Game Report - May 16, 2026 - Blue Jays 2, Tigers 1 - final in 10 innings
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Steve Bielawski
May 20, 2026, 6:07:20 PM (21 hours ago) May 20
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> Toronto Blue Jays 2, Detroit Tigers 1 - final in 10 innings
This game was a pitcher's duel through the first nine innings. The Blue Jays won it in the tenth.
The Tigers scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, when Matt Vierling hit a solo homer with two outs.
Yohendrick Pinago hit a home run leading off the top of the seventh.
In the top of the tenth, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was placed on second base, and scored on a single by Daulton Varsho.
In the bottom of the tenth, Zack Short was placed on second base, but did not score.
The Tigers lost again on Sunday and on Monday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .291 .397 .424
Singled to right in the third.
Singled to left in the ninth.
> D. Dingler DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243 .314 .472
Walked to load the bases in the third.
> H. Lee 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .196 .255 .333
Struck out in his only time at bat.
> G. Workman PH-3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .667
Struck out twice.
> M. Vierling CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .213 .281 .380
Singled up the middle in the second, but was caught stealing.
Homered to left in the sixth.
> R. Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .327 .419 .485
Singled to left in the ninth.
He also stuck out twice.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .201 .322 .383
Singled up the middle in the ninth.
He also struck out three times.
> Z. McKinstry 2B-RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .178 .250 .260
Singled to right in the third.
Was safe on a fielding error by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the seventh, but was caught stealing.
> W. Perez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 .214 .250
nothing.
> C. Keith PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .302 .343 .365
> Z. Short 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .308 .000
> J. Rogers C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .146 .213 .244
Walked in the fifth.
He also struck out twice.
> team 36 1 7 1 1 2 14
One run is raely enough to win.
> HR: Vierling (3, 6th inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Vierling (18)
> 2-Out RBI: Vierling.
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 0-7 (McKinstry 0-1, Rogers 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Workman 0-1, Keith 0-1, McGonigle 0-2)
> CS: McKinstry (2, 2nd base by Nance/Heineman); Vierling (1, 2nd base by Miles/Heineman)
> DP: 1 (Lee-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Springer DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .272 .294
Clobbered.
> Y. Pinango LF-RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .364 .404 .477
> V. Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .370 .360
Contained.
> K. Okamoto 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .319 .448
Curtailed.
> D. Varsho CF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .253 .325 .407
> J. Sanchez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .256 .297 .406
Cornered.
> M. Straw PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .363 .414
> L. Sosa 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .213 .333
> A. Gimenez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .271 .408
Corralled.
> E. Clement PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .311 .399
> T. Heineman C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150
Caught.
> D. Schneider PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .138 .324 .241
> B. Valenzuela C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .315 .431
> team 34 2 5 2 1 1 6
Not much, but just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Varsho (8, Mize); Sosa (7, Holton)
> HR: Pinango (1, 7th inning off Finnegan 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Varsho (14), Pinango (7)
> GIDP: Guerrero Jr.
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 1-5 (Sánchez 0-1, Varsho 1-1, Clement 0-1, Sosa 0-1, Okamoto 0-1)
> E: Guerrero Jr. (4, throw)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yoronto Blue Jays (20-25, 7-14 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 5 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-26, 13-7 home) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a happy ending.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Mize 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 71-51 2.43
A quality start, but a no-decision.
> K. Finnegan (B, 3) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 13-9 1.66
Not what the Tigers hoped for,
but it would help if the hitters had given better run support.
> C. Seabold 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 3.75
> K. Jansen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-7 3.65
Did their jobs.
> T. Holton (L, 0-2) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11-7 4.50
A victim of the pandemic rule that wasn't revoked.
> team 10.0 5 2 1 1 6 1 115-80
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mize 14/19;
> Finnegan 6/5; Seabold 1/3; Jansen 2/3; Holton 2/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mize-8-10-18-13;
> Finnegan-1-0-4-4; Seabold-2-2-0-2;
> Jansen-3-2-0-1; Holton-1-0-1-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mize 4-9;
> Finnegan 2-1; Seabold 2-0; Jansen 1-1; Holton 1-2
> Game Scores: C Mize 72
> Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> M. Fluharty 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 18-13 4.96
> S. Miles 3.2 2 0 0 2 5 0 56-36 2.55
Did their job.
> B. Fisher 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20-13 3.28
His teammates helped him out.
> T. Nance 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20-14 3.86
> T. Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11-8 1.77
> L. Varland (W, 2-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 26-19 0.38
Did their jobs.
> team 10.0 7 1 1 2 14 1 151-103
> WP: Miles
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Face:
> dRogers 2/4; Nance 2/3; Fisher 2/4;
> Fluharty 3/5; Miles 12/14; Varland 5/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Rogers-1-2-2-2; Nance-4-4-4-1; Fisher-3-3-5-2;
> Fluharty-4-4-3-2; Miles-8-11-10-6; Varland-5-3-5-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Rogers 1-1; Nance 1-1; Fisher 1-0;
> Fluharty 0-1; Miles 3-2; Varland 4-0
> Game Scores: M Fluharty 55
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 38,295
> Weather: 63 degrees, cloudy
> Wind: 10 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:32
This game report is brought to you by Brown's Fish And Chips.
