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  • 7/11/2025
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00:01Ladies and gentlemen, as we enjoy our time with family and friends in the
00:06ballpark during this Memorial Day weekend, Major League Baseball and the
00:10Detroit Tigers would like to take a moment to pause and remember the brave
00:14men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.
00:19Tigers come in at 34 and 20, the Giants 31 and 22.
00:23It's gonna be Cater, Martin Terrell, as you said, 1-1 with a 5-2-8, 30 and two-thirds,
00:27five home runs, 13 walks. There is a ground ball right at shortstop.
00:31Trey Sweeney handles the opening out of this series. That's ball four.
00:35So Chapman draws the walk. That's the first Giants base runner of the game.
00:38First chance for Jung-Hoo to play here at Comerica Park.
00:41Now a liner in the left for Jung-Hoo Lee. That's a base hit.
00:44So the first hit of the game for the Giants and right away in the first inning,
00:48they've built a rally against Montero.
00:50Two on, one out for the Giants top RBI man this year, Wilmer Flores.
00:55Flores, ground ball right side. Over to scoop it up.
00:59That's Colt Keith, and he'll get the out at first.
01:02Two outs, Chapman now at third, Lee at second, and here is Willie Adamas.
01:07Got him! Slider, dotted, down and away.
01:10Adamas takes a called third.
01:12And Cater-Montero has to work a little bit in the first inning,
01:15but strains two in scoring position.
01:17Here comes Hayden Birdsong in his second start.
01:19He's already 2-0 with a 1-9-1 and 28 in the third innings pitch.
01:2229 strikeouts, he's got that electric stuff.
01:25On the ground to second.
01:27Fitzgerald right there.
01:28Couple pitches and the first out of the game.
01:31Here's Glaber Torres.
01:32Torres strikes out swinging on that 97-mile-an-hour fastball.
01:36Two outs, it brings up Keith.
01:38Fly ball, left field, this one's deep.
01:40Matos going back onto the track.
01:42He's going to reach down and misplay the ball.
01:44Bounces off the top of the fence and into the Tigers' bullpen.
01:48See if Birdsong can pitch around that.
01:50They're going to charge Matos with an error.
01:51He's going to get another chance here, maybe.
01:53Back to the wall, and he will catch this one as he slams into the wall.
01:58No score onto the second.
02:00Third inning, no score.
02:01Luis Matos hit the plate.
02:03Montero does the split, somehow knocks it down,
02:06and scores the outs just in case there's a tryout for the Rockettes.
02:11Oh, between the legs?
02:14It was hit slowly enough.
02:17That's always weird as a pitcher.
02:18You think that ball's coming back 100-mile-an-hour, but he stays composed.
02:22Nine pitches, but he does retire.
02:25Matos.
02:26Nothing, nothing.
02:27Bottom of the third inning.
02:28Baez strikes out swinging.
02:30Birdsong just was stubborn.
02:32Just figured he's going to chase in the dirt.
02:35Carpenter grounded out his first time.
02:37Ground ball.
02:38Not an easy play for Fitzgerald.
02:40He handled it nicely.
02:42Two down.
02:43Here's Gleyber Torres for the second time.
02:44Torres strikes out on a high fastball.
02:46Man, Birdsong just blew him away.
02:49Nice inning for eight.
02:51Tigers' only base runners were Keith in the first, reaching on an error.
02:55Then Torkelson walked in the second.
02:57That's been it.
02:58Line drive to center will drop.
02:59Kind of off the end of the back.
03:01Curve ball, though.
03:02Cole Keith drops it in.
03:03Lead-off single.
03:04Green hit a ball 103 miles an hour his first time.
03:08Green swings and misses.
03:10The changeup got him.
03:11Swinging a line drive in the left.
03:12That's going to drop for a base hit.
03:13Keith will have to stop at second.
03:16Matos up with the ball.
03:18Tigers have two on, one out here in the fourth inning.
03:21First time today that they have had two base runners on.
03:24Two on for Zach McKinstry.
03:25To left field and hit pretty hard.
03:27Matos gets turned around and makes the catch.
03:31Two outs that leads up Dylan Dingler.
03:33Likes to be aggressive in these situations.
03:35Now the 1-2 line drive in the left.
03:36That's going to drop for a base hit.
03:38Keith around third coming home.
03:40Matos throw to the plate all the way through.
03:42And skips past the glove of the catcher Bailey.
03:45Keith scores.
03:46Torkelson ends up on third.
03:48And Dingler down to second.
03:50And the Tigers take a 1-0 lead.
03:51Bottom of the fifth inning, 1-0 Tigers.
03:54Javi Baez is the batter.
03:56And right there he does the same.
03:57That's called strike three.
