Game Report - May 2, 2026 - Tigers 5, Rangers 1
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Steve Bielawski
May 4, 2026, 6:44:08 PM (3 days ago) May 4
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> Detroit Tigers 5, Texas Rangers 1 - final
The Tigers scored five runs in the first two innings, then held on to win this game.
In the bottom of the first, Gleyber Torres singled, Colt Keith was safe on a fielder's choice on which no one was out, Riley Greene singled but Mr. Torres was out on the throw to the plate, and Dillon Dingler homered to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. Greene.
In the bottom of the second, Wenceel Perez singled and stole second base, Kevin McGonigle singled to drive in Mr. Perez and stole second base, and Gleyber Torres singled to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Jake Burger homered in the top of the fourth to give the Rangers their only run of the game.
The Tigers won the final game of the series on Sunday evening..
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .310 .404 .476
Singled up the middle in the second
to drive in Mr. Perez;
he stole second base, and scored.
> G. Torres 2B 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .259 .389 .328
Hit an infield single in the first.
Singled to right in the second
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
> H. Lee 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .367
nothing.
> C. Keith 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .326 .360 .400
Was safe on a fielder's choice in the first and scored.
Walked in the fifth and stole second base.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .298 .397 .463
Singled to right in the first and scored.
Singled to right in the fifth.
> D. Dingler C 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 .257 .330 .495
Homered to left in the first
to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. Greene.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> K. Carpenter RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .305 .478
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
In the KIITI club.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .352 .421
nothing.
That five-game homer streak is certainly over.
> W. Perez CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .170 .241 .302
Singled up the middle in the second, stole second base, and scored.
Walked in the fourth.
Hit an infield single in the eighth and stole second base.
> J. Jung DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .500 .250
Singled to right in the fourth.
Walked in the sixth.
> team 34 5 11 5 1 3 7
Enough to win this game.
> HR: Dingler (6, 1st inning off Rocker 2 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Torres (11), Dingler 3 (23), McGonigle (14)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler 3; Torres; McGonigle.
> GIDP: Carpenter
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 5-12 (Torres 1-1, Greene 2-2, Carpenter 0-2,
> Dingler 1-2, Jung 0-1, Lee 0-1, McGonigle 1-3)
> SB: Pérez 2 (3, 2nd base off Collyer/Jansen, 2nd base off Rocker/Jansen);
> Keith (1, 2nd base off Quantrill/Jansen);
> McGonigle (3, 2nd base off Rocker/Jansen)
> DP: 1 (Keith-Lee-Torkelson)
> Texas Rangers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> E. Carter CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .177 .298 .313
Corralled.
> C. Seager SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 .317 .415
> J. Jung 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .327 .385 .545
> J. Pederson DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205 .312 .295
Contained.
> J. Burger 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .223 .255 .400
> A. Osuna LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .429 .313
Cornered.
> E. Duran RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .277 .347 .400
> J. Smith 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .202 .308 .225
> D. Jansen C 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .205 .284 .370
Caught.
Four Rangers wee aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 33 1 7 1 1 2 5
Not many runs.
> 2B: Jung (12, Anderson)
> HR: Burger (6, 4th inning off Montero 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Burger (20)
> 2Out RBI: Burger.
> GIDP: Jansen
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 0-6 (Pederson 0-1, Seager 0-1, Jansen 0-1, Burger 0-1, Carter 0-2)
> DP: 1 (Smith-Seager-Burger)
> E: Jung (2, fielding)
> Assists: Duran, E (Torres at home).
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Texas Rangers (16-17, 9-9 away) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
> Detroit Tigers (17-17, 11-3 home) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 11 0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
A much happier ending for the Tigers.
> Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Montero (W, 2-2) 6.2 5 1 1 2 2 1 85-55 3.48
A quality start and more.
> D. Anderson 2.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 28-20 5.12
He did his job.
> team 9.0 7 1 1 2 5 1 113-75
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Montero 20/26;
> Anderson 6/9
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Montero-14-6-13-22;
> Anderson-5-5-4-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Montero 5-12;
> Anderson 2-2
> Game Scores: K Montero 60
> Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Rocker (L, 1-3) 2.0 6 5 5 0 2 1 43-24 4.71
He didn't last that long.
