Game Report - May 15, 2026 - Tigers 3, Blue Jays 2
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Steve Bielawski
May 20, 2026, 6:04:16 PM (21 hours ago) May 20
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> Detroit Tigers 3, Toronto Blue Jays 2 - final
It seems like the Tigers have had trouble holding on to win ballgames this season. In this game. the Tigers emerged victorious at the last moment before extra innings would have started.
The Blue Jays did their scoring early in this game. In the top of the second inning, Kazuma Okamoto doubled, Ernie Clement walked two outs later, and Andres Gimenez doubled to drive in Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Clement.
In the bottom of the third, Kevin McGonigle walked, went to second base on a single by Dillon Dingler, went to third base on a wild pitch, and scored on another wild pitch.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dillon Dingler singled, went to second on a throwing error by Ernie Clement, went to third base on a ground out by Colt Keith, and scored on a double by Riley Greene.
In the bottom of the ninth, Matt Vierling singled and stole second base, Zach McKinsstry received an intentional walk, and Spencer Torkelson doubled to drive in Mr. Vierling.
The Tigers lost close games on Saturday (2-1) and Sunday (4-1), then got clobbered by the Guardians on Monday..
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .288 .397 .425
Walked in the third and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
> D. Dingler C 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .318 .486
Walked in the first.
Singled to right in the third.
Hit an infield single in the sixth and scored.
> C. Keith DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .304 .346 .368
Singled to right in the first.
> J. Jones PH-DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .196 .241 .353
Singled to left in the eighth, but was caught stealing.
> R. Greene LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .329 .422 .491
Doubled to right in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .202 .274 .346
Singled up the middle in the ninth, stole second base, and scored.
> G. Workman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .800
nothing, with three strikeougs.
> Z. McKinstry RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .174 .250 .261
Received an intentional walk in the ninth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .200 .324 .386
Walked in the seventh.
Doubled to right in the ninth
to drive in Mr. Vierling.
> H. Lee 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .259 .340
Walked in the fifth.
Grounded into a double play to end the seventh.
> team 30 3 7 2 0 5 9
Just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Greene (14, Yesavage); Torkelson (9, Hoffman)
> RBI: Greene (23), Torkelson (17)
> 2-Out RBI: Torkelson.
> GIDP: Lee
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 2-10 (Vierling 0-2, Greene 1-3, Torkelson 1-1,
> Workman 0-1, Keith 0-2, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: Jones (2, 2nd base by Mantiply/Valenzuela)
> SB: Vierling (2, 2nd base off Hoffman/Valenzuela)
> DP: 2 (McGonigle-Lee-Torkelson , Workman-Lee-Torkelson)
> Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Springer DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .282 .306
Contained, which seems to be happening a lot this year.
> Y. Pinango LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .350 .395 .400
> V. Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288 .378 .369
Curtailed. He's not doing badly this year, but not up to his usual standard.
> K. Okamoto 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .239 .326 .459
> D. Varsho CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245 .315 .395
Corralled.
> J. Sanchez RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 .303 .415
> E. Clement 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .291 .313 .401
Clocked.
Four Blue Jays were aboard the 0-fer Express in this game.
> A. Gimenez SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 .250 .276 .417
> B. Valenzuela C 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .231 .315 .431
> team 29 2 5 2 0 2 6
Not enough to win this game, although two runs were enough to win the next game.
> 2B: Giménez (7, Hurter); Okamoto (5, Hanifee)
> RBI: Giménez 2 (25)
> 2Out RBI: Giménez 2.
> GIDP: Springer; Clement
> Team LOB: 2
> Team RISP: 1-4 (Springer 0-1, Giménez 1-1, Sánchez 0-1, Varsho 0-1)
> Picked Off: Pinango (1st base, Smith)
> DP: 2 (Varsho-Clement-Giménez , Giménez-Clement-Guerrero Jr.)
> E: Clement (4, throw)
> Assists: Varsho (Lee, H at 2nd base).
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Toronto Blue Jays (19-25, 6-14 away) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-25, 13-6 home) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
The happiest ending since _L'Elisir d'Amore_.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-11 1.93
> B. Hurter 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 23-11 2.01
An imperfect opening, but not too bad.
> T. Madden 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 2.38
> B. Smith 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26-15 3.21
> D. Anderson 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 46-35 4.67
> K. Jansen (W, 1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16-11 3.97
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 132-88
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Hanifee 4/4; Hurter 1/5;
> Madden 2/2; Smith 1/5; Anderson 10/12; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Hanifee-1-1-6-3; Hurter-4-2-3-2;
> Madden-1-0-2-2; Smith-3-3-5-4; Anderson-5-4-15-11; Jansen-1-5-4-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Hanifee 1-1; Hurter 1-0;
> Madden 0-1; Smith 2-1; Anderson 8-2; Jansen 0-1
> Game Scores: B Hanifee 48
> Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Yesavage 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 0 88-54 1.40
A quality start, but no decision.
> B. Fisher 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10-6 3.04
> J. Mantiply 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14-8 2.12
Did their job.
