Game Report - July 20, 2026 - Tigers 8, Cubs 6 [10 innings]
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Steve Bielawski
Jul 21, 2026, 8:55:47 PM (8 days ago) Jul 21
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> Detroit Tigers 8, Chicago Cubs 2 - final in 10 innings
The Tigers took an early lead, but the Cubs nearly tied it in the third. The Tigers added a run in the eighth, but the Cubs added two to tie the game. In the Tenth, the Tigers scored three runs, while the Cubs only scored one.
In the top of the first, Gleyber Torres singled, Colt Keith doubled, Riley Greene homered to drive in Mr. Torres and Mr. Keith, and Dillon Dingler homered right after Mr. Greene.
In the bottom of the third, Miguel Amaya singled, Seiya Suzuki homered, and Michael Busch homered. The Tigers' lead was cut to 4-3.
Dillon Dingler led off the top of the eighth with his second home run of the game.
In the bottom of the eighth, Alex Bregman singled, and Ian Happ homered, to tie the game at 5-5.
In the top of the tenth, Hao-Yu Lee started the inning on second base, Riley Greene singled, Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Lee, and Spencer Torkelson singled to drive in Mr. Greene and Mr. Dingler.
In the bottom of the tenth, Alex Bregman was placed on second base, went to third on a single by Nico Hoerner, and scored on a ground out by Pedro Ramirez. Although Mr. Ramirez made it to third base on a single by Dansby Swanson and a fielding error by James Outman, he did not score.
The series at Wrigley Field continues tonight and tomorrow night.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .281 .391 .426
Walked in the fifth.
Doubled to left in the seventh.
Received an intentional walk in the tenth.
> G. Torres 2B 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 .288 .405 .400
Singled to centre in the first and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Walked in the ninth.
> M. Vierling PR-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .257 .329
> C. Keith 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .256 .301 .401
Doubled to left int he first and scored.
> H. Lee PH-3B-2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .256 .287 .388
Singled to left in the fifth.
Started the tenth on second base and scored.
> R. Greene LF 5 2 2 3 1 0 1 .288 .379 .475
Homered to right-centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Torres and Mr. Keith.
Hit an infield single in the tenth and scored.
> D. Dingler C 5 3 4 3 2 0 0 .268 .332 .524
Homered to centre in the first.
Singled up the middle in the fourth.
Homered to left-centre in the eighth.
Hit an infield single in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Lee;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .206 .279 .427
Was safe on a fielder's choice in the tenth.
In the KIITI club.
> B. Malgeri PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .355 .346
> S. Torkelson 1B 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 .206 .300 .419
Singled up the middle in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Greene and Mr. Dingler.
> Z. McKinstry RF-SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 .271 .291
nothing.
> J. Outman CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .151 .205 .301
nothing, with four strikeouts.
> team 43 8 12 8 3 4 11
Eight runs were enough to win this game.
> 2B: Keith (10, Taillon); McGonigle (20, Hollowell)
> HR: Greene (15, 1st inning off Taillon 2 on, 1 Out);
> Dingler 2 (21, 1st inning off Taillon 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off Ferguson 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Greene 3 (50), Dingler 3 (63), Torkelson 2 (49)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 6-14 (Lee 1-2, Torres 1-1, Torkelson 1-1, Dingler 1-2,
> Carpenter 0-1, Greene 2-4, Outman 0-1, Vierling 0-1, McKinstry 0-1)
> E: Outman (3, fielding)
> Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> P. Crow-Armstrong CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .281 .377 .513
Contained.
The only Cub aboard the 0-fer Express.
> S. Suzuki RF 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 .273 .357 .476
> M. Busch 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .245 .370 .409
> A. Bregman DH 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .241 .336 .363
> I. Happ LF 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 .218 .329 .429
> N. Hoerner 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .247 .315 .342
> P. Ramirez 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .275 .320 .420
> D. Swanson SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .210 .291 .412
> M. Amaya C 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .232 .350 .355
> M. Conforto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .325 .473
> C. Kelly C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .358 .390
> team 40 6 11 6 3 5 10
Six runs are often enough to win, but this time, it was not quite enough.
