Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

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Detroit Tigers

71-79, 32-43 Away

Final
6 - 5

Toronto Blue Jays

75-76, 39-37 Home

Zach McKinstry scores go-ahead run on error to help Tigers outlast Blue Jays 6-5

McKinstry scored after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. fielded a dribbler and threw to first, where Toronto pitcher Louis Varland missed the throw.

Blue Jays starter José Soriano threw 6 1/3 innings, working a perfect game through five innings, before the Tigers scored four runs off five hits in the seventh.

Dillon Dingler opened the seventh-inning scoring with an RBI single before Max Clark tacked on a two-run double for a 3-2 Detroit lead. Spencer Torkelson extended the lead to 4-2 with an RBI double.

Callahan's RBI single in the eighth tied the game at 5, before McKinstry scored the winning run to help Detroit clinch game one of the series.

Tyler Kinley (7-5) worked a hitless eighth inning, and Kenley Jansen sealed his 20th save of the season with a hitless ninth. Starter Troy Melton pitched 2 2/3 innings, his shortest outing of the year, giving up two runs on five hits.

Kazuma Okamoto hit a three-run homer for the Blue Jays in the seventh inning. With his 33rd home run of the season, Okamoto established a single-season home run record for right-handed hitters from Japan, passing Seiya Suzuki's mark of 32.

Alejandro Kirk had an RBI single and George Springer scored on a wild pitch in the first inning for Toronto.

Varland (5-6) surrendered the winning run.

Up next Tigers' RHP Drew Anderson (4-6, 3.80 ERA) starts game two of the series against Toronto, which has yet to announce a starter, on Tuesday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kirk grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, McAdoo out at second.
	9th Inning	Guerrero Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	McAdoo ran for Springer
	9th Inning	Springer walked.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Kinley
	9th Inning	Lee at second base.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	16
7	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	5
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	0
144	Pitches	183
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	12
39	Plate Appearances	40
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
3.3	Runs Created	4.4
.243	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.297	Slugging Percentage	.353
.135	Secondary Average	.294
.282	On Base Percentage	.350
.579	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.703
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.5
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.4
36.0	Batter Rating	31.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.69	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.58
.054	Isolated Power	.118
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.150
-.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
11.0	Runs Produced	9.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	0.8
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.0	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0