Game Report - June 5, 2026 - Tigers 7, Mariners 3
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Steve Bielawski
Jun 9, 2026, 12:22:47 PM (3 days ago) Jun 9
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> Detroit Tigers 7, Seattle Mariners 3 - final
The Tigers had a three-run rally in the third inning, but it was a pair of runs in the seventh and another pair in the eighth which gave them the win.
J.P. Crawford led off the top of the first with a single, went to second on a single by Julio Rodriguez, and scored on a two-out single by Rob Refsnyder.
In the bottom of the third, Gleyber Torres singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle as Mr. Torres scored, and Kerry Carpenter homered to drive in Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the seventh, Colt Emerson hit a solo home run.
In the bottom of the seventh, Colt Keith singled, Zach McKinstry singled, Zack Short singled to load the bases, and Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. McKinstry.
Josh Naylor led off the top of the eighth with a ground-rule double, and scored on a single by Mitch Garver.
In the bottom of the eighth, Riley Greene singled, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
After winning on Friday night, the Tigers lost on Saturday, then won again on Sunday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Torres 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .287 .405 .388
Singled to right in the first.
Singled up the middle in the third and scored.
Doubled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. McKinstry.
> K. McGonigle 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 .388 .409
Was safe on a force out of Mr. Torres at second base in the first.
Singled to left in the third.
> D. Dingler C 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242 .322 .502
Was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle in the third,
as Mr. Torres scored;
he would soon score as well.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> K. Carpenter RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 .239 .308 .504
Homered to right in the third
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 .283 .369
> R. Greene LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .315 .404 .461
Singled up the middle in the second.
Grounded into a double play to end the sixth.
Singled to left in the eighth and scored.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .214 .316 .410
Was safe on a force out of Mr. Greene at second base in the second.
Homered to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> C. Keith DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .267 .310 .326
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
He also struck out three times.
> Z. McKinstry CF-RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .161 .246 .212
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
> Z. Short SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 .333 .250
Singled up the middle in the seventh.
> team 35 7 12 7 2 0 10
A good showing from the offense.
> 2B: Torres (4, Bazardo)
> HR: Carpenter (8, 3rd inning off Woo 1 on, 2 Out);
> Torkelson (9, 8th inning off Hoppe 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torres 2 (14), Carpenter 2 (22), Dingler (44), Torkelson 2 (25)
> 2-Out RBI: Carpenter 2.
> GIDP: Greene
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 2-5 (Torres 1-1, Short 1-1, Dingler 0-2, McGonigle 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Short-Torres-Torkelson)
> Seattle Mariners AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J.P. Crawford SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .228 .356 .409
> P. Wisdom 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .182 .333]
Cornered.
> J. Rodriguez CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .260 .317 .465
> R. Arozarena LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .280 .366 .436
> J. Naylor 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .254 .318 .358
> R. Refsnyder DH 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .136 .207 .247
> D. Canzone PH-DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .331 .493
Curtailed.
> M. Garver C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .190 .326 .291
> C. Young 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .321 .357
> V. Robles RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .276 .345
Capsized.
Three Mariners were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> L. Raley PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .322 .543
> C. Emerson 3B-SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .255 .328 .582
> team 37 3 11 3 1 3 9
Not enough runs to win this game.
> 2B: Naylor (6, Holton); Arozarena (17, Vest); Rodríguez (14, Anderson)
> HR: Emerson (4, 7th inning off Anderson 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Refsnyder (9), Garver (7), Emerson (9)
> 2Out RBI: Refsnyder.
> GIDP: Rodríguez
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 2-14 (Refsnyder 1-1, Garver 1-3, Robles 0-1, Naylor 0-2,
> Arozarena 0-2, Raley 0-1, Canzone 0-2, Young 0-1, Emerson 0-1)
> SB: Arozarena (18, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler);
> Rodríguez 2 (7, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler, 3rd base off Valdez/Dingler)
> DP: 1 (Young-Emerson-Naylor)
> Assists: Rodríguez, J (McGonigle at 2nd base).
