Javier Báez hit two of the Detroit Tigers' four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service.

Yet, the Tigers still have a solid lead atop the American League Central, leading the Minnesota Twins by nine games. The Pirates come into Detroit at the bottom of the NL Central, 11 games out of a Wild Card spot. Time: 6:40 p.m. ET

LSU baseball defeats UCLA 9-5 in the College World Series winner's bracket on Tuesday. Catch up here with highlights:

What did the Tigers' shot-caller have to say? Jay Johnson's Take: LSU Defeats UCLA in Game 2 Opening Statement: JAY JOHNSON: Great win for our team. Really proud of them -- the mi

Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler (316,401) is in third place at his position, but he’ll face a steep climb to catch Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads all AL catchers and ranks second overall in the AL with 1,043,168 votes. Alejandro Kirk of the Toronto Blue Jays (370,460) is currently in second place.

MLB Makes Big Announcement on Tigers 2B Gleyber Torres originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Detroit Tigers have been the talk of the MLB world in the first half of the 2025 MLB season with their strong play on the heels of a playoff season in 2024.

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds left Tuesday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers in the second inning when his wife went into labor.