> 2B: Swanson (12, Jansen)
> HR: Happ (18, 8th inning off Finnegan 1 on, 1 Out);
Busch (13, 3rd inning off Flaherty 0 on, 1 Out);
Suzuki (16, 3rd inning off Flaherty 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Happ 2 (44), Busch (53), Suzuki 2 (50), Ramirez (11)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 1-9 (Ramirez 0-2, Suzuki 0-1, Hoerner 1-1, Happ 0-1,
> Swanson 0-1, Bregman 0-1, Conforto 0-1, Kelly 0-1)
> Picked Off: Suzuki (2nd base, Dingler)
> E: Hoerner (3, fielding)
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> Detroit Tigers (47-53, 20-30 road) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 8 12 1
> Chicago Cubs (56-44, 29-21 home) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 11 1
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
A happy ending for Tigers fans.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 4.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 82-47 4.59
He got by with a little help from his friends.
> D. Sommers 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 29-19 4.76
> J. Waguespack (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15-10 1.26
Did their jobs.
> K. Finnegan (B, 6) 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 26-16 2.45
He allowed the Cubs to tie the game, but not to take the lead.
> K. Jansen (W, 2-4) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 28-15 4.21
Did his job.
> T. Holton (S, 1) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13-10 3.05
Nothing that his teammates couldn't handle.
> team 10.0 11 6 5 5 10 3 193-117
> IBB: Crow-Armstrong (by Jansen).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 9/18;
> Sommers 4/5; Waguespack 3/5;
> Finnegan 4/6; Jansen 4/6; Holton 4/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-15-8-12-12;
> Sommers-4-5-7-3; Waguespack-3-2-1-4;
> Finnegan-4-6-2-4; Jansen-5-4-4-2; Holton-1-1-3-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 1-7;
> Sommers 1-1; Waguespack 2-1;
> Finnegan 2-0; Jansen 0-1; Holton 2-1
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 44
> Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Taillon 4.1 5 4 4 2 6 2 75-46 5.38
He also didn't last very long.
> R. Rolison 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20-15 2.61
> G. Hollowell 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 12-8 2.45
> C. Thielbar 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 4.34
Did their job.
> T. Ferguson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20-14 6.94
A bit of trouble.
> J. Webb 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15-10 2.91
Did his job.
> T. Thornton (L, 3-3) 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4-3 2.70
> J. Assad 1.0 2 1 0 1 2 0 26-16 4.04
The bigger problem for the Cubs,
although honestly, the Tigers were lucky in the tenth.
> team 10.0 12 8 6 4 11 3 177-115
> IBB: McGonigle (by Assad).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Taillon 11/20; Thielbar 1/1; Thornton 0/1; Webb 4/4;
> Rolison 4/6; Ferguson 2/4; Hollowell 2/4; Assad 3/7
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Taillon-12-8-14-12; Thielbar-1-0-1-1; Thornton-0-0-2-1; Webb-4-4-0-2;
> Rolison-6-1-2-6; Ferguson-5-2-4-3; Hollowell-2-1-2-3; Assad-5-1-6-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Taillon 4-3; Thielbar 0-1; Webb 1-1;
> Rolison 1-4; Ferguson 2-0; Hollowell 0-1; Assad 2-0
> Game Scores: J Taillon 41
> Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
> Attendance: 39,823
> Weather: 70 degrees, part;y cloudy
> Wind: 7 m.p.h., out to centre
> > Time of Game: 3:22
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Torkelson and Dingler help the Tigers beat the Cubs 8-6 in 10 innings
By AP
Jul 21, 2026, 12:21 am
CHICAGO -- — Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run single in Detroit's three-run 10th inning, and the Tigers topped the Chicago Cubs for a wild 8-6 victory on Monday night.
