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The Detroit Tigers lost two players to injuries and the game 5-2 against the Atlanta Braves. Casey Mize and Javier BĂĄez both exited due to injuries during the match.
ATLANTA â The Detroit Tigers lost two players.
And then lost the game.
Right-hander Casey Mize (right groin tightness) and center fielder Javier BĂĄez (unspecified right leg injury) left due to injuries in the Tigers' 5-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday, April 28, in the first of three games in the series at Truist Park.
The Tigers â losers in six of their past 11 games â were limited to six hits and five walks against the Braves.
Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. (13) reacts after a double against the Detroit Tigers in the first inning at Truist Park in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
The Tigers (15-15) and Braves (21-9) meet again Wednesday (7:15 p.m., Detroit SportsNet), with left-hander Tarik Skubal on the mound for the Tigers.
In Tuesday's game, Mize exited with one out in the third inning after fielding a weak grounder, then BĂĄez departed with one out in the fifth inning after trying to avoid a potential tag on an awkward slide at first base.
The Braves took a 2-0 lead in the third inning.
Mize stranded runners on the corners in the first inning, but the Braves struck in the third with back-to-back doubles from Mike Yastrzemski (off a middle-middle fastball) and Ronald Acuña Jr. (off a middle-down splitter) to open the inning.
Casey Mize experienced right groin tightness, while Javier BĂĄez suffered an unspecified right leg injury.
The final score was 5-2 in favor of the Atlanta Braves.
The Tigers have lost six of their last 11 games.
The game took place at Truist Park in Atlanta.
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The double from Acuña put the Braves ahead, 1-0.
After Mize left the game, Matt Olson delivered a sacrifice fly against left-handed reliever Brant Hurter for the second out in the third, extending the Braves' lead to 2-0.
Both runs were charged to Mize.
The 28-year-old allowed two runs on three hits and one walk with three strikeouts across 2â innings, throwing 34 pitches. He has a 2.90 ERA across 31 innings in six starts.
The Braves didn't score again until the seventh inning.
That's when right-handed reliever Burch Smith struck out Austin Riley and Kyle Farmer, only to give up back-to-back hits to Mauricio DubĂłn (double) and Yastrzemski (double) with two outs.
The double from Yastrzemski made it 3-0 Braves.
The Tigers had their best scoring opportunity against right-handed reliever Tyler Kinley in the eighth inning.
A single from Kevin McGonigle and a double from Dillon Dingler put two runners in scoring position for Riley Greene, who struck out looking on a slider. The breaking ball painted on the down-and-away edge of the strike zone.
Greene contested the call from home-plate umpire Alan Porter using the ABS challenge system.
But Porter was correct.
It was a called strike for an inning-ending strikeout.
In the eighth inning, the Braves upped their lead to 5-0 with damage from Olson and Ozzie Albies against left-handed reliever Tyler Holton. After Olson's double, Albies pulled a changeup for a two-run home run to left field.
Left-hander MartĂn PĂ©rez set the tone for the Braves.
The 35-year-old tossed five scoreless innings on two hits and four walks with five strikeouts, throwing 91 pitches. Pérez stranded two runners in the second with a strikeout of Hao-Yu Lee, then he stranded two runners in the fifth when McGonigle flew out to the wall in center field.
Left-handed reliever Aaron Bummer gave up a two-run home run to Wenceel Pérez in the ninth inning, but before that, Spencer Torkelson grounded out.
Torkelson didn't hit a home run in Tuesday's game.
He finished 0-for-3 with one walk and two strikeouts.
His streak of consecutive games with a homer ended at five games, keeping Torkelson tied with five other players the franchise record: Rudy York, Hank Greenberg, Vic Wertz, Willie Horton and Marcus Thames.
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This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Detroit Tigers game score in loss to Braves filled with injuries