Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Guardians
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Riley Greene homers twice, drives in 4 runs in the Tigers' 6-0 win over the Guardians
The Guardians, who remain in the third American League wild-card position, only pushed two runners past first base and totaled three hits against Valdez, Kyle Finnegan and Beau Brieske.
Greene cleared the wall in left-center field against Parker Messick (11-9) in the first and sixth, staking the Tigers to a 3-0 lead. He also singled in Gleyber Torres in the third and doubled home Torres in the seventh.
They were Greene’s first home runs since Aug. 4 at Seattle and his second multi-homer game of the season. Detroit scored three times in the seventh against Matt Festa, including Ben Malgeri’s single that plated Greene.
Valdez (9-10) allowed three singles in matching his longest outing of the year, striking out three with a lone walk. The left-hander held Cleveland hitless after the second.
Messick struck out a career-high 12 over six innings, whiffing the side twice while allowing three runs. The All-Star rookie is 0-2 in three starts against Detroit this season.
The Tigers won for just the fifth time in 21 games since Aug. 14.
Cleveland swept a doubleheader to open the series Friday, winning the day game 7-6 on a Brayan Rocchio walk-off homer and the nightcap 4-3 on Travis Bazzana’s 10th-inning single to score Rocchio.
Guardians outfielder Chase DeLauter did not play because of a sprained right wrist, but manager Stephen Vogt said his playing status is considered day-to-day.
Tigers rookies Kevin McGonigle and Max Clark were given the night off.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Ramírez popped out to second. |
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9th Inning | Martínez lined out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Kwan grounded out to shortstop. |
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9th Inning | Brieske relieved Finnegan |
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9th Inning | Callahan in left field. |
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9th Inning | Malgeri struck out swinging. |
Statistics
 DET |
 CLE |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 9 | Ground Balls | 15 |
| 16 | Strikeouts | 3 |
| 6 | Runs Batted In | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 1 |
| 11 | Hits | 3 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 3 | Walks | 1 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 6 | Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 2 |
| 1 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 37 | At Bats | 27 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 0 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 17 | Runners Left On Base | 9 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 2 | Doubles | 0 |
| 13 | Fly Balls | 10 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 162 | Pitches | 114 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 19 | Total Bases | 3 |
| 41 | Plate Appearances | 30 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 0.0 |
| 4 | Extra Base Hits | 0 |
| 6.6 | Runs Created | -0.9 |
| .297 | Batting Average | .111 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .514 | Slugging Percentage | .111 |
| .297 | Secondary Average | .037 |
| .341 | On Base Percentage | .172 |
| .855 | On-Base-Plus-Slugging | .284 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 1.5 |
| 6.6 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | -0.9 |
| 45.0 | Batter Rating | 3.0 |
| 18.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 0.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.95 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.80 |
| .216 | Isolated Power | .000 |
| 0.19 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.33 |
| .073 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .033 |
| .000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.074 |
| 12.0 | Runs Produced | 0.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 0.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.2 |
| 0.5 | Balls In Play Average | 0.1 |
| 91.5 | MLB Rating | 59.0 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 30,862 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland |
- | 75 | W5 | 0.5192308 | 81 |
 Chicago |
1 | 76 | W2 | 0.51282054 | 80 |
| Detroit |
7.5 | 83 | W1 | 0.4713376 | 74 |
 Minnesota |
8.5 | 84 | L1 | 0.46496814 | 73 |
 Kansas City |
14 | 89 | L4 | 0.42948717 | 67 |