Dillon Dingler connected for two solo homers as Detroit improved to 12-4 in its last 16 games, continuing its push to stay together ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Riley Greene also went deep, and Gleyber Torres had two hits and walked twice in his return from an oblique injury.
Kenley Jansen (2-4) got the win and Tyler Holton handled the 10th for his first save this season. Jansen struck out Alex Bregman for the final out of the ninth, leaving the bases loaded.
Trent Thornton (3-3) started the 10th for Chicago, but the right-hander was helped off the field after he was struck on his lower left leg by Greene's 108.9 mph comebacker.
Dingler made it 6-5 when he drove in Hao-Yu Lee with an infield single off Javier Assad. Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner then committed an error on Kerry Carpenter's grounder, and Torkelson bounced his clutch single up the middle.
Dingler had four hits in his third career multihomer game — all this season. The All-Star catcher also picked off Seiya Suzuki at second for the final out of the fifth.
Suzuki, Michael Busch and Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which had won four of five. The Cubs trailed 5-3 before Happ hit a two-run shot off Kyle Finnegan in the eighth.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7. He was activated from the 15-day injured list after being sidelined by a left hamstring strain.
Taillon looked rusty in the first, and the Tigers took advantage. Greene hit a three-run shot for his 15th homer, and Dingler followed with a full-count drive to center for his 20th on the season.
Chicago rallied in the third. Suzuki hit a two-run shot off Jack Flaherty, and Busch followed with his 13th homer.
Up next
Framber Valdez (5-6, 4.10 ERA) starts for Detroit on Tuesday night, and fellow left-hander David Peterson (4-7, 6.45) takes the mound for Chicago.
The Tigers took an early lead, but the Cubs nearly tied it in the third. The Tigers added a run in the eighth, but the Cubs added two to tie the game. In the Tenth, the Tigers scored three runs, while the Cubs only scored one.
In the top of the first, Gleyber Torres singled, Colt Keith doubled, Riley Greene homered to drive in Mr. Torres and Mr. Keith, and Dillon Dingler homered right after Mr. Greene.
In the bottom of the third, Miguel Amaya singled, Seiya Suzuki homered, and Michael Busch homered. The Tigers' lead was cut to 4-3.
Dillon Dingler led off the top of the eighth with his second home run of the game.
In the bottom of the eighth, Alex Bregman singled, and Ian Happ homered, to tie the game at 5-5.
In the top of the tenth, Hao-Yu Lee started the inning on second base, Riley Greene singled, Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Lee, and Spencer Torkelson singled to drive in Mr. Greene and Mr. Dingler.
In the bottom of the tenth, Alex Bregman was placed on second base, went to third on a single by Nico Hoerner, and scored on a ground out by Pedro Ramirez. Although Mr. Ramirez made it to third base on a single by Dansby Swanson and a fielding error by James Outman, he did not score.
The series at Wrigley Field continues tonight and tomorrow night.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 .281 .391 .426
Walked in the fifth.
Doubled to left in the seventh.
Received an intentional walk in the tenth.
> G. Torres 2B 3 1 2 0 0 2 1 .288 .405 .400
Singled to centre in the first and scored.
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to right in the seventh.
Walked in the ninth.
> M. Vierling PR-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 .257 .329
> C. Keith 3B 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .256 .301 .401
Doubled to left int he first and scored.
> H. Lee PH-3B-2B 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 .256 .287 .388
Singled to left in the fifth.
Started the tenth on second base and scored.
> R. Greene LF 5 2 2 3 1 0 1 .288 .379 .475
Homered to right-centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Torres and Mr. Keith.
Hit an infield single in the tenth and scored.
> D. Dingler C 5 3 4 3 2 0 0 .268 .332 .524
Homered to centre in the first.
Singled up the middle in the fourth.
Homered to left-centre in the eighth.
