Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates

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Detroit Tigers

60-42, 28-24 Away

Final
5 - 8

Pittsburgh Pirates

41-61, 28-24 Home

Spencer Horwitz, Bryan Reynolds, Tommy Pham star in Pirates' 8-5 victory over skidding Tigers

Oneil Cruz makes Tigers pay for lax play by scoring a surprising run

Horwitz hit a two-run double in the second inning to open the scoring. The Pirates, who had lost 11 of their previous 12 games, have taken the first two games of the series from the AL Central leaders. Reynolds had RBI singles in the third and sixth and Pham doubled in a run in the sixth as the Pirates increased their lead to 8-3.

The Tigers have lost eight of their last nine games.

Mitch Keller (4-10) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings to win what could be his final start with the Pirates. The right-hander has been heavily rumored to be traded by the July 31 deadline.

David Bednar, another potential trade target, pitched a scoreless ninth for his 15th save in as many opportunities.

Casey Mize (9-4) was tagged for five runs (four earned) and 10 hits in four innings. Mize was pitching for the first time since making his first career All-Star Game appearance a week earlier.

Jake Rogers hit a three-run home run, his second of the season, in the fifth inning. Jahmai Jones added a two-run shot as a pinch-hitter in the eighth.

Tigers All-Star shortstop Javier Báez returned and was 1 for 4 after missing Monday night’s game with left shoulder soreness.

Key moment The Tigers put runners on first and second with one out in the ninth before Bednar escaped the jam by striking out Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene.

Key stat Horwitz, Pham and Oneil Cruz became the first Pirates trio to have two doubles in a game since 2002.

Up next The series concludes Wednesday with the Tigers planning to call up RHP Troy Melton from Triple-A Toledo for his major league debut, facing LHP Bailey Falter (6-5, 4.00 ERA).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pérez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Torres singled to right, Sweeney to second.
	9th Inning	Keith flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Sweeney walked.
	9th Inning	Bednar relieved Ferguson

Statistics

DET		PIT
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	10
5	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	14
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	8
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	40
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	27
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	8
16	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	165
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	22
40	Plate Appearances	44
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	8
6.7	Runs Created	8.9
.278	Batting Average	.350
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.528	Slugging Percentage	.550
.361	Secondary Average	.325
.350	On Base Percentage	.409
.878	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.959
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
6.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.2
42.0	Batter Rating	61.0
18.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.95	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.75
.250	Isolated Power	.200
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.100	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.083	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.025
10.0	Runs Produced	15.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.9
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
89.8	MLB Rating	102.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0