The Tigers lost 12-4 to the Brewers, ending their six-game home win streak. The Brewers scored three runs in the second inning, showcasing their aggressive play style.
Key points
Tigers lost 12-4 to the Brewers
Loss ended Tigers' six-game home win streak
Brewers scored three runs in the second inning
Jake Rogers highlighted Brewers' aggressive play
AJ Hinch praised Brewers' ability to apply pressure
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Detroit â The Tigers like to play aggressive baseball and apply pressure on the opponent at every turn.
âItâs no secret,â Jake Rogers said before the game Tuesday, âthey wreak some havoc.â
The havoc started in the second inning, when the Brewers scored three times on their way to a 12-4 romp in the first of three games at Comerica Park. The loss snapped the Tigersâ six-game home win streak.
âItâs not just a philosophy,â manager AJ Hinch said. âThey do a good job playing to their strengths. They make you make plays. I think itâs fun to challenge yourself against a team that thrives on applying pressure.â
The second inning hit quick, if not particularly hard.
It started when Garrett Mitchell, with his elite 30 feet-per-second sprint speed, beat out a routine ground ball to shortstop. Tigers starter Keider Montero walked Luis Rengifo, fell behind Sal Frelick and then gave up RBI single to right.
David Hamilton dropped a perfect bunt single to load the bases.
After Montero struck out Blake Perkins, Brice Turang dropped a broken-bat single into shallow right field. Two runs scored easily and a potential third run was cut down at the plate by a well-executed relay and rundown by the Tigers.
Right-fielder Matt Vierling threw a head-high strike to cutoff man Spencer Torkelson in the middle of the diamond. The throw was high enough to entice Turang to go to second.
Q&A
What was the final score of the Tigers vs. Brewers game?
The final score was 12-4 in favor of the Brewers.
How did the Tigers' loss affect their home win streak?
The loss snapped the Tigers' six-game home win streak.
Who commented on the Brewers' aggressive playing style?
Jake Rogers commented on the Brewers' ability to apply pressure and create havoc.
What did Tigers' manager AJ Hinch say about the Brewers?
Manager AJ Hinch noted that the Brewers play to their strengths and challenge opponents to make plays.
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Torkelson, second baseman Gleyber Torres and shortstop Kevin McGonigle kept Turang in the rundown until Hamilton, who was rounding third, broke for home.
McGonigle pivoted and threw him out at the plate.
Vierling talked about trying to deal with the Brewersâ aggression before the game.
âIt starts with awareness,â he said. âThey are going to go. Like, No. 1, they are going to go first to third, they are going to try to steal, they are going to try to take every 90 feet. So, you have to attack every ball in the outfield.
âYou need to throw it in quick and hit the cutoff man.â
He did, but the fatal damage had been done.
The Tigers were handed an opportunity to flip the game in the bottom of the fourth, but they deferred.
Kyle Harrison, the Brewersâ lefty starter staked to a 3-0 lead, walked Riley Greene and Torkelson and then gave up a bullet single to Hao-Yu Lee. Lee, in his Comerica Park debut, hit the ball so hard (110.6 mph off the bat), Greene didnât have a chance to score from second.
That ended Harrisonâs night but only one of those runners would end up on his ledger.
Right-hander Grant Anderson, who throws nasty four-seamers and sweepers with a side-arm delivery, got Javier Baez to ground into a double-play, which brought Greene home.
Tigersâ manager AJ Hinch, fourth inning or not, took his shot using lefty Kerry Carpenter to pinch-hit for Jahmai Jones.
Anderson struck Carpenter out with a sweeper.
That turned out to be the last gasp for the Tigersâ offense.
The Tigers did what you cannot do against the Brewers in the seventh. They gave them an extra out and paid for it with two tack-on runs.
Lefty reliever Enmanuel De Jesus got the first two outs in the seventh before giving up single to lefty swinger Hamilton and then walked No. 9 hitter Perkins. He had a chance to end the inning right there. He caught Hamilton leaving second base early. He ran right at him, like heâs supposed to, but his throw to second baseman Torres was errant and Hamilton strolled into the third base.
Things went completely off the rails in the eighth as the Brewers batted around and tacked on seven more runs.
Gary Sanchez and Turang hit back-to-back triples off De Jesus. It was the fourth career triple for the slow-footed Sanchez.
De Jesus didnât record an out in the eighth. He was pulled after he reacted late and wasnât able to beat Hamilton to the bag on a ground ball to Torkelson at first.
Connor Seabold, entering with the bases loaded, hit Perkins to force in a run. He ended up allowing three inherited runs and two of his own before finally ending the frame.
Catcher Jake Rogers pitched a scoreless ninth.
The Tigers (12-12) managed one hit from the fourth to the eighth. They rattled off four in the ninth, including an RBI single by Kevin McGonigle and a two-run double by Vierling.
Tigers pitcher Keider Montero delivers a pitch in the first inning. Detroit Tigers take on the Milwaukee Brewers on April 21, 2026 at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Tigers pitcher Keider Montero delivers a pitch in the first inning. Detroit Tigers take on the Milwaukee Brewers on April 21, 2026 at Comerica Park in Detroit.
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