Hit an infield single in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Lee;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter DH 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .206 .279 .427
Was safe on a fielder's choice in the tenth.
In the KIITI club.
> B. Malgeri PR-DH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 .355 .346
> S. Torkelson 1B 5 0 1 2 0 0 2 .206 .300 .419
Singled up the middle in the tenth
to drive in Mr. Greene and Mr. Dingler.
> Z. McKinstry RF-SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .191 .271 .291
nothing.
> J. Outman CF 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 .151 .205 .301
nothing, with four strikeouts.
> team 43 8 12 8 3 4 11
Eight runs were enough to win this game.
> 2B: Keith (10, Taillon); McGonigle (20, Hollowell)
> HR: Greene (15, 1st inning off Taillon 2 on, 1 Out);
> Dingler 2 (21, 1st inning off Taillon 0 on, 1 Out, 8th inning off Ferguson 0 on, 0 Out)
> RBI: Greene 3 (50), Dingler 3 (63), Torkelson 2 (49)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 6-14 (Lee 1-2, Torres 1-1, Torkelson 1-1, Dingler 1-2,
> Carpenter 0-1, Greene 2-4, Outman 0-1, Vierling 0-1, McKinstry 0-1)
> E: Outman (3, fielding)
> Chicago Cubs AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> P. Crow-Armstrong CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 .281 .377 .513
Contained.
The only Cub aboard the 0-fer Express.
> S. Suzuki RF 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 .273 .357 .476
> M. Busch 1B 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 .245 .370 .409
> A. Bregman DH 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 .241 .336 .363
> I. Happ LF 4 1 1 2 1 1 0 .218 .329 .429
> N. Hoerner 2B 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 .247 .315 .342
> P. Ramirez 3B 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .275 .320 .420
> D. Swanson SS 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 .210 .291 .412
> M. Amaya C 3 1 1 0 0 0 2 .232 .350 .355
> M. Conforto PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .325 .473
> C. Kelly C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 .358 .390
> team 40 6 11 6 3 5 10
Six runs are often enough to win, but this time, it was not quite enough.
> 2B: Swanson (12, Jansen)
> HR: Happ (18, 8th inning off Finnegan 1 on, 1 Out);
Busch (13, 3rd inning off Flaherty 0 on, 1 Out);
Suzuki (16, 3rd inning off Flaherty 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Happ 2 (44), Busch (53), Suzuki 2 (50), Ramirez (11)
> Team LOB: 10
> Team RISP: 1-9 (Ramirez 0-2, Suzuki 0-1, Hoerner 1-1, Happ 0-1,
> Swanson 0-1, Bregman 0-1, Conforto 0-1, Kelly 0-1)
> Picked Off: Suzuki (2nd base, Dingler)
> E: Hoerner (3, fielding)
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> Detroit Tigers (47-53, 20-30 road) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 8 12 1
> Chicago Cubs (56-44, 29-21 home) 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 6 11 1
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A happy ending for Tigers fans.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Flaherty 4.0 4 3 3 2 4 2 82-47 4.59
He got by with a little help from his friends.
> D. Sommers 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 29-19 4.76
> J. Waguespack (H, 1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15-10 1.26
Did their jobs.
> K. Finnegan (B, 6) 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 26-16 2.45
He allowed the Cubs to tie the game, but not to take the lead.
> K. Jansen (W, 2-4) 1.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 28-15 4.21
Did his job.
> T. Holton (S, 1) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 0 13-10 3.05
Nothing that his teammates couldn't handle.
> team 10.0 11 6 5 5 10 3 193-117
> IBB: Crow-Armstrong (by Jansen).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Flaherty 9/18;
> Sommers 4/5; Waguespack 3/5;
> Finnegan 4/6; Jansen 4/6; Holton 4/5
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Flaherty-15-8-12-12;
> Sommers-4-5-7-3; Waguespack-3-2-1-4;
> Finnegan-4-6-2-4; Jansen-5-4-4-2; Holton-1-1-3-5
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Flaherty 1-7;
> Sommers 1-1; Waguespack 2-1;
> Finnegan 2-0; Jansen 0-1; Holton 2-1
> Game Scores: J Flaherty 44
> Chicago Cubs IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> J. Taillon 4.1 5 4 4 2 6 2 75-46 5.38
He also didn't last very long.
