The Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Aug 17, 2026 at PNC Park.
Final · PNC Park
Top performers
- Kevin McGonigle went 2-for-6 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Tigers.
- Framber Valdez pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigers, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Nick Yorke went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI for the Pirates.
- Carmen Mlodzinski pitched 3.0 innings for the Pirates, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
Detroit Tigers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin McGonigle | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dillon Dingler | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Max Clark | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Javier Baez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gleyber Torres | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Zach McKinstry | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Brett Callahan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hao-Yu Lee | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Colt Keith | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Malgeri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spencer Torkelson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 40 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Framber Valdez | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Drew Sommers | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Kenley Jansen | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kyle Finnegan | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
Pittsburgh Pirates box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Reynolds | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Esmerlyn Valdez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nick Yorke | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Lowe | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Davis | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rafael Flores Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jared Triolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Gonzales | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Mangum | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jacob Gonzalez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmen Mlodzinski | 3.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Isaac Mattson | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Yohan Ramirez | 1.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Yates | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gregory Soto | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Camilo Doval | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 |
Before and after
- Tigers · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: CHW 7, DET 5 · Next Aug 18, 2026: DET 1, PIT 4
- Pirates · 2026 season · Previous Aug 16, 2026: BOS 3, PIT 8 · Next Aug 18, 2026: DET 1, PIT 4