Riley Greene’s big day helps AJ Hinch get win No. 400 as Tigers manager

Detroit – AJ Hinch was told before the game that he was one win away from 400 as the manager of the Tigers.

“Should’ve got it last week,” he deadpanned.

Well, better late than never.

BOX SCORE: Tigers 6, Marlins 1

The Tigers helped their skipper join the Reds’ Terry Francona as the only two active managers to win 400 games with two teams, beating the Miami Marlins Saturday 6-1 before a crowd of 31,414 at Comerica Park.

“I appreciate it,” Hinch said of the milestone. “I just know however many wins you get as a manager, you always feel you should have a little bit more.”

Detroit Tigers left fielder Riley Greene (31) celebrates with teammates after scoring a run in the third inning at Comerica Park.

Hinch, who won 481 games with Houston, is the eighth Tigers manager to reach 400 wins.

“I have an incredible job in an incredible city,” he said. “I do respect how long it takes to pile up a number of things like that. But it’s not about me. It’s about the staff around me and the group that we get to go to battle with. I’m very fortunate to be in this position.”

Hinch will need to save an extra large piece of his victory cake for Riley Greene.

Greene knocked in a run with a single in the first inning, extending his on-base streak to all 15 games, the longest since Brandon Inge reached in the first 24 games of 2009.

Then in the third inning he impressively won a 10-pitch battle with Marlins starter Janson Junk by launching a 408-foot, three-run home run deep into the right-field seats to put the Tigers’ up 5-0.

After Greene fouled off a slider, changeup and curveball with two strikes, Junk threw him two straight elevated fastballs. Greene fouled off the first one. The second one he destroyed. The ball left his bat with an exit velocity of 106.9 mph.

It was, in his 63rd plate appearance, his first homer of the season.

Greene finished the scoring for the Tigers in the bottom of the eighth. This time he did it with his legs. He walked, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a bloop single by Spencer Torkelson.

The stolen base was Greene's first since Aug. 25, 2025, one of two he swiped last year.

Casey Mize made the early five-run lead stand up through 5.2 innings, winning just about every big at-bat. The Marlins were 0 for 8 against him with runners in scoring position.

Mize stranded a runner at third with one out in the second inning, stranded a runner at third with two outs in the third inning before finally surrendering a run in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Connor Norby.

Hinch pulled him with runners at second and third and two outs in the sixth and reliever Drew Anderson got the final out with no damage.

Anderson ended up getting the last 10 outs and the Tigers (6-9) have a chance to sweep the Marlins out of town Sunday with lefty ace Tarik Skubal battling fellow Cy Young winner Sandy Alcantara.

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