Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

1-0, 1-0 Away

Final
8 - 2

San Diego Padres

0-1, 0-1 Home

Kevin McGonigle begins his career with 4 hits in Tigers' 8-2 win over Padres on opening day

Detroit Tigers vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

The 21-year-old McGonigle hit a two-run double with the bases loaded on the first big league pitch he saw in the first inning. He had a second double and an infield single while scoring two runs in his next two at-bats, and added a single in the ninth.

McGonigle finished 4 for 5 while batting sixth and playing third base. After just 46 games last season in Double-A, the multi-position infielder made Detroit’s major league roster with an undeniably strong spring, skipping Triple-A entirely.

Two-time AL Cy Young award winner Tarik Skubal (1-0) pitched six innings of three-hit ball with six strikeouts in his third straight opening day start for Detroit, allowing only an unearned run.

Dillon Dingler homered and drove in three runs while Detroit jumped to an 8-0 lead in the fifth inning and cruised to its 12th win on opening day in the last 15 seasons.

Xander Bogaerts hit an RBI double off Skubal in the sixth inning of a rough opener for rookie manager Craig Stammen and the Padres, who are coming off only the second back-to-back playoff appearances in franchise history. Stammen, the former Padres reliever, replaced Mike Shildt.

Nick Pivetta (0-1) lasted just three innings in his first career opening day start, struggling through a 33-pitch first inning and getting the hook after yielding six runs on seven hits and three walks.

Spencer Torkelson drew a bases-loaded walk from Pivetta right before McGonigle's first-pitch double.

McGonigle then lined a 105.9-mph double off the right-field wall in the third, barely beating Fernando Tatis Jr.'s throw to second. He scored his first big league run moments later on Parker Meadows' single.

Ramón Laureano homered in the seventh for San Diego. Nick Castellanos flied out to center with the bases loaded to end the eighth in his Padres debut.

Up next Longtime Astros ace Framber Valdez (13-11, 3.66 ERA) debuts for the Tigers on Friday after signing a $115 million free-agent deal last month. The Padres send out Michael King (5-3, 3.44 ERA), who re-signed on a $75 million deal after a solid but injury-plagued 2025.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Fermin grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Laureano lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Dingler grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	McGonigle singled to right.

Statistics

DET		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	11
10	Strikeouts	7
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
166	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	9
43	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
6.5	Runs Created	1.9
.308	Batting Average	.152
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.436	Slugging Percentage	.273
.231	Secondary Average	.212
.372	On Base Percentage	.222
.808	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.495
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
51.0	Batter Rating	18.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.56
.128	Isolated Power	.121
0.40	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.43
.093	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.077	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
95.8	MLB Rating	69.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0