> J. Hoffman (L, 2-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 23-15 6.05
Not what the Blue Jays wanted from him.
> team 8.2 7 3 3 5 9 0 135-83
> WP: Yesavage ( 3)
> IBB: McKinstry (by Hoffman).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mantiply 2/3; Hoffman 2/5; Fisher 2/3; Yesavage 13/24
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mantiply-2-2-1-3; Hoffman-1-5-7-2; Fisher-4-1-0-1; Yesavage-10-19-10-14
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mantiply 0-2; Fisher 1-0; Yesavage 3-8
> Game Scores: T Yesavage 59
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendaance: 31,038
> Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wine: 9 m.p.h., in from right
> Time of Game: 2:42
This game report is brought to you by the Sign of the Beefcarver.
Once plentiful, there is still one restaurant left.
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Torkelson's 2-out single in ninth lifts Tigers to 3-2 victory over Blue Jays
By AP
Updated: May 15, 2026, 10:20 pm
DETROIT -- — Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night.
Matt Vierling reached on a bloop single with one out and stole second after Gage Workman struck out. Jeff Hoffman (2-3) intentionally walked left-handed hitting Zach McKinstry to face the righty Torkelson, who spoiled that strategy with his opposite-field hit.
Riley Greene had an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, the longest active run in the majors. He has also reached base safely in a career-high 25 consecutive games.
Dillon Dingler reached base three times and scored a run. Drew Anderson allowed only one hit in four innings of scoreless relief and Kenley Jansen (1-2) pitched the ninth for the victory.
Starter Trey Yesavage allowed two runs and struck out six in six innings, but had three wild pitches for the defending AL champion Blue Jays, who have lost eight of 11 and are 19-25 this season. Andres Gimenez knocked in both of Toronto's runs with a double.
Detroit right-handed reliever Ty Madden left in the third after being struck on his pitching arm by Yohendrick Pinango’s line drive.
The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the second on Gimenez's two-out, two-run double off Brant Hurter.
Kevin McGonigle scored in the third on one of Yesavage's wild pitches. Greene tied it in the sixth on his double.
Up next
Detroit RHP Casey Mize (2-2, 2.90 ERA) will be activated from the 15-day injured list and start the middle game of the three-game series Saturday. The Blue Jays hadn't announced a starter, but RHP Spencer Miles (1-0, 3.00) is expected to pitch multiple innings.
It seems like the Tigers have had trouble holding on to win ballgames this season. In this game. the Tigers emerged victorious at the last moment before extra innings would have started.
The Blue Jays did their scoring early in this game. In the top of the second inning, Kazuma Okamoto doubled, Ernie Clement walked two outs later, and Andres Gimenez doubled to drive in Mr. Okamoto and Mr. Clement.
In the bottom of the third, Kevin McGonigle walked, went to second base on a single by Dillon Dingler, went to third base on a wild pitch, and scored on another wild pitch.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dillon Dingler singled, went to second on a throwing error by Ernie Clement, went to third base on a ground out by Colt Keith, and scored on a double by Riley Greene.
In the bottom of the ninth, Matt Vierling singled and stole second base, Zach McKinsstry received an intentional walk, and Spencer Torkelson doubled to drive in Mr. Vierling.
The Tigers lost close games on Saturday (2-1) and Sunday (4-1), then got clobbered by the Guardians on Monday..
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 .288 .397 .425
Walked in the third and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the fifth.
> D. Dingler C 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 .250 .318 .486
Walked in the first.
Singled to right in the third.
Hit an infield single in the sixth and scored.
> C. Keith DH 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .304 .346 .368
Singled to right in the first.
> J. Jones PH-DH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .196 .241 .353
Singled to left in the eighth, but was caught stealing.
> R. Greene LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 .329 .422 .491
Doubled to right in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> M. Vierling CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .202 .274 .346
Singled up the middle in the ninth, stole second base, and scored.
> G. Workman 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .267 .267 .800
nothing, with three strikeougs.
> Z. McKinstry RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .174 .250 .261
Received an intentional walk in the ninth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .200 .324 .386
Walked in the seventh.
Doubled to right in the ninth
to drive in Mr. Vierling.
> H. Lee 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200 .259 .340
Walked in the fifth.
Grounded into a double play to end the seventh.
> team 30 3 7 2 0 5 9
Just enough to win this game.
> 2B: Greene (14, Yesavage); Torkelson (9, Hoffman)
> RBI: Greene (23), Torkelson (17)
> 2-Out RBI: Torkelson.
> GIDP: Lee
> Team LOB: 6
> Team RISP: 2-10 (Vierling 0-2, Greene 1-3, Torkelson 1-1,
> Workman 0-1, Keith 0-2, McGonigle 0-1)
> CS: Jones (2, 2nd base by Mantiply/Valenzuela)
> SB: Vierling (2, 2nd base off Hoffman/Valenzuela)
> DP: 2 (McGonigle-Lee-Torkelson , Workman-Lee-Torkelson)
> Toronto Blue Jays AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> G. Springer DH 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 .282 .306
Contained, which seems to be happening a lot this year.
