Game Report - September 1, 2025 - Mets 10, Tigers 8
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Steve Bielawski
Sep 5, 2025, 1:24:02 PM (3 days ago) Sep 5
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> New York Mets 10, Detroit Tigers 8 - final
The good news is that the Tigers scored eight runs in this game. The bad news is that they gave up ten runs, two more than they scored.
The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the first, when Jahmai Jones led off the inning with a home run.
In the top of the second, Mark Vientos was hit by a pitch, Jeff McNeil singled, the runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and Luis Torrens doubled to drive in Mr. Vientos and Mr. McNeil.
The Tigers
In the bottom of the third, Gleyber Torres walked, and Wenceel Perez homered, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
In the top of the fourth, Jeff McNeil doubled, Cedrick Mullins walked, Luis Torrens singled, and Juan Soto hit a home run to drive in Mr. McNeil, Mr. Mullins, and Mr. Torrens. The Mets had a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth, Dillon Dingler singled, Zach McKinstry tripled to drive in Mr. Dingler, and Jahmai Jones singled to drive in Mr. McKinstry. The Tigers were within one run,, 6-5.
In the bottom of the fifth, Spencer Torkelson singled, went to third on a single by Andy Ibanez, and scored on a wild pitch by Ryne Stanek. The game was tied.
In the top of the sixth, Luis Torrens singled, Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch, Juan Soto triple to drive in Mr. Torrens and Mr. Lindor, and Brandon Nimmo singled to drive in Mr. Soto. The Mets had a 9-6 lead.
In the top of the sventh, Jeff McNeil was safe on a fielding error by Gleyber Torres, then was replaced by pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna. Mr. Acuna stole second base, Cedric Mullins walked, Luis Torrens hit a sacrifice bunt to advance both eunners, and Brett Baty grounded tou as Mr. Acuna scored from third base.
Riley Greene led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, and scored on a two-out single by Zach McKinstry.
Jahmai Jones led off thee bottom of the eighth with a double, went to third on a fly out by Gleyber torres, and scored on a grounder by Wenceel Perez.
The Tigers would lose on Tuesday as well, then win on Wednesday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Jones DH 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 .267 .351 .525
Homered leading off the first.
Singled to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
Bunted for a single in the sixth.
Doubled to left in the eighth and scored.
He had quite a game, even though his team lost.
> G. Torres 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .264 .367 .400
Walked in the third and scored.
Singled to left in the fourth.
> W. Perez RF-CF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 .259 .317 .471
Homered to left in the third
to drive in Mr. Torres.
grounded out to first base in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Jones.
> S. Torkelson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .235 .329 .466
Singled to left in the fifth.
He also struck out twice.
> R. Greene LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .270 .324 .515
Singled up the middle in the second.
Doubled to right in the seventh and scored.
> A. Ibanez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .245 .297 .378
Singled to right in the fifth.
> C. Keith PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .333 .420
nothing.
> D. Dingler C 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .279 .326 .434
Singled up the middle in the second.
Singled to left in the fourth and scored.
> Z. McKinstry SS 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 .264 .343 .446
Tripled to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Dingler;
he would soon score as well.
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> J. Baez CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .288 .404
nothing.
> K. Carpenter PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .296 .504
> J. Malloy PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .336 .278
> team 41 8 14 7 2 2 10
The Tigers' hitters did well, but the pitchers didn't hold the leads.
> 2B: Jones (9, Raley); Greene (29, Helsley)
> 3B: McKinstry (11, Manaea)
> HR: Jones (5, 1st inning off Manaea 0 on, 0 Out);
> Pérez (12, 3rd inning off Manaea 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Jones 2 (17), McKinstry 2 (45), Pérez 3 (35)
> 2-Out RBI: McKinstry; Jones, Jah.
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 2-14 (Báez 0-2, Torres 0-1, Jones 1-1, McKinstry 1-2,
> Pérez 0-3, Carpenter 0-1, Dingler 0-2, Torkelson 0-1, Keith 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Ibáñez-Torkelson)
> E: Torres (5, fielding)
> New York Mets AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> F. Lindor SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .267 .336 .458
Contained to a walk and a run scored.
