Seven spotless innings from Melton
Detroit walked out of Seattle with an 8-0 win overnight. Troy Melton carried it, spinning seven scoreless innings and scattering three singles to Dominic Canzone, Randy Arozarena and Cal Raleigh, with two walks and four strikeouts. He is 7-1 now.
Look past the line score and it reads even better. This was Detroit’s second straight shutout and its third in six games. Pitching like that, at a point in the season when every run is currency, is a statement of its own.
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Greene, Torres and Dingler go deep
The bats did their part. Riley Greene, Gleyber Torres and Dillon Dingler all homered, and Colt Keith opened the scoring with a two-run single in the third. Greene tacked on a solo shot in the fifth off starter Emerson Hancock, who fell to 6-6 with the loss.
The ninth turned into a pile-on. Four runs crossed against reliever Seranthony Dominguez, just arrived from the White Sox, as Torres and Dingler cleared the fence on back-to-back swings.
Wild-card race heats up again
Four straight wins for the Tigers, five in six. The part that matters most: Detroit has climbed back ahead of Seattle in the American League wild-card race. Taylor Ward, picked up from the Orioles at Monday’s deadline, had a quiet Mariners debut and went 0-for-3.
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