Detroit, MI
Detroit Tigers lose 6-5 to San Diego Padres on walk-off hit in 10th inning, drop to .500
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Detroit Tigers reliever Jason Foley hung a second-pitch slider to Fernando Tatis Jr. with a runner in scoring position and two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning.
That small mistake made a difference.
The Tigers lost, 6-5, to the San Diego Padres on Wednesday on a walk-off single from Tatis, who recently returned from the injured list, in the second of three games in the series at Petco Park.
The game ended when Tatis, a right-handed hitter, smacked the right-handed Foley’s middle-middle slider on the ground and through the left side of the infield, enough to score the free runner in extra innings from second base.
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“We had our chances,” manager A.J. Hinch told reporters in San Diego. “We were chipping away, which got us the lead, and then they showed their quick-strike offense and shut-down bullpen. Tough game and a tough loss, especially getting into extra innings. We didn’t do anything with our extra runner. They were able to push theirs across.”
The Tigers (70-70) — following back-to-back losses — dropped to 5½ games back for the third and final spot in the American League wild-card race. Three AL teams are at 70-70: the Tigers, the Boston Red Sox and the Seattle Mariners, with the Tampa Bay Rays at 69-70.
Right-hander starter Keider Montero, who has a 5.47 ERA through 14 games in his rookie campaign, squandered a five-run lead by allowing the Padres to score five runs across the fourth and fifth innings.
Battle of bullpens
The Padres missed opportunities with the bases loaded in the sixth and seventh innings, stranding all three runners against right-handed reliever Beau Brieske in the sixth and right-handed reliever Shelby Miller in the seventh.
Meanwhile, right-handed reliever Will Vest made his job look easy against the Padres’ three best hitters — Tatis (swinging strikeout), Jurickson Profar (swinging strikeout) and Manny Machado (groundout) — in the eighth. Vest then returned for the ninth and retired three batters in a row to send the game to extra innings.
In the top of the 10th, the Tigers had runners on the corners with two outs against right-handed reliever Jeremiah Estrada, but right-handed Justyn-Henry Malloy, pinch-hitting for lefty Andy Ibáñez, flew out to center to end the inning.
The Padres walked-off the Tigers in the 10th. Before Tatis’ walk-off single, the Tigers intentionally walked contact-first left-handed hitter Luis Arraez, who wasn’t a favorable matchup because Foley historically struggles against lefties.
Also, Foley doesn’t miss bats.
“We’ll take our shot with a righty,” Hinch said. “I thought the ball could get on the ground, which it did, but you’re not in a good spot either way. We thought the better shot at getting the ball on the ground at somebody was going to be with the righty.”
Tatis, whose walk-off single ended the game, returned from the injured list before Monday’s series opener against the Tigers. He hadn’t played since June 21 because of a right femoral stress reaction.
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Keider Montero’s start
Montero fell apart in the fourth inning.
Walking Xander Bogaerts put two runners on with one out for rookie Jackson Merrill, who collected his 22nd home run in his 136th game. He hit Montero’s middle-middle fastball for a three-run home run to left-center, cutting the Tigers’ lead to 5-3.
In the fifth inning, the Padres jumped Montero with back-to-back hits from Arraez (single) and Tatis (double) to put runners on the corners. Both hits occurred on pitches that Montero left over the middle of the strike zone.
With one out, Machado — the final batter of Montero’s start, regardless of the outcome — got just enough of a down-and-away changeup in a two-strike count, producing a ground-ball single to tie the game at 5-5.
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Montero, 24, allowed five runs on seven hits with two walks and two strikeouts across 4⅓ innings, throwing 71 pitches. He has surrendered at least four runs in eight of his 14 games since making his MLB debut in late May.
Yu Darvish’s start
Right-hander Yu Darvish, a five-time All-Star, was placed on the restricted list in early July while tending to a personal matter. The 38-year-old made his long-awaited return Thursday against the Tigers, but he wasn’t sharp.
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The Tigers worked Darvish for numerous deep counts, forcing his exit after 63 pitches in the third inning. He allowed three runs on four hits and two walks with four strikeouts across 2⅔ innings.
Matt Vierling put the Tigers ahead, 1-0, when he turned on an up-and-in 95 mph fastball with two strikes and two outs in the first inning. It was his 16th homer of the season.
The Tigers extended their lead to 2-0 in the second inning, thanks to a leadoff walk from Spencer Torkelson. He came around to score on a single from Jace Jung, a wild pitch by Darvish and an RBI groundout from Dillon Dingler.
A leadoff walk from Riley Greene created another scoring opportunity in the third inning, which the Tigers took advantage of with Colt Keith’s two-out RBI single for a 3-0 lead. The single from Keith, who had been slumping for the past week, chased Darvish.
Facing left-handed reliever Yuki Matsui, rookie shortstop Trey Sweeney put the Tigers ahead, 5-0, in the fourth inning with a two-run home run on an up-and-in fastball with two strikes. Jung, a fellow left-handed hitter, kickstarted the run-scoring inning by working a leadoff walk, just like Torkelson in the second and Greene in the third.
It was Sweeney’s first home run against a left-handed pitcher in the 2024 season, following 15 homers in 107 games in Triple-A and two homers in 15 games in MLB.