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Seattle Mariners (33-31, 14-15 away) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 11 0
> Detroit Tigers (26-38, 15-14 home) 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 x - 7 12 0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A happy ending for the Tigers and their fans.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (W, 3-4) 5.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 102-61 4.21
His pitch count rose too quickly to get a quality start,
but he got the win.
> D. Anderson (H, 3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 24-17 3.95
> T. Holton (H, 5) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 15-10 4.50
A bit of trouble, but not too much.
> K. Finnegan (H, 8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 1.88
> W. Vest 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 18-11 6.86
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 11 3 3 3 9 1 165-104
> HBP: Crawford (by Valdez)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 10/22;
> Anderson 6/8; Holton 3/4; Finnegan 2/2; Vest 3/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-19-9-19-14;
> Anderson-3-2-5-7; Holton-5-0-1-4;
> Finnegan-0-4-0-1; Vest-2-3-4-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 6-3;
> Anderson 1-4; Holton 1-0; Finnegan 1-0; Vest 1-0
> Game Scores: F Valdez 56
> Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Woo (L, 5-4) 6.1 9 5 5 0 7 1 90-61 3.74
He didn't get a quality start; he gave up too many runs.
> E. Bazardo 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-6 2.20
Did his job.
> A. Hoppe 1.0 2 2 2 0 3 1 22-15 6.46
Not that the Mariners were hoping for.
> team 8.0 12 7 7 0 10 2 122-82
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Bazardo 2/3; Hoppe 4/5; Woo 20/27
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Bazardo-3-0-0-1; Hoppe-5-5-3-2; Woo-14-12-15-18
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Bazardo 0-2; Woo 5-6
> Game Scores: B Woo 42
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 32,591
> Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 6 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:45
This game report is brought to you by the Congress Theatre.
A neighbourhood theatre, it closed about the time that talkies came out.
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Detroit beats Seattle in 1st meeting since Mariners eliminated Tigers in ALDS
ByAP
Jun 5, 2026, 09:40 pm
DETROIT -- — Gleyber Torres had three hits and Detroit beat Seattle 7-3 on Friday night in their first meeting since the Mariners eliminated the Tigers in the AL Division Series.
Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Torkelson homered for Detroit, which is 4-0 in June after going 9-22 in May. The Tigers are averaging eight runs during the winning streak.
The Mariners have lost two in a row after an eight-game winning streak.
Framber Valdez (3-4) got the win, allowing one run on five hits and two walks in five innings. Bryan Woo (5-4) took the loss, giving up five runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Seattle took a 1-0 in the first on three singles, but Detroit came back with three runs in the third.
With one out, Torres singled and took third on Kevin McGonigle's base hit. Dillon Dingler lifted a ball to shallow center, forcing Julio Rodriguez to play it on a hop. Torres scored, but Rodriguez threw to J.P. Crawford in time to force McGonigle at second.
That cost the Tigers a run, as Kerry Carpenter followed with a two-run homer to right.
Colt Emerson made it 3-2 with a seventh-inning homer off Drew Anderson, but a two-run double by Torres in the bottom of the inning expanded the margin to three runs.
Mitch Garver's bloop single pulled Seattle to 5-3 in the eighth, but Torkelson hit a two-run homer in the bottom half.
Crawford left the game after being hit in the hand by a third-inning pitch by Valdez.
Up next
The teams continue their three-game series Saturday. Detroit RHP Keider Montero (2-3, 3.69 ERA) was set to face RHP Bryce Miller (1-0, 1.71).
The Tigers had a three-run rally in the third inning, but it was a pair of runs in the seventh and another pair in the eighth which gave them the win.
J.P. Crawford led off the top of the first with a single, went to second on a single by Julio Rodriguez, and scored on a two-out single by Rob Refsnyder.