03:58It was below the zone.
04:00And the crowd is reacting negatively.
04:03So is Javi with Phil Coussey.
04:05Here comes A.J. Hinch to try and help his player.
04:07And they're going to...
04:08You know, A.J. was a step away from getting out there.
04:12And Phil Coussey runs Javi Baez.
04:15And A.J. is trying to block Javi because he is incensed.
04:20Joey Cora is out there as well.
04:22I don't know what was said, but Javi is livid.
04:25Two people having to restrain him.
04:27And finally Baez is going to walk back to the dugout.
04:30And A.J. Hinch, the manager, is going to pick up his argument.
04:34So back-to-back walks.
04:36And it's set up now for Detroit.
04:38One of their best hitters, Riley Green up there now.
04:41With the bases loaded and only the one out.
04:43Guided to right field on two strikes, a base hit.
04:47One run home.
04:49Here comes Torres.
04:50Throw to the plate.
04:51Kicks off of Bailey.
04:52And the Tigers have busted it open at 3-0.
04:56Two-run single.
04:58Tigers take a 3-0 lead in the fifth.
05:00They're going to intentionally walk toward and bring up McKinstry.
05:04Aces loaded.
05:05One out.
05:06Three-nothing Tigers.
05:07On the ground.
05:08Adamas.
05:09There's one.
05:10Throws to first.
05:11Got the double play.
05:12So the Tigers scored twice.
05:14On to the sixth.
05:15Three-nothing.
05:16And with Javi Baez ejected, Matt Vierling is now in center field.
05:21Tyler Holton on the mound.
05:23Chapman on the ground.
05:24Base hit.
05:25That's the first hit they've had since the first inning.
05:29Giants have a one-out base runner.
05:31And here comes Jung-Hoo Lee.
05:32Lee into right center field.
05:34Almost like a half swing.
05:36Chapman's going to stop at second.
05:38And the Giants have two on with one out.
05:40And that might be it already for Holton.
05:43A.J. Hinch is out of the dugout.
05:45And you can understand why he wanted to make the change here.
05:49The Giants, they've got Wilmer Flores coming up.
05:51One of the top run producers in baseball this year.
05:54Wilmer into center field.
05:56Base hit.
05:57Coming to third Chapman.
05:58He's going to be sent home.
05:59And the Giants are on the board.
06:01And Wilmer Flores as he's done all year for the Giants.
06:05Coming through with a runner in scoring position.
06:08An RBI single to get the Giants on the board.
06:11It's three to one.
06:12So three singles in a row here for the Giants.
06:15Now the tying runs are on.
06:17On the ground.
06:18Shortstop.
06:19Sweeney takes it himself.
06:20Slings it.
06:21And got it.
06:22Double play.
06:24Trey Sweeney in rhythm.
06:26And that was a thing of beauty.
06:28He got it.
06:29Hit another gear with the shuffle steps.
06:31If he tried to pitch that ball over to Ibanez, there's no chance.
06:36He takes it himself.
06:37Let's go.
06:383-1 Tigers.
06:40Eighth inning.
06:41It's either Tommy Canely or Will Vest in the eighth and ninth.
06:44And today it's Tommy Canely in the eighth.
06:47Here's Jung-Hoo Lee.
06:48Who is just a phenomenal talent on a ground ball to second base.
06:51And the Tigers do get around Lee.
06:54Who was two for three before that at bat.
06:573-1 Tigers after seven and a half.
07:00Call to the bullpen is Will Vest.
07:02Still face Flores, Adamas, and Lamont Wade Jr.
07:06Here in the ninth inning trying to finish off a Tigers victory.
07:09Blind into right field.
07:11A base hit.
07:12Flores goes the other way.
07:14Hits it hard between first and second.
07:17And there's a start for the Giants.
07:19Lead off man on.
07:20And Willie Adamas coming up as that possible tying run.
07:24And he chops this to shortstop.
07:26Sweeney on the scoop.
07:27Just got it away.
07:29And they do get the out at second base.
07:33Wow.
07:34Trey Sweeney right on the edge of the clip.
07:37Flicking it to Ibanez.
07:40Now Lamont Wade Jr.
07:41Cold strike three.
07:43Fastball downstairs.
07:47Two gone.
07:48This is that little vert rise.
07:51And that thing seems to almost defy gravity and cover.
07:53Back up to hit the bottom of the strike zone.
07:56Two down.
07:57Here's Fitzgerald.
07:58Right field side.
07:59This is playable.
08:00And that is that.
08:04Cary Carpenter squeezes the final out of a tag team gem
08:10from the Tigers pitching staff.
08:12And Riley Green provides enough offense
08:15for the Tigers to take the series opener.

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