{"id":639382,"date":"2026-04-30T21:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:13:14","slug":"a-day-after-jansens-blown-save-tigers-turn-to-finnegan-for-save-in-comeback-win-over-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639382\/","title":{"rendered":"A day after Jansen\u2019s blown save, Tigers turn to Finnegan for save in comeback win over Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Detroit manager A.J. Hinch gave Kyle Finnegan<\/a> the ball in a save situation in the ninth inning instead of closer Kenley Jansen<\/a> on Thursday against the Atlanta Braves<\/a> in a move that could signal changes at the back end of the Tigers\u2019 bullpen.<\/p>\n

The decision came after Jansen\u2019s third blown save in nine chances in Wednesday night\u2019s 4-3 loss to the Braves. Jansen gave up a two-run homer to Matt Olson<\/a> in the the ninth inning.<\/p>\n

Hinch turned to Finnegan one day after the right-hander threw 29 pitches in the eighth inning. Finnegan came through for his first save as he pitched around a one-out single by Mike Yastrzemski<\/a> in the Tigers\u2019 5-2 come-from-behind win. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty beat up in the \u2018pen,\u201d Hinch said. \u201cWe\u2019re going through a couple things. … So, we\u2019ve said we\u2019re going to go different ways. I mean, I\u2019m trying to stay smart with these quick turnarounds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jansen has a 6.14 ERA in 10 games and has given up three homers.<\/p>\n

Finnegan has a 0.57 ERA and has allowed only one homer in 15 games. He walked two batters and had one strikeout in a scoreless eighth inning on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he threw the ball well last night,\u201d Hinch said of Finnegan. \u201cHe probably could have had a punch-out looking back at it instead of a walk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jansen ranks third with 482 saves and was expected to be Detroit\u2019s closer when he signed an $11 million, one-year deal in December. <\/p>\n

Finnegan, 34, has 112 saves that include 20 or more in three consecutive seasons with Washington from 2023-25. He also had four saves for Detroit last year.<\/p>\n

Thursday\u2019s save helped Detroit (16-16) avoid a three-game sweep and regain a share of the AL Central lead.<\/p>\n

Drew Anderson threw two scoreless innings as the Tigers rallied from a 2-0 deficit. Left-hander Framber Valdez<\/a> gave up two hits in six innings and retired his last 10 batters.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought he got better and better as the day went on,\u201d said Hinch of Valdez. \u201cHe settled in nicely. The changeup was very good today. He was able to keep him off-balance. He ended up missing some bats.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

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

Charles Odum, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 Detroit manager A.J. Hinch gave Kyle Finnegan the ball in a save situation in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-639382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639382","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=639382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}