Detroit Tigers

4thin AL Central · 76-85

YES!

Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates

81-80 3 – 4

76-85

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Comerica Park (Detroit) · 41,377 fans · MLB.TV, Tigers.TV

Recap

Justin Verlander makes teary farewell to 21-year career as Tigers rally to beat Pirates 4-3

Justin Verlander made a teary farewell, accompanied by his 7-year-old daughter as he left a major league mound for the final time in the Detroit Tigers'...

Recap via ESPN

Comerica Park · Detroit

Line Score

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

Win Probability · Detroit Tigers

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Pittsburgh Pirates

Brandon Lowe · 1-4, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Mason Montgomery · 0.2 IP, 3 ER, 1 K (L, 6-4, B, 3)Pitching

Detroit Tigers

Eduardo Valencia · 1-5, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jacob Waguespack · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 2 K (W, 2-2)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 9th

HR Valencia homered to left center (400 feet), Lee scored.3–4

Bot 9th

GRO McGonigle grounded out to second, Clark scored, Lee to third.3–2

Top 8th

3B Reynolds tripled to right, Davis scored.3–1

Bot 6th

2B Báez doubled to left, Torkelson scored, Malgeri to third.2–1

Top 5th

HR Gonzalez homered to right (407 feet).2–0

Top 4th

HR Lowe homered to right (416 feet).1–0

Team Stats

Pittsburgh PiratesDetroit Tigers

Batting

9 Hits 10

2 Home Runs 1

1 Walks 3

8 Strikeouts 12

0 Stolen Bases 0

9 Left on Base 26

Pitching & Fielding

169 Pitches Thrown 138

1 Errors 0

6 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
R. O'HearnDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.267	14	.333	.443
B. Lowe2B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	.260	11	.331	.493
B. ReynoldsLF	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.261	16	.365	.424
O. CruzCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.280	7	.368	.486
J. MangumRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	8	.329	.361
K. GriffinSS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.269	13	.322	.393
S. Horwitz1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.246	18	.345	.366
R. SimonRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.262	19	.308	.361
B. CookCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.173	5	.204	.231
J. Gonzalez3B	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	.223	8	.275	.369
J. Triolo3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.238	9	.308	.303
H. DavisC	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	.172	10	.272	.313
Team	34	3	9	3	2	1	8		138

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
K. Yates	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	28-17	3.19
Y. Ramirez	1.1	1	0	0	1	3	0	36-22	2.86
C. Mlodzinski(H, 7)	2.1	1	1	1	2	5	0	49-27	3.95
E. Sisk(H, 6)	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	17-11	3.02
G. Soto(H, 13)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11-6	3.63
L. Weaver(H, 24)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	8-6	2.69
M. Montgomery(L, 6-4, B, 3)	0.2	3	3	3	0	1	1	20-13	2.93
Team	8.2	10	4	4	3	12	1	169-102

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
M. ClarkCF	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	.278	18	.357	.426
H. Lee2B	3	1	2	0	0	2	0	.267	26	.326	.429
K. McGonigle3B	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	.276	19	.375	.424
E. ValenciaDH	5	1	1	2	1	0	2	.344	24	.383	.624
R. GreeneLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.282	20	.372	.477
D. DinglerC	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.243	17	.302	.446
S. Torkelson1B	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.230	17	.330	.436
Z. McKinstryRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	6	.290	.296
B. MalgeriRF	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.252	8	.353	.420
J. BaezSS	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.241	14	.270	.364
Team	35	4	10	4	1	3	12		169