Game Report - May 26, 2025 - Tigers 5, Guardians 0
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Steve Bielawski
May 27, 2025, 11:14:28 PM5/27/25
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> Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Guardians 0 - final
The top story of this game is Tarik Skubal. He pitched his first complete game, and his first shutout, as a major-leaguer in this game. And he threw fewer than 100 pitches, yet got 13 strikeouts.
The other story was a five-run rally in the fourth inning for the Tigers. In that inning
Justyn-Henry Malloy singled,
Zach McKinstry homered to drive in Mr. Malloy,
Javy Baez doubled,
Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Baez,
Andy Ibanez singled to drive in Mr Torres,
and Riley Greene was safe on a throwing error by Logan Allen
to drive in Mr. Ibanez.
The Tigers would win again on Monday, giving them two wins in a row, after losing the first three games of the Cleveland series.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vierling LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100
nothing.
> G. Torres 2B 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 .282 .381 .436
Walked in the first, but was caught stealing.
Walked again in the third.
Doubled to left in fhte fourth
to drive in Mr. Baez;
he would soon score as well.
> A. Ibanez 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .231 .315 .346
Singled to left in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
> R. Greene DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270 .330 .500
Was safe on a throwing error by pitcher Logan Allen in the second.
Walked in the third.
Was safe on a throwing error by pitcher Logan Allen in the fourth
as Mr. Ibanez scored.
In the KIITI club.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241 .350 .524
Doubled to left in the second.
> J. Malloy RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .205 .339 .284
Beat out an infield single in the fourth and scored.
> T. Sweeney PH-SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238 .299 .339
Singled up the middle in the seventh.
> D. Dingler C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .297 .320 .448
Walked in the second.
Beat out an infield single in the seventh.
> Z. McKinstry SS-RF 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 .276 .365 .423
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Malloy.
> J. Baez CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .289 .325 .474
Doubled to left in the fourth and scoreed.
> team 33 5 8 4 1 4 7
Five runs will win most games.
It was enough to win this game.
> 2B: Báez (10, Allen); Torres (8, Allen); Torkelson (14, Allen)
> HR: McKinstry (3, 4th inning off Allen 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torres (27), Ibáñez (14), McKinstry 2 (19)
> 2-Out RBI: Torres, Ibáñez
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 2-10 (Báez 0-1, Torres 1-1, Ibáñez 1-1, McKinstry 0-1, Vierling 0-1,
> Greene 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Sweeney 0-1, Torkelson 0-1, Malloy 0-1)
> CS: Torres (1, 2nd base by Allen/Hedges)
> DP: 1 (Sweeney-Torres-Torkelson)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Martinez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .272 .295 .392
Contained.
> G. Arias SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .232 .293 .354
Collared.
> J. Ramirez DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .309 .365 .516
> L. Thomas CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .164 .143
Curtailed.
> K. Manzardo 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .305 .463
Cornered.
> J. Noel RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .172 .236
Corralled.
> W. Wilson 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .294 .267
> A. Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .122 .232 .306
Caught.
> N. Jones LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .275 .281
Capsized.
Seven Guardians were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 28 0 2 0 0 0 13
Only two hits, and no runs. Impressive, Mr. Skubal.
> 2B: Wilson (2, Skubal)
> GIDP: Martínez
> Team LOB: 2
> Team RISP: 0-2 (Hedges 0-1, Martínez 0-1)
> E: Wilson (2, throw); Allen 2 (2, throw 2)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (29-23, 15-15 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3
> Detroit Tigers (34-20, 18-8 home) 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 5 8 0
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
More zeroes than _Flying Tigers_!
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (W, 5-2) 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 94-72 2.49
One of the best starts of the season so far.
> team 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 94-72
> HBP: Jones (by Skubal)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 20/29
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-13-26-18-15
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 6-7
> Game Scores: T Skubal 96
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> L. Allen (L, 2-3) 3.2 6 5 4 4 2 1 97-58 4.31
That five-run rally in the fourth drove his pitch count up, and brough an early end to his day.
> J. Junis 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 28-17 4.38
Did his job.
> N. Enright 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 36-25 0.00
His major-league debut, and he did his job.
