Apr 12, 2026; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Detroit Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (29) pitches within the first inning towards the Miami Marlins at Comerica Park. Necessary Credit score: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Photos Dillon Dingler hit a three-run homer, Kevin McGonigle blasted his first profession homer and the host Detroit Tigers accomplished a three-game sweep of the Miami Marlins with an 8-2 victory on Sunday afternoon.
Kerry Carpenter equipped a two-run shot for Detroit. McGonigle reached base 4 instances, together with three hits, and scored two runs. Riley Greene, who drove in 4 runs on Saturday, added two hits and scored twice.
Tigers ace Tarik Skubal did not permit a success till Austin Slater’s bloop single to middle within the sixth. Skubal (2-2) allowed one run and two hits whereas strolling two and placing out seven in 6 2/3 innings. Kyle Finnegan and Connor Seabold bought the final seven outs.
Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara (2-1) gave up seven runs and 10 hits in six innings. Alcantara had allowed simply two earned runs in his first three begins.
Otto Lopez had each Miami RBIs with a solo homer and a sacrifice fly. Slater had two hits whereas Jakob Marsee added a triple and scored the opposite Marlins run.
The Tigers staked Skubal to a 3-0 lead within the first inning. Colt Keith and Greene had two-out singles earlier than Dingler smashed an 0-2 changeup over the left discipline wall for his third homer this season.
The rating remained that means till McGonigle hammered a first-pitch Alcantara fastball over the proper discipline wall in the course of the fifth inning.
Detroit prolonged the result in 7-0 within the sixth. Greene smacked a leadoff single and, one out later, Carpenter reached down and golfed a sweeper over the proper discipline wall. Spencer Torkelson, Zach McKinstry and Javier Baez had consecutive singles to account for the opposite run within the inning.
Miami scored within the seventh on Marsee’s triple to proper and Lopez’s sacrifice fly. Skubal departed after placing out Connor Norby.
The Tigers tacked on a run within the eighth on two-out singles by McGonigle and Gleyber Torres and a wild pitch from Tyler Phillips.
Lopez hit his homer with one out within the ninth simply past the left discipline wall.
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