Major League Baseball
Detroit 6, Toronto 2
When: 6:40 PM ET, Friday, May 24, 2024
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Mark Ripperger, 1B - Roberto Ortiz, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Lance Barrett
Attendance: 27160

Colt Keith hit his first career home run and drove in two runs, Kerry Carpenter smacked a two-run homer and the host Detroit Tigers ended a five-game losing streak by defeating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night.

Kenta Maeda (2-1), activated off the 15-day injured list earlier in the day, pitched five scoreless innings to collect the win. Beau Brieske tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings and Jason Foley got the last out for his 11th save in the second game of a four-game series.

Toronto starter Alek Manoah (1-2) gave up six runs (four earned) and five hits in 4 2/3 innings with four strikeouts and two walks.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a two-out double in the top of the first and tried to score on Bo Bichette's bloop single. But Carpenter threw Guerrero out at the plate from right field.

Toronto didn't have another hit until Bichette's two-out single in the fourth.

Keith won an eight-pitch at-bat against Manoah in the second for his breakthrough homer. He blasted a changeup over the right-center-field wall.

Detroit extended its lead to 4-0 in the bottom of the fourth. Riley Greene led off with a double and moved to third on Mark Canha's infield hit. Carpenter walked to load the bases before Matt Vierling reached on center fielder Kevin Kiermaier's error, bringing home Greene.

Keith was then hit by a pitch, forcing in Canha. Zach McKinstry's groundout two batters later scored Carpenter.

With two outs in the fifth, Canha drew a walk before Carpenter smashed a Manoah changeup over the right-center-field wall for his seventh homer to make it 6-0.

The Blue Jays had two runners on with two outs in the eighth but Will Vest kept the shutout going by striking out Bichette.

Toronto ended the shutout bid with two outs in the ninth on consecutive singles by Ernie Clement, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch hitters Davis Schneider and Alejandro Kirk off Andrew Chafin. Foley replaced Chafin and closed out the game by inducing a Danny Jansen groundout.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Toronto   Detroit
Alek Manoah Player Kenta Maeda
Loss W/L Win
4.2 IP 5.0
4 Strikeouts 1
5 Hits 4
7.71 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Toronto   Detroit
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Player Colt Keith
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Toronto 10 0 11 .278 12 6 2 2 0 1
Detroit 7 2 14 .233 12 6 6 4 0 0