Detroit Tigers News & Notes 05/20/2026

The Detroit Tigers dropped to 20-29 after suffering their fourth straight loss. They trail the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the American League Central by 7.5 games. They’re 3.5 games back of the Texas Rangers for the final wild card spot in the American League.

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MLB Game Recap

The Guardians struck first last night as Steven Kwan drove home the game’s first run in the second on a sacrifice fly. In the bottom half, the Tigers took the lead as Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run home run. The Guardians tied it up in the fourth as Travis Bazzana crushed his second career home run to make it 3-2 Cleveland. The Tigers tied it up in the bottom half thanks to an error by catcher Austin Hedges on a pickoff attempt that allowed Riley Greene to score. Cleveland got the game-winning run in the seventh as Brayan Rocchio drove home a run on a groundout to make it 4-3. Keider Montero got the start, going five innings, giving up three runs on two hits; he walked four and struck out one.

Standout Performer

Riley Greene went 2-2 with two runs scored and a walk in the loss. Greene has gone 2-2 in back-to-back games. He’s starting to heat up with a hit in 13 of his last 14 games.

Key News & Notes

Things are not going well in MoTown as the Tigers have dropped seven of their last eight games. During that, they’re averaging 2.3 runs per game while allowing 5.3 runs per game. They’re 4-13 in May, and they need to get things right before this season that had promise completely slips away. They did get great news as Tarik Skubal threw yesterday. He may be nearing a return soon to provide a boost. Will Vest, in his first game back last night, pitched a scoreless inning; he didn’t allow a base-runner and struck out one.

Farm Report

• Toledo Mud Hens (AAA): Toledo was rained out and is playing a doubleheader today against Indianapolis.
• Erie SeaWolves (AA): Izaac Pacheco went 1-3 with a triple and a run scored in a 4-2 loss to the Curve.
• West Michigan Whitecaps (A+): Christian Santana went 2-4 with a double and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Smokies.
• Lakeland Flying Tigers (A): Jude Warwick went 1-3 with a double and an RBI in a 3-2 win over the Marauders.
• FCL Tigers (ROK): Angel De Los Santos went 2-5 in a 2-1 loss to the FCL Yankees.