96