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Detroit Tigers @ Pittsburgh Pirates

2026-08-19 · Day game · PNC Park · Att: 18208 · 75°F, Partly Cloudy · Wind 10 mph, Out To LF · 2:52

Pittsburgh Pirates defeated Detroit Tigers 4–3. Pittsburgh Pirates opened the scoring in the 1st — Oneil Cruz singles on a line drive to left fielder Brett Callahan. Brandon Lowe scores. Bryan Reynolds to 2nd. Detroit Tigers took the lead in the 5th — Gleyber Torres singles on a fly ball to center fielder Oneil Cruz. Max Clark scores. Hao-Yu Lee to 3rd. Pittsburgh Pirates took the lead in the 9th — Brandon Lowe homers (27) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Rafael Flores Jr. homers (6) on a fly ball to left field — worth 47% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	7
PIT	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	8	2

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Eduardo Valencia DH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Colt Keith DH	3	0	1	0	1	1
Gleyber Torres 2B	3	0	1	1	1	1
Kevin McGonigle SS	3	0	1	2	0	1
Dillon Dingler C	4	0	0	0	0	1
Brett Callahan LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ben Malgeri LF	2	0	0	0	0	0
Zach McKinstry RF	3	0	1	0	1	2
Spencer Torkelson 1B	4	0	0	0	0	3
Max Clark CF	4	1	2	0	0	1
Hao-Yu Lee 3B	2	2	1	0	2	1

Pittsburgh Pirates — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Spencer Horwitz 1B	5	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Lowe DH	3	2	1	1	2	1
Bryan Reynolds LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Esmerlyn Valdez RF	4	0	0	0	0	4
Oneil Cruz CF	3	0	1	1	1	1
Nick Gonzales 2B	3	0	2	0	1	0
Jacob Gonzalez SS	2	0	1	0	0	0
Nick Yorke 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jared Triolo SS	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Mangum PH	1	0	0	0	0	1
Henry Davis C	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rafael Flores Jr. C	2	2	2	2	0	0