{"id":910281,"date":"2026-09-26T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910281\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:00:36","slug":"torkelson-narrowly-misses-cycle-as-detroit-tigers-hang-on-to-beat-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/910281\/","title":{"rendered":"Torkelson narrowly misses cycle as Detroit Tigers hang on to beat Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Spencer Torkelson<\/a> finished a single short of the cycle, Jackson Jobe<\/a> allowed two runs in 5 1\/3 innings and the Detroit Tigers<\/a> beat the Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> 8-7 on Friday night after nearly wasting a six-run lead.<\/p>\n

Detroit led 8-2 after seven innings, but RBI singles by Nick Gonzales<\/a> and Ryan O\u2019Hearn and a three-run homer by Rafael Flores Jr.<\/a> pulled the Pirates within one run in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Torkelson got some help from the Pirates defense – his second-inning triple was a sinking liner to right that evaded a diving Jake Mangum<\/a>, and his double was a routine fly ball to shallow right-center that fell untouched among three fielders. He hit his 26th homer in the seventh and was on deck when the Tigers made the final out of the eighth.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh (81-79) needs one win for its first winning season since 2018.<\/p>\n

Jobe (3-3) allowed three hits and two walks while striking out eight. He returned in August from Tommy John surgery and finished with a 3.91 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 46 innings.<\/p>\n

Kenley Jansen<\/a> pitched the ninth for his 498th save, his 22nd in 28 chances this season.<\/p>\n

Bubba Chandler<\/a> (9-9) gave up six runs, four hits and four walks in 2 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n

Dillon Dingler<\/a> had a two-run single, raising his career-high RBIs total to 91.<\/p>\n

The game started 30 minutes late because of lengthy ceremonies honoring Justin Verlander<\/a> on the eve of his final MLB start.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Verlander (0-1, 12.27) makes his first start at Comerica Park since Aug. 20, 2017, when he beat the Los Angeles Dodgers<\/a> 6-1.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here <\/p>\n

Dave Hogg, The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Spencer Torkelson finished a single short of the cycle, Jackson Jobe allowed two runs in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":910282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-910281","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\/910281","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=910281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/910282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}