Detroit 9, Pittsburgh 2
When: 1:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 19, 2025
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
64°
Umpires:
Home -
Edwin Moscoso, 1B -
Tyler Jones , 2B -
Chad Whitson, 3B -
Chris Guccione
Attendance:
33368
By Field Level Media
Riley Greene drove in four runs and Tarik Skubal collected another home victory as the Detroit Tigers pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates, 9-2, in the opener of a doubleheader on Thursday.
Skubal (8-2) gave up two runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked three and struck out six while running his home record to 6-0. Skubal is 8-0 with five no-decisions in his last 13 starts.
Gleyber Torres supplied three hits, two runs and two RBIs, while Zach McKinstry added a solo homer for the American League-leading Tigers.
Pittsburgh starter Andrew Heaney (3-6) gave up seven runs and eight hits in four innings. Andrew McCutchen had two hits and an RBI for the Pirates.
Skubal started off a little shaky, allowing a single and two walks in the first inning. He bounced back with a strikeout and flyout to leave the runners stranded.
Detroit scored a run in the bottom of the inning. Torres led off with a single and moved to third on Jahmai Jones' double. Torres scored on a Greene sacrifice fly.
The Tigers extended their lead to 5-0 in the second. Dillon Dingler and Javier Baez had one-out singles and Parker Meadows walked to load the bases. Torres knocked in Dingler with a sacrifice fly.
A walk to Jones loaded the bases again and Greene cleared them. He hit a liner and center fielder Billy Cook made an unsuccessful diving attempt, resulting in a three-run double.
The Tigers scored two more runs in the fourth. Meadows smacked a one-out single and scored on Torres' double to left. A walk and single loaded the bases for Spencer Torkelson, who drove in Torres with a sacrifice fly.
The Pirates broke through in the fifth. Cook singled and moved to third on Nick Gonzales' double. Cook scored on McCutchen's grounder.
McKinstry drove a Chase Shugart offering over the right-field wall in the bottom of the fifth. Colt Keith's sacrifice fly later in the inning made it 9-1.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Pittsburgh
|
6 |
0 |
8 |
.188 |
15 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
12 |
1 |
18 |
.375 |
10 |
4 |
9 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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