In the bottom of the third, Gleyber Torres singled, Kevin McGonigle singled, Dillon Dingler was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle as Mr. Torres scored, and Kerry Carpenter homered to drive in Mr. Dingler.
In the top of the seventh, Colt Emerson hit a solo home run.
In the bottom of the seventh, Colt Keith singled, Zach McKinstry singled, Zack Short singled to load the bases, and Gleyber Torres doubled to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. McKinstry.
Josh Naylor led off the top of the eighth with a ground-rule double, and scored on a single by Mitch Garver.
In the bottom of the eighth, Riley Greene singled, and Spencer Torkelson homered.
After winning on Friday night, the Tigers lost on Saturday, then won again on Sunday.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Torres 2B 4 1 3 2 0 0 0 .287 .405 .388
Singled to right in the first.
Singled up the middle in the third and scored.
Doubled to right in the seventh
to drive in Mr. Keith and Mr. McKinstry.
> K. McGonigle 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .287 .388 .409
Was safe on a force out of Mr. Torres at second base in the first.
Singled to left in the third.
> D. Dingler C 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 .242 .322 .502
Was safe on a force out of Mr. McGonigle in the third,
as Mr. Torres scored;
he would soon score as well.
Singled to left in the sixth.
> K. Carpenter RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 .239 .308 .504
Homered to right in the third
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 .283 .369
> R. Greene LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .315 .404 .461
Singled up the middle in the second.
Grounded into a double play to end the sixth.
Singled to left in the eighth and scored.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .214 .316 .410
Was safe on a force out of Mr. Greene at second base in the second.
Homered to left in the eighth
to drive in Mr. Greene.
> C. Keith DH 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 .267 .310 .326
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
He also struck out three times.
> Z. McKinstry CF-RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .161 .246 .212
Singled to left in the seventh and scored.
> Z. Short SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 .188 .333 .250
Singled up the middle in the seventh.
> team 35 7 12 7 2 0 10
A good showing from the offense.
> 2B: Torres (4, Bazardo)
> HR: Carpenter (8, 3rd inning off Woo 1 on, 2 Out);
> Torkelson (9, 8th inning off Hoppe 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Torres 2 (14), Carpenter 2 (22), Dingler (44), Torkelson 2 (25)
> 2-Out RBI: Carpenter 2.
> GIDP: Greene
> Team LOB: 4
> Team RISP: 2-5 (Torres 1-1, Short 1-1, Dingler 0-2, McGonigle 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Short-Torres-Torkelson)
> Seattle Mariners AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J.P. Crawford SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .228 .356 .409
> P. Wisdom 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .182 .333]
Cornered.
> J. Rodriguez CF 4 0 2 0 0 1 1 .260 .317 .465
> R. Arozarena LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 .280 .366 .436
> J. Naylor 1B 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 .254 .318 .358
> R. Refsnyder DH 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 .136 .207 .247
> D. Canzone PH-DH 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261 .331 .493
Curtailed.
> M. Garver C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .190 .326 .291
> C. Young 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .321 .357
> V. Robles RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 .276 .345
Capsized.
Three Mariners were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> L. Raley PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259 .322 .543
> C. Emerson 3B-SS 4 1 1 1 1 0 2 .255 .328 .582
> team 37 3 11 3 1 3 9
Not enough runs to win this game.
> 2B: Naylor (6, Holton); Arozarena (17, Vest); Rodríguez (14, Anderson)
> HR: Emerson (4, 7th inning off Anderson 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Refsnyder (9), Garver (7), Emerson (9)
> 2Out RBI: Refsnyder.
> GIDP: Rodríguez
> Team LOB: 11
> Team RISP: 2-14 (Refsnyder 1-1, Garver 1-3, Robles 0-1, Naylor 0-2,
> Arozarena 0-2, Raley 0-1, Canzone 0-2, Young 0-1, Emerson 0-1)
> SB: Arozarena (18, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler);
> Rodríguez 2 (7, 2nd base off Valdez/Dingler, 3rd base off Valdez/Dingler)
> DP: 1 (Young-Emerson-Naylor)
> Assists: Rodríguez, J (McGonigle at 2nd base).