> Y. Pinango LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .350 .395 .400
> V. Guerrero Jr. 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .288 .378 .369
Curtailed. He's not doing badly this year, but not up to his usual standard.
> K. Okamoto 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .239 .326 .459
> D. Varsho CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .245 .315 .395
Corralled.
> J. Sanchez RF 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .262 .303 .415
> E. Clement 2B 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 .291 .313 .401
Clocked.
Four Blue Jays were aboard the 0-fer Express in this game.
> A. Gimenez SS 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 .250 .276 .417
> B. Valenzuela C 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .231 .315 .431
> team 29 2 5 2 0 2 6
Not enough to win this game, although two runs were enough to win the next game.
> 2B: Giménez (7, Hurter); Okamoto (5, Hanifee)
> RBI: Giménez 2 (25)
> 2Out RBI: Giménez 2.
> GIDP: Springer; Clement
> Team LOB: 2
> Team RISP: 1-4 (Springer 0-1, Giménez 1-1, Sánchez 0-1, Varsho 0-1)
> Picked Off: Pinango (1st base, Smith)
> DP: 2 (Varsho-Clement-Giménez , Giménez-Clement-Guerrero Jr.)
> E: Clement (4, throw)
> Assists: Varsho (Lee, H at 2nd base).
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> Toronto Blue Jays (19-25, 6-14 away) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1
> Detroit Tigers (20-25, 13-6 home) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 3 7 0
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
The happiest ending since _L'Elisir d'Amore_.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Hanifee 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 14-11 1.93
> B. Hurter 0.2 1 1 1 2 1 0 23-11 2.01
An imperfect opening, but not too bad.
> T. Madden 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7-5 2.38
> B. Smith 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 26-15 3.21
> D. Anderson 4.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 46-35 4.67
> K. Jansen (W, 1-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16-11 3.97
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 5 2 2 2 6 0 132-88
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Hanifee 4/4; Hurter 1/5;
> Madden 2/2; Smith 1/5; Anderson 10/12; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Hanifee-1-1-6-3; Hurter-4-2-3-2;
> Madden-1-0-2-2; Smith-3-3-5-4; Anderson-5-4-15-11; Jansen-1-5-4-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Hanifee 1-1; Hurter 1-0;
> Madden 0-1; Smith 2-1; Anderson 8-2; Jansen 0-1
> Game Scores: B Hanifee 48
> Toronto Blue Jays IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Yesavage 6.0 4 2 2 3 6 0 88-54 1.40
A quality start, but no decision.
> B. Fisher 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 10-6 3.04
> J. Mantiply 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14-8 2.12
Did their job.
> J. Hoffman (L, 2-3) 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 23-15 6.05
Not what the Blue Jays wanted from him.
> team 8.2 7 3 3 5 9 0 135-83
> WP: Yesavage ( 3)
> IBB: McKinstry (by Hoffman).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mantiply 2/3; Hoffman 2/5; Fisher 2/3; Yesavage 13/24
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mantiply-2-2-1-3; Hoffman-1-5-7-2; Fisher-4-1-0-1; Yesavage-10-19-10-14
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mantiply 0-2; Fisher 1-0; Yesavage 3-8
> Game Scores: T Yesavage 59
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendaance: 31,038
> Weather: 68 degrees, partly cloudy
> Wine: 9 m.p.h., in from right
> Time of Game: 2:42
This game report is brought to you by the Sign of the Beefcarver.
Once plentiful, there is still one restaurant left.
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Torkelson's 2-out single in ninth lifts Tigers to 3-2 victory over Blue Jays
By AP
Updated: May 15, 2026, 10:20 pm
DETROIT -- — Spencer Torkelson drove in the winning run with an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak by edging the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2 on Friday night.
Matt Vierling reached on a bloop single with one out and stole second after Gage Workman struck out. Jeff Hoffman (2-3) intentionally walked left-handed hitting Zach McKinstry to face the righty Torkelson, who spoiled that strategy with his opposite-field hit.
Riley Greene had an RBI double to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, the longest active run in the majors. He has also reached base safely in a career-high 25 consecutive games.
Dillon Dingler reached base three times and scored a run. Drew Anderson allowed only one hit in four innings of scoreless relief and Kenley Jansen (1-2) pitched the ninth for the victory.
Starter Trey Yesavage allowed two runs and struck out six in six innings, but had three wild pitches for the defending AL champion Blue Jays, who have lost eight of 11 and are 19-25 this season. Andres Gimenez knocked in both of Toronto's runs with a double.
Detroit right-handed reliever Ty Madden left in the third after being struck on his pitching arm by Yohendrick Pinango’s line drive.
The Blue Jays took a 2-0 lead in the second on Gimenez's two-out, two-run double off Brant Hurter.
Kevin McGonigle scored in the third on one of Yesavage's wild pitches. Greene tied it in the sixth on his double.
Up next
Detroit RHP Casey Mize (2-2, 2.90 ERA) will be activated from the 15-day injured list and start the middle game of the three-game series Saturday. The Blue Jays hadn't announced a starter, but RHP Spencer Miles (1-0, 3.00) is expected to pitch multiple innings.
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