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Detroit Tigers @ New York Mets

2026-05-12 · Night game · Citi Field · Att: 36382 · 59°F, Clear · Wind 12 mph, Out To LF · 3:08

New York Mets defeated Detroit Tigers 10–2. Detroit Tigers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Dillon Dingler homers (7) on a fly ball to left field. New York Mets took the lead in the 4th — Carson Benge singles on a line drive to left fielder Riley Greene. Francisco Alvarez scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Bo Bichette reaches on a fielder's choice. A.J. Ewing scores. Luis Torrens scores. Carson Benge to 3rd. Throwing error by third baseman Gage Workman — worth 11% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	2
NYN	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	10	13

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Kevin McGonigle SS	3	0	2	0	1	1
Zack Short PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Matt Vierling CF	4	0	0	0	1	1
Jahmai Jones DH	2	0	0	0	0	2
Colt Keith DH	3	0	2	0	0	1
Riley Greene LF	4	0	1	0	0	1
Dillon Dingler C	3	1	1	1	1	2
Wenceel Perez RF	4	1	1	0	0	1
Gage Workman 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1
Spencer Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	1	0	0
Zach McKinstry 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Hao-Yu Lee 2B	2	0	2	0	0	0

New York Mets — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carson Benge RF	5	1	2	1	0	0
Bo Bichette SS	4	1	1	1	1	1
Tyrone Taylor LF	0	0	0	0	0	0
Juan Soto LF	5	1	2	1	0	1
Mark Vientos 1B	5	1	2	1	0	1
MJ Melendez DH	2	1	0	0	1	1
Austin Slater DH	2	0	0	1	0	1
Brett Baty 3B	5	1	2	0	0	2
Marcus Semien 2B	5	0	1	0	0	1
A.J. Ewing CF	2	2	1	2	3	0
Luis Torrens C	2	1	1	1	1	0
Francisco Alvarez C	2	1	1	1	0	0