> J. Soto RF 3 2 2 6 1 2 1 .257 .397 .518
> P. Alonso 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .346 .510
Curtailed.
> B. Nimmo LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .263 .332 .453
> M. Vientos DH 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .241 .294 .432
Collared, though with a run scored.
> J. McNeil 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .259 .350 .454
> L. Acuna PR-2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .293 .281
> C. Mullins CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 .198 .313 .309
Corralled, though with two walks and again with a run scored.
> L. Torrens C 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 .226 .289 .340
> B. Baty 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .249 .312 .427
Cornered, but with a run batted in.
> team 32 10 8 10 1 7 9
Too much for the Tigers to overcome.
> 2B: Torrens (13, Morton); McNeil (18, Morton)
> 3B: J. Soto (1, Sommers)
> HR: J. Soto (36, 4th inning off Morton 3 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Nimmo (78), Torrens 2 (26), J. Soto 6 (90), Baty (42)
> 2Out RBI: Soto, J 4; Nimmo.
> SH: Torrens; Mullins
> GIDP: Alonso
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 5-14 (Lindor 0-3, Nimmo 1-2, Torrens 2-2,
> J. Soto 2-3, Alonso 0-2, Baty 0-2)
> CS: J. Soto (2, 2nd base by Melton/Dingler)
> Picked Off: J. Soto (1st base, Melton)
> SB: Lindor (27, 2nd base off Morton/Dingler); Acuña (13, 2nd base off Melton/Dingler)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> New York Mets (74-64, 29-37 Away) 0 2 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 - 10 8 0
> Detroit Tigers (80-59, 44-26 Home) 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 - 8 14 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a happy ending for the Tigers.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Morton 3.2 5 6 6 4 3 1 86-51 5.51
Too short for a quality start, and too many runs allowed.
This seems to be his worst start in his Tiges career.
> R. Montero 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17-9 4.83
Did his job.
> D. Sommers (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 21-12 18.00
> T. Melton 2.2 1 1 0 2 3 0 46-24 2.25
Not whtat the Tigers were hoping for.
> B. Hanifee 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17-11 3.18
Did his job.
> team 9.0 8 10 9 7 9 1 187-107
> HBP: Lindor (by Sommers); Vientos (by Morton)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Morton 13/20;
> Montero 0/3; Sommers 2/6; Melton 6/11; Hanifee 3/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Morton-15-8-16-12;
> Montero-2-4-2-1; Sommers-4-1-3-4; Melton-5-7-6-6; Hanifee-3-0-6-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Morton 5-2;
> Montero 1-0; Sommers 1-1; Melton 5-0; Hanifee 2-0
> Game Scores: C Morton 26
> New York Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> S. Manaea 3.2 8 5 5 1 6 2 83-55 5.60
Neither starter lasted long, and both gave up several runs.
> G. Soto 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 11-9 3.44
Showing why the Tigers didn't keep him.
> R. Stanek (W, 3-6, B, 6) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14-9 5.24
Lucky that his teammates helped him out.
> T. Rogers (H, 27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15-12 1.90
Did his job.
> R. Helsley 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5-5 4.47
> B. Raley (H, 5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15-11 2.20
Not quite what the Mets wanted,
but each at least limited the damage.
> E. Diaz (S, 25) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11-10 1.87
Did his job, unfortunately.
> team 9.0 14 8 8 2 10 2 154-111
> WP: Stanek
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Raley 4/4; Manaea 13/20; Stanek 2/3;
> Rogers 4/4; Díaz 3/4; G. Soto 4/4; Helsley 5/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Raley-3-2-2-4; Manaea-18-11-13-13; Stanek-0-3-4-2;
> Rogers-3-1-5-3; Díaz-3-2-3-2; G. Soto-3-2-1-3; Helsley-1-0-0-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Raley 1-2; Manaea 3-2; Stanek 0-2;
> Rogers 1-1; Díaz 0-2; G. Soto 0-1; Helsley 1-1
> Game Scores: S Manaea 30
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit Michigan
> Attendance: 38,912
> Weather: 75 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 3 m.p.h., in from left
> Time of Game: 3:07
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The good news is that the Tigers scored eight runs in this game. The bad news is that they gave up ten runs, two more than they scored.
