{"id":266829,"date":"2026-08-17T12:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266829\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:16:13","slug":"detroit-tigers-hit-road-for-3-game-series-vs-pittsburgh-pirates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266829\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers hit road for 3-game series vs Pittsburgh Pirates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Detroit Tigers failed to make up ground in the American League Central race this past weekend, getting swept by the division-leading Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park after a 7-5 loss on Sunday afternoon. All series long, the Pale Hose found ways to outscore the good guys and were able to shut down the home team\u2019s offense when it mattered most.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Next up for the Olde English D is a trip to take on its \u201cdesignated interleague rivals,\u201d the Pittsburgh Pirates, at PNC Park starting on Monday evening. Left-hander Framber Valdez will get the start in the opener looking to get back on track after a subpar showing his last time out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The 32-year-old had thrown two straight seven-inning quality starts before facing the Cleveland Guardians in Detroit last week. Instead of maintaining that level of play, Valdez regressed, allowing four runs on six hits (one home run) and five walks while striking out three over 5 2\/3 frames, hitting a batter and throwing a wild pitch to earn his eighth loss in a 6-4 final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">For the Bucs, right-hander Carmen Mlodzinski will be making his 12th start of the season as he bounces between the starter and reliever roles. The 27-year-old has struggled immensely his last two times out \u2014 both starts \u2014 to the tune of a mind-boggling 15.19 ERA and 7.02 FIP over just 5 1\/3 innings of work, allowing 12 hits (one home run) and four walks while striking out just two, earning a pair of losses in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Over the course of Mlodzinski\u2019s first 11 appearances this season \u2014 which includes nine starts and all but one lasting 4 1\/3 innings or more \u2014 he posted a 3.76 ERA and 3.32 FIP stretching across 55 frames of work, allowing 58 hits (three home runs) and 20 walks while striking out 46, plus a pair of hit batters. Those numbers suggest that he is much better as a starter than his most recent appearances demonstrated, but those outings were also much earlier in the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Last season, the Pirates swept the Tigers at PNC Park. Here is a look at Monday\u2019s starters\u2019 stats as Detroit looks to buck that trend this week.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Tigers (60-64) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (61-55)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Time (ET): 7:05 p.m.<br \/>Place: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<br \/>SB Nation Site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucsdugout.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bucs Dugout<\/a><br \/>Media: ESPN, Tigers Radio Network<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Game 125: LHP Framber Valdez (7-8, 4.26 ERA) vs. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5, 3.79 ERA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers failed to make up ground in the American League Central race this past weekend, getting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[103240,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-266829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-detroit-tigers-game-information","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}