A long-standing restaurant in Dearborn.
This game was a pitcher's duel through the first nine innings. The Blue Jays won it in the tenth.
The Tigers scored their only run of the game in the bottom of the sixth, when Matt Vierling hit a solo homer with two outs.
Yohendrick Pinago hit a home run leading off the top of the seventh.
In the top of the tenth, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was placed on second base, and scored on a single by Daulton Varsho.
In the bottom of the tenth, Zack Short was placed on second base, but did not score.
The Tigers lost again on Sunday and on Monday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 .291 .397 .424
Singled to right in the third.
Singled to left in the ninth.
> D. Dingler DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .243 .314 .472
Walked to load the bases in the third.
> H. Lee 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .196 .255 .333
Struck out in his only time at bat.
> G. Workman PH-3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .667
Struck out twice.
> M. Vierling CF 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 .213 .281 .380
Singled up the middle in the second, but was caught stealing.
Homered to left in the sixth.
> R. Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .327 .419 .485
Singled to left in the ninth.
He also stuck out twice.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 .201 .322 .383
Singled up the middle in the ninth.
He also struck out three times.
> Z. McKinstry 2B-RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .178 .250 .260
Singled to right in the third.
Was safe on a fielding error by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the seventh, but was caught stealing.
> W. Perez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .163 .214 .250
nothing.
> C. Keith PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .302 .343 .365
> Z. Short 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .308 .000
> J. Rogers C 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 .146 .213 .244
Walked in the fifth.
He also struck out twice.
> team 36 1 7 1 1 2 14
One run is raely enough to win.
> HR: Vierling (3, 6th inning off Fisher 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Vierling (18)
> 2-Out RBI: Vierling.
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 0-7 (McKinstry 0-1, Rogers 0-1, Dingler 0-1, Workman 0-1, Keith 0-1, McGonigle 0-2)
> CS: McKinstry (2, 2nd base by Nance/Heineman); Vierling (1, 2nd base by Miles/Heineman)
> DP: 1 (Lee-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Springer DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .272 .294
Clobbered.
> Y. Pinango LF-RF 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 .364 .404 .477
> V. Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 .280 .370 .360
Contained.
> K. Okamoto 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .233 .319 .448
Curtailed.
> D. Varsho CF 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 .253 .325 .407
> J. Sanchez RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .256 .297 .406
Cornered.
> M. Straw PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .363 .414
> L. Sosa 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .217 .213 .333
> A. Gimenez SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245 .271 .408
Corralled.
> E. Clement PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 .311 .399
> T. Heineman C 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .190 .150
Caught.
> D. Schneider PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .138 .324 .241
> B. Valenzuela C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 .315 .431
> team 34 2 5 2 1 1 6
Not much, but just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Varsho (8, Mize); Sosa (7, Holton)
> HR: Pinango (1, 7th inning off Finnegan 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Varsho (14), Pinango (7)
> GIDP: Guerrero Jr.
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 1-5 (Sánchez 0-1, Varsho 1-1, Clement 0-1, Sosa 0-1, Okamoto 0-1)
> E: Guerrero Jr. (4, throw)
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yoronto Blue Jays (20-25, 7-14 away) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 2 5 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-26, 13-7 home) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a happy ending.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Mize 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 71-51 2.43
A quality start, but a no-decision.
> K. Finnegan (B, 3) 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 1 13-9 1.66
Not what the Tigers hoped for,
but it would help if the hitters had given better run support.
> C. Seabold 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 3.75
> K. Jansen 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12-7 3.65
Did their jobs.
> T. Holton (L, 0-2) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11-7 4.50
A victim of the pandemic rule that wasn't revoked.
> team 10.0 5 2 1 1 6 1 115-80
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mize 14/19;
> Finnegan 6/5; Seabold 1/3; Jansen 2/3; Holton 2/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mize-8-10-18-13;
> Finnegan-1-0-4-4; Seabold-2-2-0-2;
> Jansen-3-2-0-1; Holton-1-0-1-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mize 4-9;
> Finnegan 2-1; Seabold 2-0; Jansen 1-1; Holton 1-2
> Game Scores: C Mize 72
> Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> M. Fluharty 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 18-13 4.96
> S. Miles 3.2 2 0 0 2 5 0 56-36 2.55
Did their job.
> B. Fisher 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20-13 3.28
His teammates helped him out.
> T. Nance 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20-14 3.86
> T. Rogers 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 11-8 1.77
> L. Varland (W, 2-1) 2.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 26-19 0.38
Did their jobs.
> team 10.0 7 1 1 2 14 1 151-103
> WP: Miles
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Face:
> dRogers 2/4; Nance 2/3; Fisher 2/4;
> Fluharty 3/5; Miles 12/14; Varland 5/8
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Rogers-1-2-2-2; Nance-4-4-4-1; Fisher-3-3-5-2;
> Fluharty-4-4-3-2; Miles-8-11-10-6; Varland-5-3-5-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Rogers 1-1; Nance 1-1; Fisher 1-0;
> Fluharty 0-1; Miles 3-2; Varland 4-0
> Game Scores: M Fluharty 55
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 38,295
> Weather: 63 degrees, cloudy
> Wind: 10 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:32
This game report is brought to you by Brown's Fish And Chips.
A long-standing restaurant in Dearborn.
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