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Detroit, MI
Detroit Tigers Have Stayed Afloat Despite Mixed Results from Openers
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The Detroit Tigers have been surging over the last few weeks of the season. Over the .500 mark post-All-Star break for the first time since 2016, the team is making a late push for a wild card spot in the American League.
A big reason that the Tigers have found success has been the emergence of younger players in the lineup. They are receiving contributions from players up and down the roster, as improved health is giving a great glimpse into what this team could look like in the future.
Anchoring the pitching staff has been ace Tarik Skubal, who should be the unanimous Cy Young Award winner and receive some MVP consideration as well. In a unique situation, he and Keider Montero have been the only starting pitchers the team has had the last few weeks.
Injuries and the trade deadline left Detroit thin on starters. Looking to piece things together to the best of his ability, A.J. Hinch has turned to a franchise-record 24 openers and counting.
They are lapping the field in that regard, as the second-highest looks to be the San Francisco Giants, who have used about 16 openers this season.
In games started by openers, the Tigers have gone only 10-14. While that number is disappointing, the production hasn’t been as bad as the record would suggest.
Through 40.1 innings, the combination of Beau Brieske, Mason Englert, Alex Faedo, Brandon Hanifee, Joey Wentz and Tyler Holton has recorded a stellar 3.12 ERA. The only blemish from that group is the 9.39 first-inning ERA of Brieske, who has been great once he gets into the second, third and sixth innings.
The standout from that group has been Holton, who is finding success whenever Hinch calls on him. As an opener, he has made seven starts and thrown 14 innings, surrendering only one run with 10 strikeouts and two walks.
Overall this season, Holton has made 55 appearances, tossing 79.1 innings and recording a tidy 2.38 ERA.
With Reese Olson nearing a return and Casey Mize getting back on the bump last week, the need for openers down the stretch will lessen. Ty Madden and Brant Hurter have also been added to the Major League squad to add even more depth to the rotation.
A lot of credit should go to those six pitchers embracing new roles and have helped keep the team afloat awaiting help in the starting rotation. 10-14 isn’t spectacular, but they have done their job keeping the Tigers in games that Skubal isn’t starting.
Detroit, MI
7 takeaways from HC Dan Campbell's media session
4. Lions first-round pick Terrion Arnold will make his NFL debut Sunday night. Campbell said Arnold is ready to go and is not lacking any confidence. Arnold will also not be limited to just one side of the field, either the boundary side or field side, per Campbell. That will give defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn some options between Arnold and veteran outside cornerback Carlton Davis III.
5. Second-year running back Jahmyr Gibbs talked to the media Tuesday and said he’s ready to go after missing a couple weeks with a hamstring injury.
Campbell made an interesting point about Gibbs’ injury, saying they are encouraging him to motor up to top speed at least once every practice to help avoid injury.
“Here’s the trick with Gibbs,” Campbell said. “And we tell him this. Everyone top to bottom tells him this. When you can run like he runs, I mean this guy can run, if you don’t touch that speed in practice at least once or twice a day you set yourself up for something to happen on Sunday.
“You’re a guy that runs 22 miles per hour you better touch it because the first time you touch it in a game when somebody is coming after you and you’re running away, that’s when bad things happen.”
Campbell said the trick has just been educating Gibbs on that philosophy and making him do that in practice so he doesn’t have a setback. They’ve been doing it ever since he got back.
Detroit, MI
Women climb Detroit bus to twerk during street takeover by more than 100 party-goers
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Intersection takeover video shows twerking women climb up Detroit bus
A social media video showed a Greenfield and Seven Mile takeover as more than 100 people stormed the streets surrounding a city bus.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – A social media video showed a Greenfield and Seven Mile takeover as more than 100 people stormed the streets surrounding a city bus.
Two women in the crowd of more than 100 people who partied in the street climbed up on the front of a bus. The driver was helpless, he was surrounded.
Tay and Jay, they called themselves, said they are bummed they missed it last Saturday morning.
“Seven Mile turned up that night and to all the shaky butts that night, I’m so glad y’all came out,” quipped Tay, after seeing the video.
Not everyone is as enthusiastic about those so-called shaky butts, namely Detroit Police Deputy Chief Arnold Williams.
“It just boggles the imagination that people are out there just doing this,” he said.
FOX 2 is told that DPD’s illegal block party detail – broke up a party that started at the Quarter Pass 7 rental hall, and spilled out into the streets – which is not allowed.
“At about 2:48 (a.m.) they cleared, all the officers were gone,” Williams said. “(At about) 2:58 we basically had an intersection take over.”
Drivers doing donuts in the street, dancing on the bus and downright disrespect – to the neighbors.
“They be all parked up and down the streets throwing out trash,” said Larry Long who lives in the area.
Long is 70 years old and is frustrated, but feels like his hands are tied.
“You can’t talk to them about anything,” he said. “They get upset, mad, or some of them get out their guns. And they want to act crazy, and stupid and foolish. It’s best not to say anything to them.”
And that’s when Detroit police comes in.
“As soon as we activated lights and sirens, within two minutes they were gone,” Williams said.
They scattered in every direction – making it tough to catch them. But this now-viral video is making dpd’s job a whole lot easier.
“Keep videotaping, keep allowing us the opportunity to see who you are,” he said. “We’re coming for you.”
Detroit police are looking for people who were there with the possibility of tickets for disorderly conduct, malicious destruction of public property and even viewing a drag race.
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