> R. Rolison 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 20-15 2.61
> G. Hollowell 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 12-8 2.45
> C. Thielbar 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5-3 4.34
Did their job.
> T. Ferguson 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 20-14 6.94
A bit of trouble.
> J. Webb 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15-10 2.91
Did his job.
> T. Thornton (L, 3-3) 0.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 4-3 2.70
> J. Assad 1.0 2 1 0 1 2 0 26-16 4.04
The bigger problem for the Cubs,
although honestly, the Tigers were lucky in the tenth.
> team 10.0 12 8 6 4 11 3 177-115
> IBB: McGonigle (by Assad).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Taillon 11/20; Thielbar 1/1; Thornton 0/1; Webb 4/4;
> Rolison 4/6; Ferguson 2/4; Hollowell 2/4; Assad 3/7
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Taillon-12-8-14-12; Thielbar-1-0-1-1; Thornton-0-0-2-1; Webb-4-4-0-2;
> Rolison-6-1-2-6; Ferguson-5-2-4-3; Hollowell-2-1-2-3; Assad-5-1-6-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Taillon 4-3; Thielbar 0-1; Webb 1-1;
> Rolison 1-4; Ferguson 2-0; Hollowell 0-1; Assad 2-0
> Game Scores: J Taillon 41
> Venue: Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois
> Attendance: 39,823
> Weather: 70 degrees, part;y cloudy
> Wind: 7 m.p.h., out to centre
> > Time of Game: 3:22
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Torkelson and Dingler help the Tigers beat the Cubs 8-6 in 10 innings
By AP
Jul 21, 2026, 12:21 am
CHICAGO -- — Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run single in Detroit's three-run 10th inning, and the Tigers topped the Chicago Cubs for a wild 8-6 victory on Monday night.
Dillon Dingler connected for two solo homers as Detroit improved to 12-4 in its last 16 games, continuing its push to stay together ahead of the Aug. 3 trade deadline. Riley Greene also went deep, and Gleyber Torres had two hits and walked twice in his return from an oblique injury.
Kenley Jansen (2-4) got the win and Tyler Holton handled the 10th for his first save this season. Jansen struck out Alex Bregman for the final out of the ninth, leaving the bases loaded.
Trent Thornton (3-3) started the 10th for Chicago, but the right-hander was helped off the field after he was struck on his lower left leg by Greene's 108.9 mph comebacker.
Dingler made it 6-5 when he drove in Hao-Yu Lee with an infield single off Javier Assad. Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner then committed an error on Kerry Carpenter's grounder, and Torkelson bounced his clutch single up the middle.
Dingler had four hits in his third career multihomer game — all this season. The All-Star catcher also picked off Seiya Suzuki at second for the final out of the fifth.
Suzuki, Michael Busch and Ian Happ homered for Chicago, which had won four of five. The Cubs trailed 5-3 before Happ hit a two-run shot off Kyle Finnegan in the eighth.
Chicago right-hander Jameson Taillon allowed four runs and five hits over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league start since June 7. He was activated from the 15-day injured list after being sidelined by a left hamstring strain.
Taillon looked rusty in the first, and the Tigers took advantage. Greene hit a three-run shot for his 15th homer, and Dingler followed with a full-count drive to center for his 20th on the season.
Chicago rallied in the third. Suzuki hit a two-run shot off Jack Flaherty, and Busch followed with his 13th homer.
Up next
Framber Valdez (5-6, 4.10 ERA) starts for Detroit on Tuesday night, and fellow left-hander David Peterson (4-7, 6.45) takes the mound for Chicago.
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