Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

2-0, 2-0 Away

Final
5 - 2

San Diego Padres

0-2, 0-2 Home

Tigers rookie Kevin McGonigle hits tiebreaking, 2-run single in 5-2 win against Padres

Detroit Tigers vs. San Diego Padres: Game Highlights

Kenley Jansen struck out the side in the ninth on 11 pitches in his Tigers debut for his 477th career save, which leads all active pitchers and is fourth all-time.

The 21-year-old McGonigle, who was robbed of his first home run by center fielder Jackson Merrill in the second, worked a 10-pitch at-bat against Wandy Peralta in a lefty-on-lefty matchup that culminated with a single to right field that brought in Gleyber Torres and Colt Keith for a 4-2 lead.

McGonigle had a brilliant debut on Thursday. He hit the first big league pitch he saw for a bases-loaded, two-run double, and finished 4-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored in an 8-2 win. After just 46 games last season in Double-A, the multiposition infielder made Detroit’s major league roster with a strong spring that allowed him to skip Triple-A entirely.

Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada (0-1) couldn't hold a 2-1 lead in the eighth. He walked the bases loaded before Kerry Carpenter scored on Riley Greene's single to shortstop. After striking out Spencer Torkelson, Estrada made way for Peralta.

Merrill made a sensational leaping catch to rob McGonigle of a homer in the second, getting his glove well above the wall just in front of the 396 sign.

Framber Valdez allowed two runs, one earned, and seven hits in six innings while striking out five and walking one in his Tigers debut. Valdez, the longtime Astros ace, signed a $115 million free-agent deal last month.

Enmanuel De Jesus (1-0) got the win.

Ramón Laureano hit an RBI double off Valdez with two outs in the sixth for a 2-1 Padres lead.

Catcher Luis Campusano went 2-for-3 in the Padres' first challenges via the Automated Ball-Strike System.

Up next Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (8-15, 4.64 ERA in 2025) and Padres RHP Randy Vásquez (6-7, 3.84) are set to start Saturday night's series finale. Both teams have Sunday off.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Castellanos struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Castellanos hit for Campusano
	9th Inning	Cronenworth struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Sheets struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Finnegan
	9th Inning	Sheets hit for France

Statistics

DET		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
12	Ground Balls	10
9	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	8
1	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
24	Runners Left On Base	21
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
10	Fly Balls	12
1	Caught Stealing	0
161	Pitches	127
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	11
40	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
2.6	Runs Created	2.7
.194	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.324
.258	Secondary Average	.147
.375	On Base Percentage	.278
.569	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.601
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
27.0	Batter Rating	22.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.53
.000	Isolated Power	.088
0.89	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.17
.200	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.056
.065	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.088
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
74.8	MLB Rating	73.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0