The Tigers took the lead in the bottom of the first, when Jahmai Jones led off the inning with a home run.
In the top of the second, Mark Vientos was hit by a pitch, Jeff McNeil singled, the runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt, and Luis Torrens doubled to drive in Mr. Vientos and Mr. McNeil.
The Tigers
In the bottom of the third, Gleyber Torres walked, and Wenceel Perez homered, giving the Tigers a 3-2 lead.
In the top of the fourth, Jeff McNeil doubled, Cedrick Mullins walked, Luis Torrens singled, and Juan Soto hit a home run to drive in Mr. McNeil, Mr. Mullins, and Mr. Torrens. The Mets had a 6-3 lead.
In the bottom of the fourth, Dillon Dingler singled, Zach McKinstry tripled to drive in Mr. Dingler, and Jahmai Jones singled to drive in Mr. McKinstry. The Tigers were within one run,, 6-5.
In the bottom of the fifth, Spencer Torkelson singled, went to third on a single by Andy Ibanez, and scored on a wild pitch by Ryne Stanek. The game was tied.
In the top of the sixth, Luis Torrens singled, Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch, Juan Soto triple to drive in Mr. Torrens and Mr. Lindor, and Brandon Nimmo singled to drive in Mr. Soto. The Mets had a 9-6 lead.
In the top of the sventh, Jeff McNeil was safe on a fielding error by Gleyber Torres, then was replaced by pinch-runner Luisangel Acuna. Mr. Acuna stole second base, Cedric Mullins walked, Luis Torrens hit a sacrifice bunt to advance both eunners, and Brett Baty grounded tou as Mr. Acuna scored from third base.
Riley Greene led off the bottom of the seventh with a double, and scored on a two-out single by Zach McKinstry.
Jahmai Jones led off thee bottom of the eighth with a double, went to third on a fly out by Gleyber torres, and scored on a grounder by Wenceel Perez.
The Tigers would lose on Tuesday as well, then win on Wednesday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Jones DH 5 2 4 2 1 0 0 .267 .351 .525
Homered leading off the first.
Singled to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. McKinstry.
Bunted for a single in the sixth.
Doubled to left in the eighth and scored.
He had quite a game, even though his team lost.
> G. Torres 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .264 .367 .400
Walked in the third and scored.
Singled to left in the fourth.
> W. Perez RF-CF 5 1 1 3 1 0 1 .259 .317 .471
Homered to left in the third
to drive in Mr. Torres.
grounded out to first base in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Jones.
> S. Torkelson 1B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .235 .329 .466
Singled to left in the fifth.
He also struck out twice.
> R. Greene LF 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 .270 .324 .515
Singled up the middle in the second.
Doubled to right in the seventh and scored.
> A. Ibanez 3B 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .245 .297 .378
Singled to right in the fifth.
> C. Keith PH-3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .333 .420
nothing.
> D. Dingler C 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 .279 .326 .434
Singled up the middle in the second.
Singled to left in the fourth and scored.
> Z. McKinstry SS 3 1 2 2 0 1 0 .264 .343 .446
Tripled to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Dingler;
he would soon score as well.
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> J. Baez CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .288 .404
nothing.
> K. Carpenter PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .257 .296 .504
> J. Malloy PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 .336 .278
> team 41 8 14 7 2 2 10
The Tigers' hitters did well, but the pitchers didn't hold the leads.
> 2B: Jones (9, Raley); Greene (29, Helsley)
> 3B: McKinstry (11, Manaea)
> HR: Jones (5, 1st inning off Manaea 0 on, 0 Out);
> Pérez (12, 3rd inning off Manaea 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Jones 2 (17), McKinstry 2 (45), Pérez 3 (35)
> 2-Out RBI: McKinstry; Jones, Jah.
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 2-14 (Báez 0-2, Torres 0-1, Jones 1-1, McKinstry 1-2,
> Pérez 0-3, Carpenter 0-1, Dingler 0-2, Torkelson 0-1, Keith 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Ibáñez-Torkelson)
> E: Torres (5, fielding)
> New York Mets AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> F. Lindor SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .267 .336 .458
Contained to a walk and a run scored.
> J. Soto RF 3 2 2 6 1 2 1 .257 .397 .518
> P. Alonso 1B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .267 .346 .510
Curtailed.
