Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

30-15, 13-10 Away

Final
5 - 4

Toronto Blue Jays

21-23, 12-11 Home

Riley Greene has 3 RBIs and Tigers beat Blue Jays 5-4 for 30th win of season

Javier Báez makes incredible diving grab, then finishes double play

Jack Flaherty (2-5) allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings and snapped a six-start winless streak with his first victory since April 4 against the White Sox.

Beau Brieske stranded two runners in the ninth to earn his first save as the Tigers (30-15) extended their winning streak to four.

Greene hit his 11th homer in the second inning and added a two-run double in the fifth.

Báez gave Detroit an insurance run with a two-out homer off Chad Green in the eighth, his sixth. The Tigers are 24-2 when they score five or more.

Daulton Varsho chased Flaherty with a two-run homer in the sixth. The longball was Varsho’s sixth in 12 games this season. He missed the start of the year while recovering from shoulder surgery.

Toronto's Myles Straw hit an RBI single off Brenan Hanifee in the seventh and Bo Bichette made it 5-4 with a solo homer off Tommy Kahnle in the eighth.

Bowden Francis (2-6) gave up four runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. Francis has allowed a major league-worst 14 homers this season.

Struggling Blue Jays slugger Anthony Santander was held out of the starting lineup. Santander has one homer and four RBI in 10 games this month.

Key moment Báez made a diving catch in center on Nathan Lukes’ sinking liner in the second, then threw to first to double up Addison Barger and end the inning.

Key stat The Tigers are 9-1 against AL East opponents.

Up next RHP Reese Olson (4-3, 3.38 ERA) is scheduled to start for the Tigers on Saturday. The Blue Jays had not named a starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Clement grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Clement hit for Clase
	9th Inning	Stefanic singled to left, Straw to second.
	9th Inning	Straw singled to center.
	9th Inning	Barger grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Kirk lined out to center.

Statistics

DET		TOR
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	35
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
18	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
17	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	154
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	18
41	Plate Appearances	36
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	4
7.4	Runs Created	5.3
.278	Batting Average	.286
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.556	Slugging Percentage	.514
.389	Secondary Average	.286
.366	On Base Percentage	.306
.921	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.820
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
7.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.5
41.0	Batter Rating	37.0
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	17.5
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.07	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.28
.278	Isolated Power	.229
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.028
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
10.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
91.3	MLB Rating	87.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0