MLB

Baltimore Orioles at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball
Baltimore Orioles
84-65, 42-32 Away
Final
4 - 2
Detroit Tigers
76-73, 38-36 Home

Gunnar Henderson homers as the Baltimore Orioles top the Detroit Tigers 4-2

Henderson drove in two runs and scored twice to help the Orioles move within two games of the AL East-leading Yankees. The All-Star shortstop tripled with two out in the ninth for Baltimore's only hit in a 1-0 loss to Detroit on Friday night.

Corbin Burnes (14-8) pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for Baltimore on Saturday.

“That's his best start of the year,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “He just had everything going tonight.”

The Tigers trailed 4-0 going into the ninth, but Parker Meadows ended Detroit’s scoreless streak at 15 innings with a homer off Seranthony Domínguez. Colt Keith followed with a single, but Domínguez retired Kerry Carpenter and Riley Greene on deep flyballs.

Wenceel Pérez struck out, but reached first when the ball got away from James McCann. Spencer Torkelson made it 4-2 with an RBI single before Zach McKinstry grounded out to first.

“We put on a nice fight at the end,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “These guys never quit. We know that.”

The Tigers (76-73) had won five of six. They are trying to track down the Twins (78-70) for the third AL wild card.

Burnes struck out seven and walked one.

“That's as good as I have seen him in a long time,” McCann said. “That's what your ace does — he gives you a chance to win big games.”

Beau Brieske tossed a scoreless first inning to become the first Tigers pitcher to start on back-to-back days since Hal Newhouser in 1946.

He retired the first four batters on Friday, but walked the first two hitters on Saturday before Anthony Santander grounded into a 3-6-1 double play. He then struck out Adley Rutschman to record an MLB-record fourth straight start without allowing a hit.

After walking to start the game, Henderson doubled off Ty Madden (1-1) in the third and scored on Cedric Mullins' base hit.

Baltimore added three runs in the seventh.

With one out, Kenta Maeda hit Emmanuel Rivera with a pitch. Rivera took third on Livan Soto's double and scored on McCann's sacrifice fly. Henderson followed with a 106.7-mph line drive into the service tunnel behind the right-field fence.

“It is huge any time you can create some separation late in the game — that's something we've had a tough time with this year,” Hyde said. "Soto gets the huge double, Mac does a great job of getting the ball in play and Gunnar gets a pitch to hit and puts an exclamation point on the inning.

“As you could see from the ninth, you can always use more runs.”

Henderson has 37 homers on the season. He has scored 113 runs, the most by an Oriole since Roberto Alomar's franchise-record 132 in 1996.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: Hyde said reliever Yennier Cano wasn't available due to “soreness,” but could pitch as soon as Sunday.

UP NEXT

The teams finish the series on Sunday afternoon in a game moved to 12:10 p.m. because of the Lions-Buccaneers game next door at Ford Field. Baltimore LHP Cade Povich (2-8, 5.91 ERA) will face RHP Keider Montero (5-6, 4.88 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 46.9%
Orioles: 53.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning McKinstry grounded out to first.
9th Inning McKinstry hit for Ibáñez
9th Inning Torkelson singled to right, Keith scored, Pérez to third.
9th Inning Pérez struck out, Pérez to first on wild pitch by Domínguez, Keith to second on wild pitch by Domínguez.
9th Inning Greene flied out to right.
9th Inning Carpenter flied out to center.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
1 Hit By Pitch 0
14 Ground Balls 15
5 Strikeouts 8
4 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
8 Hits 7
2 Stolen Bases 0
4 Walks 1
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 2
4 Ground Into Double Play 2
1 Sacrifice Flies 0
30 At Bats 33
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
13 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
12 Fly Balls 10
0 Caught Stealing 0
158 Pitches 129
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 3
0 Pinch Hits 1
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 0
13 Total Bases 10
36 Plate Appearances 34
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 1
4.1 Runs Created 1.5
.267 Batting Average .212
.000 Pinch Hit Average .333
.433 Slugging Percentage .303
.367 Secondary Average .121
.361 On Base Percentage .235
.794 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .538
1.2 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.5
4.1 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.4
33.0 Batter Rating 18.0
30.0 At Bats Per Home Run 33.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
4.39 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.79
.167 Isolated Power .091
0.80 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.13
.111 Walks Per Plate Appearance .029
.100 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average -.091
8.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.3
83.3 MLB Rating 71.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 33,513 | Capacity:

2024 American League East Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
New York 94 68 .580 - W1
Baltimore 91 71 .562 3 W3
Boston 81 81 .500 13 W1
Tampa Bay 80 82 .494 14 L1
Toronto 74 88 .457 20 L3

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 92 69 .571 - L2
Kansas City 86 76 .531 6.5 W1
Detroit 86 76 .531 6.5 L2
Minnesota 82 80 .506 10.5 L4
Chicago 41 121 .253 51.5 W2
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