Pittsburgh Pirates at Detroit Tigers

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Pittsburgh Pirates

82-80, 38-43 Away

Final
4 - 2

Detroit Tigers

76-86, 42-39 Home

Griffin's homer helps Pirates finish with winning record, beating Detroit 4-2

Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Detroit Tigers: Game Highlights

Pittsburgh (82-80), which improved by 11 wins over 2025, hadn't finished with a record over .500 since going 82-79 in 2018.

Detroit, which made the postseason the previous two years, finished 76-86, an 11-win drop from 2025.

Griffin led off the game against River Ryan (0-1) with his sixth homer, and the Pirates doubled the lead in the second on an RBI single by Jake Mangum. Pittsburgh had the bases loaded with one out later in the inning, but Beau Brieske came out of the bullpen to get Griffin to hit into an inning-ending double play.

Pittsburgh increased the lead to 4-0 with a pair of runs in the fourth. Billy Cook's two-out double brought home Nick Gonzales, and Griffin followed with an RBI single.

Detroit got on the board with two homers off Antwone Kelly in the seventh.

The Tigers, though, didn't score again. Mason Montgomery pitched the ninth for his 18th save.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch removed McGonigle in the top of the eighth, allowing him to receive a standing ovation after a season that has made him the favorite for the American League Jackie Robinson Award.

The 21-year-old finished the season hitting .278 with 18 homers, 97 runs and 95 walks, becoming the fourth rookie to finish with 95 runs and 95 walks since 1947. He joins Jim Gilliam (1953), Joe Morgan (1965) and Aaron Judge (2017).

Pirates left fielder Bryan Reynolds started, but came out of the game in the third inning, allowing him to play in all 162 games this season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Valencia struck out looking. Detroit Tigers challenged: call on the field was upheld.
	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Malgeri grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Montgomery relieved Bachar
	9th Inning	Cook flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Gonzalez struck out looking.

Statistics

PIT		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
10	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	13
4	Runs Batted In	2
1	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
124	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	9
36	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.9	Runs Created	0.9
.219	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.344	Slugging Percentage	.300
.219	Secondary Average	.267
.286	On Base Percentage	.156
.629	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.456
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
28.0	Batter Rating	18.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.44	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.00
.125	Isolated Power	.200
0.30	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.08
.083	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.031
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.167
8.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
77.3	MLB Rating	65.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0