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September 5, 2026 · AL Cent

Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Guardians

September 5, 2026Progressive FieldClear 73°F · 14 mph, In From RF
AWAY
Detroit Tigers
65-77
6
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
72-71
0

Game Highlights

Published September 5, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
T1 Riley Greene Riley Greene homers (17) on a fly ball to center field. DET 1, CLE 0
T3 Riley Greene Riley Greene singles on a line drive to center fielder Petey Halpin. Gleyber Torres scores. Hao-Yu Lee out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Petey Halpin to second baseman Angel Genao. DET 2, CLE 0
T6 Riley Greene Riley Greene homers (18) on a fly ball to left center field. DET 3, CLE 0
T7 Riley Greene Riley Greene doubles (27) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Petey Halpin. Gleyber Torres scores. Hao-Yu Lee to 3rd. DET 4, CLE 0
T7 Dillon Dingler Dillon Dingler out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Steven Kwan. Hao-Yu Lee scores. DET 5, CLE 0
T7 Ben Malgeri Ben Malgeri singles on a line drive to center fielder Petey Halpin. Riley Greene scores. DET 6, CLE 0

Box score

  123456789 R
DET 101001300 6
CLE 000000000 0

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Tigers AWAY 6

Framber Valdez started for Tigers, leaving with a 6–0 lead.

workload · innings pitched
  • Framber Valdez Starter 7.0 94 0 3 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Framber Valdez threw
    CSW 21% 1st-pitch strike 67% 3.9 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Curveball 32 34% 3 6 7 14 2
    Sinker 31 33% 0 8 7 7 9
    Four-Seam Fastball 16 17% 2 1 3 7 3
    Changeup 14 15% 0 0 4 5 5
    Slider 1 1% 0 0 0 1 0
  • Kyle Finnegan Setup 1.0 9 0 0
  • Beau Brieske Middle 1.0 11 0 0
Guardians HOME 0

Parker Messick started for Guardians, leaving trailing 0–3. Out of the bullpen, Matt Festa took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Parker Messick Starter 6.0 103 3 12 L
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Parker Messick threw
    CSW 34% 1st-pitch strike 62% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 63 61% 10 16 13 18 6
    Changeup 21 20% 3 1 1 13 3
    Slider 8 8% 2 0 1 4 1
    Curveball 6 6% 0 2 1 2 1
    Sinker 3 3% 0 0 2 0 1
    Cutter 2 2% 1 0 1 0 0
  • Matt Festa Middle 1.0 28 3 1
  • Austin Peterson Middle 2.0 31 0 3

Where the game turned

1 run Top 1st · off Messick
  • Greene HR (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · DET
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Gleyber Torres DH 5 2 2 0 0 2 .270 .371 .384 .755
Hao-Yu Lee 3B 3 1 0 0 2 3 .263 .313 .412 .725
Dillon Dingler C 4 0 0 1 0 2 .247 .310 .462 .772
Ben Malgeri RF 5 0 3 1 0 2 .258 .356 .393 .749 2B
Spencer Torkelson 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .313 .411 .724
John Peck SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 .267 .353 .333 .686
Zach McKinstry CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .209 .290 .305 .595
Javier Báez 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .243 .271 .355 .626
Riley Greene LF 5 3 4 4 0 1 .273 .364 .461 .825 2 HR (17, 18), 2B
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Steven Kwan LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .270 .371 .328 .699
Angel Martínez RF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .245 .283 .432 .715
José Ramírez 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 .330 .378 .708
Jo Adell DH 2 0 0 0 0 2 .239 .295 .400 .695
David Fry 1B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .196 .317 .346 .663
Angel Genao 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .255 .314 .362 .676
Petey Halpin CF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .215 .253 .315 .568
Austin Hedges C 2 0 0 0 1 0 .251 .322 .366 .688
Brayan Rocchio SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .306 .372 .678

Pitching lines

AWAY · DET
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Framber Valdez 7.0 3 0 0 1 3 0 94 4.17 W
Kyle Finnegan 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3.86
Beau Brieske 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 6.23
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Parker Messick 6.0 7 3 3 2 12 2 103 2.53 L
Matt Festa 1.0 3 3 3 1 1 0 28 3.88
Austin Peterson 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 31 0.00

Manager comparison

AWAY · DET
A.J. Hinch
Lineup 4.9 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.4 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 3.2 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · DET
6-4 L2 +13 run diff
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HOME · CLE
7-3 W5 +14 run diff
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Season series: 1-3 with DET listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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