San Francisco Giants at Detroit Tigers

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San Francisco Giants

31-23, 14-14 Away

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Detroit Tigers

35-20, 19-8 Home

Keider Montero, Riley Greene lead Tigers to 3-1 win over Giants

Tensions flare as Javy Baez is ejected after strike three call

Montero (2-1) entered the game with a 5.28 ERA in six games, but held the Giants to one hit and two walks while striking out three.

Five relievers finished, with Will Vest pitching the ninth for his sixth save.

Hayden Birdsong (2-1) took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on Dillon Dingler's RBI single, and they added two runs in the fifth.

With one out, Detroit loaded the bases on a single and two walks before Greene looped a two-run single into center. Reliever Erik Miller avoided a worse outcome by intentionally walking Spencer Torkelson and getting Zach McKinstry to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Wilmer Flores' RBI single made it 3-1 in the sixth, but the Giants failed to get a runner into scoring position in the last three innings.

Key moment Tigers CF Javier Báez was ejected in the fifth inning after an animated argument with the home-plate umpire over a called third strike on a pitch that Statcast showed to be low. After the ejection, Báez had to be restrained by teammate Gleyber Torres and third-base coach Joey Cora.

Key stat The Tigers have an MLB-high 19 wins in 26 day games.

Up next The teams play the second of a three-game series on Tuesday evening, with Detroit RHP Jack Flaherty (2-6, 4.39) facing RHP Logan Webb (5-4, 2.67).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Fitzgerald lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Wade Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Adames grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Flores out at second.
	9th Inning	Flores singled to right.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Kahnle
	8th Inning	Dingler grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

SF		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	7
4	Strikeouts	8
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	132
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
5	Total Bases	8
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	1
0.6	Runs Created	2.6
.161	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.161	Slugging Percentage	.267
.097	Secondary Average	.167
.235	On Base Percentage	.324
.397	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.590
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.9
9.0	Batter Rating	21.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.88	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.88
.000	Isolated Power	.033
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.088	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
64.3	MLB Rating	73.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0