> C. Quantrill 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 56-30 4.50
He lasted longer than the starter.
> P. Gray 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 35-26 0.00
> G. Collyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16-10 0.00
Did their job, but the damage was done.
> team 8.0 11 5 5 3 7 1 150-90
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Quantrill 5/12; Gray 8/9; Rocker 6/12; Collyer 3/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Quantrill-5-6-11-8; Gray-6-3-11-5;
> Rocker-7-3-4-10; Collyer-3-2-2-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Quantrill 2-4; Gray 1-3; Rocker 1-3; Collyer 0-2
> Game Scores: K Rocker 26
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 33, 373
> Weather: 48 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., out to left.
> Time of Game: 2:31
This game report is brought to you by Arbor Drug Stores.
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Then they sold out to CVS.
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Dillon Dingler's 3-run homer, Keider Montero's efficient start help Tigers beat Rangers 5-1
By AP
Updated: May 2, 2026, 10:19 pm
DETROIT -- — Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Keider Montero pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Saturday night.
Dingler's sixth longball of the season was a 443-foot shot to left in the first inning off Kumar Rocker (1-2). Kevin McGonigle and Gleyber Torres each had RBI singles in the second for the Tigers.
Montero (2-2) worked 6 2/3 innings and needed just 85 pitches in his longest start this season. He allowed Jake Burger's homer in the fourth among five hits, walked two and struck out two.
Drew Anderson got the final seven outs.
Rocker was done after two innings, allowing five runs on six hits and throwing 43 pitches in his shortest outing of 2026.
Wenceel Pérez and McGonigle stole bases against Rocker in the second. Pérez swiped another bag in the eighth as the Tigers stole four bases in a game for the first time since May 28, 2023.
Up next
RHP Jack Leiter (1-2, 5.17 ERA) takes the mound for the Rangers in Sunday night's rubber game. The Tigers had not announced a starter.
The Tigers scored five runs in the first two innings, then held on to win this game.
In the bottom of the first, Gleyber Torres singled, Colt Keith was safe on a fielder's choice on which no one was out, Riley Greene singled but Mr. Torres was out on the throw to the plate, and Dillon Dingler homered to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. Greene.
In the bottom of the second, Wenceel Perez singled and stole second base, Kevin McGonigle singled to drive in Mr. Perez and stole second base, and Gleyber Torres singled to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
Jake Burger homered in the top of the fourth to give the Rangers their only run of the game.
The Tigers won the final game of the series on Sunday evening..
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 .310 .404 .476
Singled up the middle in the second
to drive in Mr. Perez;
he stole second base, and scored.
> G. Torres 2B 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .259 .389 .328
Hit an infield single in the first.
Singled to right in the second
to drive in Mr. McGonigle.
> H. Lee 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .273 .367
nothing.
> C. Keith 3B 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 .326 .360 .400
Was safe on a fielder's choice in the first and scored.
Walked in the fifth and stole second base.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .298 .397 .463
Singled to right in the first and scored.
Singled to right in the fifth.
> D. Dingler C 4 1 2 3 1 0 0 .257 .330 .495
Homered to left in the first
to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. Greene.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> K. Carpenter RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .211 .305 .478
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
In the KIITI club.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .224 .352 .421
nothing.
That five-game homer streak is certainly over.
> W. Perez CF 3 1 2 0 0 1 1 .170 .241 .302
Singled up the middle in the second, stole second base, and scored.
Walked in the fourth.
Hit an infield single in the eighth and stole second base.
> J. Jung DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .250 .500 .250
Singled to right in the fourth.
Walked in the sixth.
> team 34 5 11 5 1 3 7
Enough to win this game.
> HR: Dingler (6, 1st inning off Rocker 2 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Torres (11), Dingler 3 (23), McGonigle (14)
> 2-Out RBI: Dingler 3; Torres; McGonigle.