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Seattle Mariners (33-31, 14-15 away) 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 11 0
> Detroit Tigers (26-38, 15-14 home) 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 x - 7 12 0
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A happy ending for the Tigers and their fans.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> F. Valdez (W, 3-4) 5.0 5 1 1 2 5 0 102-61 4.21
His pitch count rose too quickly to get a quality start,
but he got the win.
> D. Anderson (H, 3) 2.0 2 1 1 0 1 1 24-17 3.95
> T. Holton (H, 5) 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 15-10 4.50
A bit of trouble, but not too much.
> K. Finnegan (H, 8) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6-5 1.88
> W. Vest 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 18-11 6.86
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 11 3 3 3 9 1 165-104
> HBP: Crawford (by Valdez)
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Valdez 10/22;
> Anderson 6/8; Holton 3/4; Finnegan 2/2; Vest 3/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Valdez-19-9-19-14;
> Anderson-3-2-5-7; Holton-5-0-1-4;
> Finnegan-0-4-0-1; Vest-2-3-4-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Valdez 6-3;
> Anderson 1-4; Holton 1-0; Finnegan 1-0; Vest 1-0
> Game Scores: F Valdez 56
> Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Woo (L, 5-4) 6.1 9 5 5 0 7 1 90-61 3.74
He didn't get a quality start; he gave up too many runs.
> E. Bazardo 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10-6 2.20
Did his job.
> A. Hoppe 1.0 2 2 2 0 3 1 22-15 6.46
Not that the Mariners were hoping for.
> team 8.0 12 7 7 0 10 2 122-82
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Bazardo 2/3; Hoppe 4/5; Woo 20/27
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Bazardo-3-0-0-1; Hoppe-5-5-3-2; Woo-14-12-15-18
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Bazardo 0-2; Woo 5-6
> Game Scores: B Woo 42
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 32,591
> Weather: 79 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wind: 6 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:45
This game report is brought to you by the Congress Theatre.
A neighbourhood theatre, it closed about the time that talkies came out.
https://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=539&type=5
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Detroit beats Seattle in 1st meeting since Mariners eliminated Tigers in ALDS
ByAP
Jun 5, 2026, 09:40 pm
DETROIT -- — Gleyber Torres had three hits and Detroit beat Seattle 7-3 on Friday night in their first meeting since the Mariners eliminated the Tigers in the AL Division Series.
Kerry Carpenter and Spencer Torkelson homered for Detroit, which is 4-0 in June after going 9-22 in May. The Tigers are averaging eight runs during the winning streak.
The Mariners have lost two in a row after an eight-game winning streak.
Framber Valdez (3-4) got the win, allowing one run on five hits and two walks in five innings. Bryan Woo (5-4) took the loss, giving up five runs in 6 1/3 innings.
Seattle took a 1-0 in the first on three singles, but Detroit came back with three runs in the third.
With one out, Torres singled and took third on Kevin McGonigle's base hit. Dillon Dingler lifted a ball to shallow center, forcing Julio Rodriguez to play it on a hop. Torres scored, but Rodriguez threw to J.P. Crawford in time to force McGonigle at second.
That cost the Tigers a run, as Kerry Carpenter followed with a two-run homer to right.
Colt Emerson made it 3-2 with a seventh-inning homer off Drew Anderson, but a two-run double by Torres in the bottom of the inning expanded the margin to three runs.
Mitch Garver's bloop single pulled Seattle to 5-3 in the eighth, but Torkelson hit a two-run homer in the bottom half.
Crawford left the game after being hit in the hand by a third-inning pitch by Valdez.
Up next
The teams continue their three-game series Saturday. Detroit RHP Keider Montero (2-3, 3.69 ERA) was set to face RHP Bryce Miller (1-0, 1.71).
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