Detroit Tigers at San Diego Padres

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Detroit Tigers

2-1, 2-1 Away

Final
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San Diego Padres

1-2, 1-2 Home

Vásquez, Tatis lead the Padres to a 3-0 win over the Tigers to avoid sweep

Randy Vasquez strikes out a pair of Tigers in the fifth inning

Vásquez (1-0) struck out eight and allowed two hits — a single and double by Colt Keith — in six innings, with three walks. Kyle Hart struck out three in two perfect innings and Mason Miller, who took over as closer after Robert Suarez signed as a free agent with Atlanta, walked one and struck out two in the ninth for the save in his season debut.

The Padres got to Jack Flaherty (0-1) in the third and fifth innings, getting enough offense to avoid being swept in their opening series for the first time since 2018 against Milwaukee.

San Diego had three straight two-out singles in the third, with Tatis' base hit to right bringing in Freddy Fermin. Tatis, dropped from the leadoff spot after the first two games to No. 2, stole second. Second baseman Gleyber Torres couldn't handle the throw from catcher Jake Rogers and the ball skipped into center field for an error, allowing Jake Cronenworth to score.

Flaherty walked three straight batters with one out in the fifth and made way for Brant Hurter, who gave up Jackson Merrill's RBI fielder's choice.

Flaherty allowed three runs, two earned, and four hits in 4 1/3 innings, while walking four and striking out two.

Up next Tigers: RHP Justin Verlander (4-11, 3.85 with San Francisco in 2025) makes his season debut Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Arizona.

Padres: RHP Walker Buehler (10-7, 4.93 combined with Boston and Philadelphia) makes his Padres debut at home Monday night in the opener of a three-game series against San Francisco.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	McGonigle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Torkelson walked.
	9th Inning	Greene flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Keith struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Miller relieved Hart
	9th Inning	Johnson in left field.

Statistics

DET		SD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
13	Strikeouts	6
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	2
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
9	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
132	Pitches	155
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
3	Total Bases	7
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	0
-0.3	Runs Created	2.9
.069	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.103	Slugging Percentage	.226
.172	Secondary Average	.194
.182	On Base Percentage	.314
.285	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.540
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.3
4.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.43
.034	Isolated Power	.000
0.31	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.121	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.114
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.032
0.0	Runs Produced	5.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
55.0	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0