{"id":644259,"date":"2026-05-03T02:36:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/644259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T02:36:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T02:36:13","slug":"dinglers-three-run-homer-monteros-efficient-start-help-tigers-beat-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/644259\/","title":{"rendered":"Dingler\u2019s three-run homer, Montero\u2019s efficient start help Tigers beat Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Keider Montero pitched into the seventh inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 5-1 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Dingler\u2019s sixth longball of the season was a 443-foot shot to left in the first inning off Kumar Rocker (1-2). Kevin McGonigle and Gleyber Torres each had RBI singles in the second for the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Montero (2-2) worked 6 2\/3 innings and needed just 85 pitches in his longest start this season. He allowed Jake Burger\u2019s homer in the fourth among five hits, walked two and struck out two.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drew Anderson got the final seven outs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Rocker was done after two innings, allowing five runs on six hits and throwing 43 pitches in his shortest outing of 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Wenceel P\u00e9rez and McGonigle stole bases against Rocker in the second. P\u00e9rez swiped another bag in the eighth as the Tigers stole four bases in a game for the first time since May 28, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">RHP Jack Leiter (1-2, 5.17 ERA) takes the mound for the Rangers in Sunday night\u2019s rubber game. The Tigers had not announced a starter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Keider Montero pitched into the seventh inning and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-644259","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\/644259","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=644259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}