Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers

Comerica Park, Detroit Regular Season Final

Final score

The Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–3 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at home.

Final score, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers
Team Runs 2026 record
Pittsburgh Pirates 3 82-80
at Detroit Tigers 4 76-86

Line score

Runs by inning, then runs, hits and errors, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers
Team 1st inning 2nd inning 3rd inning 4th inning 5th inning 6th inning 7th inning 8th inning 9th inning Runs Hits Errors
Pittsburgh Pirates 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 1
Detroit Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 10 0
  • W: Jacob Waguespack (2-2)
  • L: Mason Montgomery

Home runs

  • Pittsburgh Pirates: Brandon Lowe (35), Jacob Gonzalez (7)
  • Detroit Tigers: Eduardo Valencia (7)

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

Scoring plays

Every scoring play, Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers, with the score after it (away first)
Inning Team Play Score
Top 4th Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Lowe homers (35) on a fly ball to right field. 1–0
Top 5th Pittsburgh Pirates Jacob Gonzalez homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. 2–0
Bottom 6th Detroit Tigers Javier Báez doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Bryan Reynolds. Spencer Torkelson scores. Ben Malgeri to 3rd. 2–1
Top 8th Pittsburgh Pirates Bryan Reynolds triples (3) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Ben Malgeri. Henry Davis scores. 3–1
Bottom 9th Detroit Tigers Kevin McGonigle grounds out, second baseman Brandon Lowe to first baseman Spencer Horwitz. Max Clark scores. Hao-Yu Lee to 3rd. 3–2
Bottom 9th Detroit Tigers Eduardo Valencia homers (7) on a fly ball to left center field. Hao-Yu Lee scores. 3–4

Box score

Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates batting. Indented names came in as substitutes.
Batter Position At batsRunsHitsRuns batted inWalksStrikeoutsSeason batting average
Ryan O'Hearn DH 4 0 1 0 0 1 .267
Brandon Lowe 2B 4 1 1 1 0 0 .260
Bryan Reynolds LF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .261
Oneil Cruz CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .280
Substitute: Jake Mangum RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .273
Konnor Griffin SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 .269
Spencer Horwitz 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 .246
Ronny Simon RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .262
Substitute: Billy Cook CF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .173
Jacob Gonzalez 3B 2 1 1 1 0 0 .223
Substitute: Jared Triolo 3B 2 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Henry Davis C 3 1 2 0 0 1 .172
Totals 34 3 9 3 1 8
Pittsburgh Pirates pitching, in the order they pitched
Pitcher Innings pitchedHits allowedRuns allowedEarned runsWalksStrikeoutsHome runs allowedNumber of pitchesSeason earned run average
Kirby Yates 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 28 3.19
Yohan Ramírez 1.1 1 0 0 1 3 0 36 2.86
Carmen Mlodzinski (H, 7) 2.1 1 1 1 2 5 0 49 3.95
Evan Sisk (H, 6) 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 17 3.02
Gregory Soto (H, 13) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3.63
Luke Weaver (H, 24) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.69
Mason Montgomery (L, 6-4)(BS, 3) 0.2 3 3 3 0 1 1 20 2.93

Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers batting. Indented names came in as substitutes.
Batter Position At batsRunsHitsRuns batted inWalksStrikeoutsSeason batting average
Max Clark CF 5 1 1 0 0 2 .278
Hao-Yu Lee 2B 3 1 2 0 2 0 .267
Kevin McGonigle 3B 5 0 1 1 0 1 .276
Eduardo Valencia DH 5 1 1 2 0 2 .344
Riley Greene LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .282
Dillon Dingler C 4 0 1 0 0 2 .243
Spencer Torkelson 1B 3 1 0 0 1 2 .230
Zach McKinstry RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .201
Substitute: Ben Malgeri RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .252
Javier Báez SS 4 0 2 1 0 1 .241
Totals 35 4 10 4 3 12
Detroit Tigers pitching, in the order they pitched
Pitcher Innings pitchedHits allowedRuns allowedEarned runsWalksStrikeoutsHome runs allowedNumber of pitchesSeason earned run average
Justin Verlander 5.1 5 2 2 1 6 2 91 7.00
Tyler Kinley 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3.45
Brant Hurter 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 3.06
Jacob Waguespack (W, 2-2) 1.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 24 2.49

Game info

Weather
70 degrees, Sunny
Wind
8 mph, Out To RF
First pitch
1:11 PM
Time of game
2:57
Attendance
41,377
Umpires
Home Plate: Laz Diaz, First Base: Tyler Jones, Second Base: Erich Bacchus, Third Base: Jonathan Parra

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