> GIDP: Carpenter
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 5-12 (Torres 1-1, Greene 2-2, Carpenter 0-2,
> Dingler 1-2, Jung 0-1, Lee 0-1, McGonigle 1-3)
> SB: Pérez 2 (3, 2nd base off Collyer/Jansen, 2nd base off Rocker/Jansen);
> Keith (1, 2nd base off Quantrill/Jansen);
> McGonigle (3, 2nd base off Rocker/Jansen)
> DP: 1 (Keith-Lee-Torkelson)
> Texas Rangers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> E. Carter CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .177 .298 .313
Corralled.
> C. Seager SS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .212 .317 .415
> J. Jung 3B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .327 .385 .545
> J. Pederson DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .205 .312 .295
Contained.
> J. Burger 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .223 .255 .400
> A. Osuna LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .429 .313
Cornered.
> E. Duran RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .277 .347 .400
> J. Smith 2B 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .202 .308 .225
> D. Jansen C 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .205 .284 .370
Caught.
Four Rangers wee aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 33 1 7 1 1 2 5
Not many runs.
> 2B: Jung (12, Anderson)
> HR: Burger (6, 4th inning off Montero 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Burger (20)
> 2Out RBI: Burger.
> GIDP: Jansen
> Team LOB: 7
> Team RISP: 0-6 (Pederson 0-1, Seager 0-1, Jansen 0-1, Burger 0-1, Carter 0-2)
> DP: 1 (Smith-Seager-Burger)
> E: Jung (2, fielding)
> Assists: Duran, E (Torres at home).
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> Texas Rangers (16-17, 9-9 away) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1
> Detroit Tigers (17-17, 11-3 home) 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 5 11 0
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
A much happier ending for the Tigers.
> Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Montero (W, 2-2) 6.2 5 1 1 2 2 1 85-55 3.48
A quality start and more.
> D. Anderson 2.1 2 0 0 0 3 0 28-20 5.12
He did his job.
> team 9.0 7 1 1 2 5 1 113-75
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Montero 20/26;
> Anderson 6/9
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Montero-14-6-13-22;
> Anderson-5-5-4-6
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Montero 5-12;
> Anderson 2-2
> Game Scores: K Montero 60
> Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Rocker (L, 1-3) 2.0 6 5 5 0 2 1 43-24 4.71
He didn't last that long.
> C. Quantrill 3.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 56-30 4.50
He lasted longer than the starter.
> P. Gray 2.0 2 0 0 1 2 0 35-26 0.00
> G. Collyer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 16-10 0.00
Did their job, but the damage was done.
> team 8.0 11 5 5 3 7 1 150-90
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Quantrill 5/12; Gray 8/9; Rocker 6/12; Collyer 3/4
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Quantrill-5-6-11-8; Gray-6-3-11-5;
> Rocker-7-3-4-10; Collyer-3-2-2-3
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Quantrill 2-4; Gray 1-3; Rocker 1-3; Collyer 0-2
> Game Scores: K Rocker 26
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 33, 373
> Weather: 48 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 8 m.p.h., out to left.
> Time of Game: 2:31
This game report is brought to you by Arbor Drug Stores.
They were once all over metro Detroit.
Then they sold out to CVS.
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Dillon Dingler's 3-run homer, Keider Montero's efficient start help Tigers beat Rangers 5-1
By AP
Updated: May 2, 2026, 10:19 pm
DETROIT -- — Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Keider Montero pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Saturday night.
Dingler's sixth longball of the season was a 443-foot shot to left in the first inning off Kumar Rocker (1-2). Kevin McGonigle and Gleyber Torres each had RBI singles in the second for the Tigers.
Montero (2-2) worked 6 2/3 innings and needed just 85 pitches in his longest start this season. He allowed Jake Burger's homer in the fourth among five hits, walked two and struck out two.
Drew Anderson got the final seven outs.
Rocker was done after two innings, allowing five runs on six hits and throwing 43 pitches in his shortest outing of 2026.
Wenceel Pérez and McGonigle stole bases against Rocker in the second. Pérez swiped another bag in the eighth as the Tigers stole four bases in a game for the first time since May 28, 2023.
Up next
RHP Jack Leiter (1-2, 5.17 ERA) takes the mound for the Rangers in Sunday night's rubber game. The Tigers had not announced a starter.
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