{"id":574485,"date":"2026-04-01T05:20:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574485\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:20:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:20:18","slug":"jose-fernandez-hits-two-home-runs-in-mlb-debut-leads-arizona-diamondbacks-over-detroit-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/574485\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Fernandez hits two home runs in MLB debut, leads Arizona Diamondbacks over Detroit Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Jose Fernandez hit two home runs, including the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, in his MLB debut and the Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a> beat the Detroit Tigers<\/a> 7-5 on Tuesday night. <\/p>\n

Fernandez finished 3 for 4 with an infield single for the first of his career in the second and a solo home run in the fourth. <\/p>\n

James McCann<\/a> hit a double along the third baseline and Jordan Lawlar<\/a> singled before the Tigers swapped out relief pitcher Drew Anderson for Will Vest<\/a> (0-1). Vest walked Ketel Marte<\/a> to load the bases and Corbin Carroll<\/a> hit a double to the wall in center field, sending two home.<\/p>\n

Vest walked the next batter and Marte scored on a groundout before Kenley Jensen replaced Vest with runners at the corners. Fernandez hit a 409-foot shot that capped the scoring.<\/p>\n

Diamondbacks starter Brandon Pfaadt<\/a> allowed five runs in six innings. Andrew Hoffmann<\/a> (1-0) pitching two scoreless innings before Paul Sewald<\/a> struck out the side in the ninth and earned his second save of the year.<\/p>\n

Detroit had all of its six hits in the Tigers\u2019 five-run third. Riley Greene<\/a> hit a two-run double, and Kevin McGonigle, Kerry Carpenter<\/a> and Jake Rogers<\/a> each added an RBI. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Detroit\u2019s Tarik Skubal<\/a> (1-0, 0.00 ERA) starts opposite Zac Gallen<\/a> (0-1, 9.00) in the series finale Wednesday. <\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 Jose Fernandez hit two home runs, including the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":574486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-574485","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/574486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}