Detroit Tigers at Arizona Diamondbacks

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Detroit Tigers

2-2, 2-2 Away

Final
6 - 9

Arizona Diamondbacks

1-3, 1-0 Home

Corbin Carroll has 4 RBIs, Diamondbacks ruin Justin Verlander's return to Tigers in 9-6 win

Corbin Carroll's triple gives Arizona Diamondbacks the lead

The Diamondbacks won their home opener after getting swept at Dodger Stadium in their first series of the season.

The 28-year-old Soroka (1-0) gave up four hits over five scoreless innings — and the fifth was a gem. The right-hander struck out Javier Báez, Kerry Carpenter and Gleyber Torres on nine straight pitches, blowing a 95 mph fastball past Torres on the ninth one to tie a career high with 10 strikeouts.

The 43-year-old Verlander gave up five runs on six hits and two walks over 3 2/3 innings. The big blow came in the second when Carroll connected for his first homer of the season.

Verlander (0-1) began his 21st big league season after returning to the Tigers in February on a $13 million, one-year deal. The nine-time All-Star spent the first 12 1/2 seasons of his career in Detroit before being traded to the Astros in 2017.

The Diamondbacks built an 8-0 lead after five innings but the Tigers used a six-run seventh to make a big dent in the deficit. Joe Ross gave up six runs while getting just two outs. Ryan Thompson entered and allowed all three batters he faced to reach base — while also being called for two balks — before Juan Morillo got Parker Meadows to ground out with the bases loaded to end the inning.

Ildemaro Vargas hit a solo homer in the bottom of the seventh to push the D-backs ahead 9-6. Paul Sewald earned his first save.

Detroit's Colt Keith had two doubles, including one that scored two runs.

Up next The Diamondbacks send RHP Brandon Pfaadt to the mound Tuesday while the Tigers counter with RHP Casey Mize. Both pitchers are making their first start of the season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Torkelson struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Greene flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Keith flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Sewald relieved Clarke
	8th Inning	Thomas struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Arenado fouled out to first.

Statistics

DET		ARI
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
14	Strikeouts	3
6	Runs Batted In	9
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	11
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	9
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	36
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	23
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	2
15	Fly Balls	22
0	Caught Stealing	0
174	Pitches	168
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	1
15	Total Bases	21
41	Plate Appearances	42
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
5	Extra Base Hits	5
5.3	Runs Created	8.7
.270	Batting Average	.306
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.405	Slugging Percentage	.583
.243	Secondary Average	.472
.341	On Base Percentage	.405
.747	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.988
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	9.4
44.0	Batter Rating	60.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	18.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.24	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.135	Isolated Power	.278
0.29	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	2.00
.098	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.143
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
12.0	Runs Produced	18.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
86.8	MLB Rating	103.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0