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Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

Petco Park, San Diego Padres Home Opener Final

Final score

The Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 8–2 on Thursday, March 26, 2026 on the road.

Team Runs 2026 record
Detroit Tigers 8 76-86
at San Diego Padres 2 91-71

Line score

Team
Detroit Tigers 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 8 12 1
San Diego Padres 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 5 0
  • W: Tarik Skubal (1-0)
  • L: Nick Pivetta (0-1)

Home runs

  • Detroit Tigers: Dillon Dingler (1)
  • San Diego Padres: Ramón Laureano (1)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Top 1st Detroit Tigers Spencer Torkelson walks. Gleyber Torres scores. Colt Keith to 3rd. Riley Greene to 2nd. 1–0
Top 1st Detroit Tigers Kevin McGonigle doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. Colt Keith scores. Riley Greene scores. Spencer Torkelson to 3rd. 3–0
Top 1st Detroit Tigers Dillon Dingler singles on a ground ball to left fielder Ramón Laureano. Spencer Torkelson scores. Kevin McGonigle to 3rd. 4–0
Top 3rd Detroit Tigers Parker Meadows singles on a fly ball to left fielder Ramón Laureano. Spencer Torkelson scores. Kevin McGonigle scores. 6–0
Top 5th Detroit Tigers Dillon Dingler homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Kevin McGonigle scores. 8–0
Bottom 6th San Diego Padres Xander Bogaerts doubles (1) on a ground ball to left fielder Riley Greene. Fernando Tatis Jr. scores. 8–1
Bottom 7th San Diego Padres Ramón Laureano homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. 8–2

Box score

Detroit Tigers

Batter
Kerry Carpenter RF 5 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Gleyber Torres 2B 4 1 1 0 1 0 .250
Colt Keith DH 5 1 2 0 0 1 .400
Riley Greene LF 4 1 0 0 1 2 .000
Spencer Torkelson 1B 4 2 1 1 1 2 .250
Kevin McGonigle 3B 5 2 4 2 0 0 .800
Dillon Dingler C 5 1 2 3 0 1 .400
Parker Meadows CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 .250
Javier Báez SS 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333
Totals 39 8 12 8 4 10
Pitcher
Tarik Skubal (W, 1-0) 6.0 3 1 0 0 6 0 74 0.00
Drew Anderson 1.1 2 1 1 2 0 1 36 6.75
Tyler Holton 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 0.00
Will Vest 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0.00

San Diego Padres

Batter
Fernando Tatis Jr. RF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Xander Bogaerts SS 4 0 2 1 0 0 .500
Manny Machado 3B 3 0 1 0 1 1 .333
Jackson Merrill CF 4 0 0 0 0 3 .000
Miguel Andujar DH 3 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Gavin Sheets 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Nick Castellanos 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ramón Laureano LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 .250
Freddy Fermin C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Jake Cronenworth 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 33 2 5 2 3 7
Pitcher
Nick Pivetta (L, 0-1) 3.0 7 6 6 3 4 0 69 18.00
Ron Marinaccio 2.0 3 2 2 0 2 1 43 9.00
Bradgley Rodriguez 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20 0.00
David Morgan 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 19 0.00
Wandy Peralta 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00

Game info

Weather
74 degrees, Sunny
Wind
7 mph, L To R
First pitch
1:12 PM
Time of game
2:38
Attendance
45,673
Umpires
Home Plate: Alfonso Márquez, First Base: Lance Barrett, Second Base: Malachi Moore, Third Base: Mike Estabrook

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Detroit Tigers 8 at San Diego Padres 2 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 5 at San Diego Padres 2 Final Game page
Detroit Tigers 0 at San Diego Padres 3 Final Game page

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