> team 8.0 8 5 4 4 7 1 161-100
> HBP: Torkelson (by Junis)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Junis 5/8; Allen 16/22; Enright 8/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Junis-6-3-3-4; Allen-18-6-18-16; Enright-6-6-8-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Junis 2-3; Allen 5-5; Enright 0-3
> Game Scores: L Allen 29
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 37,031
> Weather: 59 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 5 m.p.h. out to centre
> Time of Game: 2:10
This game report is brought to you by the Chopin Theatre.
The first movie theatre owned by my grandfather.
https://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=526&type=5
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Skubal's 1st complete game and 5-run 4th inning help Tigers beat Guardians and avoid 4-game sweep
By AP
May 25, 2025, 01:59 pm
DETROIT -- — Tarik Skubal gave up two hits and matched a career high with 13 strikeouts in his first professional complete game, Zach McKinstry had a two-run homer in a five-run fourth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-0 Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was perfect through five innings and finished with a nearly flawless performance. He had a baserunner for the first time after Will Wilson doubled on the second pitch of the sixth.
Skubal (5-2) gave up only one more hit and hit one batter with a pitch in a masterful, 94-pitch outing that included just 22 balls. It was the eighth complete game in the major leagues this season and fifth individual shutout.
Logan Allen (2-3) allowed a season-high five runs — four earned — five hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings.
Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a leadoff single and scored on McKinstry's third homer. Javier Báez followed with a double and came home on Gleyber Torres' double. Allen's throwing error allowed Detroit to take a 5-0 lead.
Cleveland kept leadoff hitter Steven Kwan out of the lineup for the first time this season. First baseman Carlos Santana was scratched with tightness in his left leg.
Key moment
McKinstry provided a much-needed homer for a team that lost the first three games in the series against the defending AL Central champions who eliminated them in their AL Division Series.
Key stat
Skubal became the first in franchise history to have 10-plus strikeouts in four straight home games.
Up next
Detroit RHP Keider Montero (1-1, 5.28) and San Francisco RHP Hayden Birdsong (2-0, 1.91) are the probable pitchers in their series opener at Comerica Park on Monday afternoon.
The top story of this game is Tarik Skubal. He pitched his first complete game, and his first shutout, as a major-leaguer in this game. And he threw fewer than 100 pitches, yet got 13 strikeouts.
The other story was a five-run rally in the fourth inning for the Tigers. In that inning
Justyn-Henry Malloy singled,
Zach McKinstry homered to drive in Mr. Malloy,
Javy Baez doubled,
Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Baez,
Andy Ibanez singled to drive in Mr Torres,
and Riley Greene was safe on a throwing error by Logan Allen
to drive in Mr. Ibanez.
The Tigers would win again on Monday, giving them two wins in a row, after losing the first three games of the Cleveland series.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vierling LF 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100
nothing.
> G. Torres 2B 3 1 1 1 0 2 1 .282 .381 .436
Walked in the first, but was caught stealing.
Walked again in the third.
Doubled to left in fhte fourth
to drive in Mr. Baez;
he would soon score as well.
> A. Ibanez 3B 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 .231 .315 .346
Singled to left in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Torres.
> R. Greene DH 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .270 .330 .500
Was safe on a throwing error by pitcher Logan Allen in the second.
Walked in the third.
Was safe on a throwing error by pitcher Logan Allen in the fourth
as Mr. Ibanez scored.
In the KIITI club.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .241 .350 .524
Doubled to left in the second.
> J. Malloy RF 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .205 .339 .284
Beat out an infield single in the fourth and scored.
> T. Sweeney PH-SS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .238 .299 .339
Singled up the middle in the seventh.
> D. Dingler C 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .297 .320 .448
Walked in the second.
Beat out an infield single in the seventh.
> Z. McKinstry SS-RF 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 .276 .365 .423
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Malloy.
> J. Baez CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .289 .325 .474
Doubled to left in the fourth and scoreed.
> team 33 5 8 4 1 4 7
Five runs will win most games.
It was enough to win this game.
