Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Detroit Tigers

61-64, 29-33 Away

Final
8 - 5

Pittsburgh Pirates

61-66, 32-32 Home

McGonigle homers as Tigers beat Pirates 8-5 and move into a tie for the last AL wild-card spot

Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates: Game Highlights

Brett Callahan and Hao-Yu Lee also drove in two runs as the Tigers built an 8-1 lead before Pittsburgh scored four times in the sixth.

Zach McKinstry and both hit RBI singles in the first, and McGonigle's two-run shot in the second, his 13th of the season, made it 4-0.

McGonigle singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the sixth. Pirates reliever Yohan Ramirez walked the next three batters, resulting in McGonigle scoring before Callahan hit a two-run single to make it 8-1.

Framber Valdez (8-8) pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs and five hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Kenley Jansen struck out two in the final inning for his 15th save of the year.

The Pirates scored their first run after Jake Mangum scored on a throwing error by Lee, then strung together a four-run inning in the sixth after Nick Gonzales doubled, Rafael Flores Jr. was walked and Mangum walked to load the bases. Nick Yorke cleared the bases with a double and Henry Davis hit an RBI single to make it 8-5.

Starter Carmen Mlodzinski pitched three innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs. He struck out three and walked one.

With the Baltimore Orioles’ 7-6 loss on Monday to Tampa Bay, the Tigers tied Baltimore and Texas for the final AL wild card.

Up next RHP Keider Montero (9-7, 3.22 ERA) will start on the mound for the Tigers on Tuesday against the Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (12-5, 3.88).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Reynolds struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Valdez struck out looking. Detroit Tigers challenged: call on the field was overturned.
	9th Inning	Gonzalez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Sommers
	9th Inning	Dingler popped out to second.
	9th Inning	McGonigle grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Torres out at second, Báez to third.

Statistics

DET		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
8	Strikeouts	11
8	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	0
7	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	5
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
40	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
26	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
19	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
179	Pitches	151
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	8
48	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
8.5	Runs Created	2.4
.350	Batting Average	.176
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.450	Slugging Percentage	.235
.275	Secondary Average	.206
.458	On Base Percentage	.282
.908	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.517
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.4
51.0	Batter Rating	28.0
40.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.73	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.87
.100	Isolated Power	.059
0.88	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.45
.146	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
-.075	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.029
16.0	Runs Produced	9.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
100.5	MLB Rating	73.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0