> B. Nimmo LF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 .263 .332 .453
> M. Vientos DH 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .241 .294 .432
Collared, though with a run scored.
> J. McNeil 2B 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 .259 .350 .454
> L. Acuna PR-2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .238 .293 .281
> C. Mullins CF 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 .198 .313 .309
Corralled, though with two walks and again with a run scored.
> L. Torrens C 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 .226 .289 .340
> B. Baty 3B 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 .249 .312 .427
Cornered, but with a run batted in.
> team 32 10 8 10 1 7 9
Too much for the Tigers to overcome.
> 2B: Torrens (13, Morton); McNeil (18, Morton)
> 3B: J. Soto (1, Sommers)
> HR: J. Soto (36, 4th inning off Morton 3 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Nimmo (78), Torrens 2 (26), J. Soto 6 (90), Baty (42)
> 2Out RBI: Soto, J 4; Nimmo.
> SH: Torrens; Mullins
> GIDP: Alonso
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 5-14 (Lindor 0-3, Nimmo 1-2, Torrens 2-2,
> J. Soto 2-3, Alonso 0-2, Baty 0-2)
> CS: J. Soto (2, 2nd base by Melton/Dingler)
> Picked Off: J. Soto (1st base, Melton)
> SB: Lindor (27, 2nd base off Morton/Dingler); Acuña (13, 2nd base off Melton/Dingler)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> New York Mets (74-64, 29-37 Away) 0 2 0 4 0 3 1 0 0 - 10 8 0
> Detroit Tigers (80-59, 44-26 Home) 1 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 - 8 14 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
Not a happy ending for the Tigers.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Morton 3.2 5 6 6 4 3 1 86-51 5.51
Too short for a quality start, and too many runs allowed.
This seems to be his worst start in his Tiges career.
> R. Montero 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 17-9 4.83
Did his job.
> D. Sommers (L, 0-1) 1.0 2 3 3 0 1 0 21-12 18.00
> T. Melton 2.2 1 1 0 2 3 0 46-24 2.25
Not whtat the Tigers were hoping for.
> B. Hanifee 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17-11 3.18
Did his job.
> team 9.0 8 10 9 7 9 1 187-107
> HBP: Lindor (by Sommers); Vientos (by Morton)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Morton 13/20;
> Montero 0/3; Sommers 2/6; Melton 6/11; Hanifee 3/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Morton-15-8-16-12;
> Montero-2-4-2-1; Sommers-4-1-3-4; Melton-5-7-6-6; Hanifee-3-0-6-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Morton 5-2;
> Montero 1-0; Sommers 1-1; Melton 5-0; Hanifee 2-0
> Game Scores: C Morton 26
> New York Mets IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> S. Manaea 3.2 8 5 5 1 6 2 83-55 5.60
Neither starter lasted long, and both gave up several runs.
> G. Soto 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0 11-9 3.44
Showing why the Tigers didn't keep him.
> R. Stanek (W, 3-6, B, 6) 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 14-9 5.24
Lucky that his teammates helped him out.
> T. Rogers (H, 27) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 15-12 1.90
Did his job.
> R. Helsley 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 5-5 4.47
> B. Raley (H, 5) 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15-11 2.20
Not quite what the Mets wanted,
but each at least limited the damage.
> E. Diaz (S, 25) 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11-10 1.87
Did his job, unfortunately.
> team 9.0 14 8 8 2 10 2 154-111
> WP: Stanek
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Raley 4/4; Manaea 13/20; Stanek 2/3;
> Rogers 4/4; Díaz 3/4; G. Soto 4/4; Helsley 5/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Raley-3-2-2-4; Manaea-18-11-13-13; Stanek-0-3-4-2;
> Rogers-3-1-5-3; Díaz-3-2-3-2; G. Soto-3-2-1-3; Helsley-1-0-0-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Raley 1-2; Manaea 3-2; Stanek 0-2;
> Rogers 1-1; Díaz 0-2; G. Soto 0-1; Helsley 1-1
> Game Scores: S Manaea 30
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit Michigan
> Attendance: 38,912
> Weather: 75 degrees, sunny
> Wind: 3 m.p.h., in from left
> Time of Game: 3:07
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