> 2B: Báez (10, Allen); Torres (8, Allen); Torkelson (14, Allen)
> HR: McKinstry (3, 4th inning off Allen 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torres (27), Ibáñez (14), McKinstry 2 (19)
> 2-Out RBI: Torres, Ibáñez
> Team LOB: 9
> Team RISP: 2-10 (Báez 0-1, Torres 1-1, Ibáñez 1-1, McKinstry 0-1, Vierling 0-1,
> Greene 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Sweeney 0-1, Torkelson 0-1, Malloy 0-1)
> CS: Torres (1, 2nd base by Allen/Hedges)
> DP: 1 (Sweeney-Torres-Torkelson)
> Cleveland Guardians AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> A. Martinez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .272 .295 .392
Contained.
> G. Arias SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .232 .293 .354
Collared.
> J. Ramirez DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .309 .365 .516
> L. Thomas CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .164 .143
Curtailed.
> K. Manzardo 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .216 .305 .463
Cornered.
> J. Noel RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .146 .172 .236
Corralled.
> W. Wilson 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .294 .267
> A. Hedges C 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .122 .232 .306
Caught.
> N. Jones LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 .275 .281
Capsized.
Seven Guardians were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 28 0 2 0 0 0 13
Only two hits, and no runs. Impressive, Mr. Skubal.
> 2B: Wilson (2, Skubal)
> GIDP: Martínez
> Team LOB: 2
> Team RISP: 0-2 (Hedges 0-1, Martínez 0-1)
> E: Wilson (2, throw); Allen 2 (2, throw 2)
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cleveland Guardians (29-23, 15-15 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3
> Detroit Tigers (34-20, 18-8 home) 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 x - 5 8 0
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
More zeroes than _Flying Tigers_!
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal (W, 5-2) 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 94-72 2.49
One of the best starts of the season so far.
> team 9.0 2 0 0 0 13 0 94-72
> HBP: Jones (by Skubal)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 20/29
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-13-26-18-15
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 6-7
> Game Scores: T Skubal 96
> Cleveland Guardians IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> L. Allen (L, 2-3) 3.2 6 5 4 4 2 1 97-58 4.31
That five-run rally in the fourth drove his pitch count up, and brough an early end to his day.
> J. Junis 2.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 28-17 4.38
Did his job.
> N. Enright 2.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 36-25 0.00
His major-league debut, and he did his job.
> team 8.0 8 5 4 4 7 1 161-100
> HBP: Torkelson (by Junis)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Junis 5/8; Allen 16/22; Enright 8/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Junis-6-3-3-4; Allen-18-6-18-16; Enright-6-6-8-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Junis 2-3; Allen 5-5; Enright 0-3
> Game Scores: L Allen 29
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 37,031
> Weather: 59 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 5 m.p.h. out to centre
> Time of Game: 2:10
This game report is brought to you by the Chopin Theatre.
The first movie theatre owned by my grandfather.
https://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=526&type=5
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Skubal's 1st complete game and 5-run 4th inning help Tigers beat Guardians and avoid 4-game sweep
By AP
May 25, 2025, 01:59 pm
DETROIT -- — Tarik Skubal gave up two hits and matched a career high with 13 strikeouts in his first professional complete game, Zach McKinstry had a two-run homer in a five-run fourth inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-0 Sunday to avoid a four-game sweep.
The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner was perfect through five innings and finished with a nearly flawless performance. He had a baserunner for the first time after Will Wilson doubled on the second pitch of the sixth.
Skubal (5-2) gave up only one more hit and hit one batter with a pitch in a masterful, 94-pitch outing that included just 22 balls. It was the eighth complete game in the major leagues this season and fifth individual shutout.
Logan Allen (2-3) allowed a season-high five runs — four earned — five hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings.
Justyn-Henry Malloy hit a leadoff single and scored on McKinstry's third homer. Javier Báez followed with a double and came home on Gleyber Torres' double. Allen's throwing error allowed Detroit to take a 5-0 lead.
Cleveland kept leadoff hitter Steven Kwan out of the lineup for the first time this season. First baseman Carlos Santana was scratched with tightness in his left leg.
Key moment
McKinstry provided a much-needed homer for a team that lost the first three games in the series against the defending AL Central champions who eliminated them in their AL Division Series.
Key stat
Skubal became the first in franchise history to have 10-plus strikeouts in four straight home games.
Up next
Detroit RHP Keider Montero (1-1, 5.28) and San Francisco RHP Hayden Birdsong (2-0, 1.91) are the probable pitchers in their series opener at Comerica Park on Monday afternoon.
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