Cleveland at Detroit — MLB August 12, 2026

6 – 4

Final

Comerica Park, Detroit, MI

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	10	1
DET	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	7	1

Decisions

Win F. Griffin CLE

5.0 IP · 4 H · 1 ER · 3 K · 3.25 ERA

Loss F. Valdez DET

5.2 IP · 6 H · 4 ER · 3 K · 4.26 ERA

Save C. Smith CLE

1.1 IP · 2 H · 0 ER · 3 K · 2.30 ERA

Recap

Highlights

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CLE	DET
Top 1st Jo Adell grounds into a double play, second baseman Hao-Yu Lee to shortstop Javier Báez to first baseman Spencer Torkelson. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter to 3rd. José Ramírez out at 2nd. Jo Adell out at 1st.	1	0
Top 1st Angel Martínez doubles (15) on a line drive to left fielder Ben Malgeri. Chase DeLauter scores.	2	0
Bottom 1st Spencer Torkelson doubles (21) on a line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Dillon Dingler scores. Hao-Yu Lee scores.	2	2
Bottom 3rd Gleyber Torres homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field.	2	3
Top 5th Jo Adell homers (18) on a fly ball to left field. José Ramírez scores.	4	3
Top 7th Angel Genao doubles (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Corey Julks. Angel Martínez scores.	5	3
Top 7th Austin Hedges singles on a ground ball to right fielder Corey Julks. Angel Genao scores.	6	3
Bottom 8th Wild pitch by pitcher Cade Smith. Kevin McGonigle scores. Zach McKinstry to 2nd.	6	4

Closing line

Box score

Cleveland

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
S. Kwan CF-LF	3	1	1	0	2	0	.268
C. DeLauter DH	5	1	2	0	0	1	.283
J. Ramírez 3B	2	1	0	0	2	0	.233
J. Adell RF	5	1	1	2	0	0	.235
P. Halpin CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219
A. Martínez LF-RF	5	1	3	1	0	1	.242
R. Hoskins 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.179
N. Lowe PH-1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.266
A. Genao 2B	5	1	1	1	0	0	.333
A. Hedges C	2	0	1	1	3	0	.272
B. Rocchio SS	5	0	1	0	0	1	.251
Totals		6	10		7	5

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
F. Griffin W	5.0	4	3	1	1	3	83
C. Holderman	1.1	0	0	0	1	1	17
E. Sabrowski	0.2	0	0	0	0	2	11
H. Gaddis	0.2	1	1	1	1	2	21
C. Smith S	1.1	2	0	0	0	3	38

Detroit

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
G. Torres DH	5	1	2	1	0	1	.260
D. Dingler C	5	1	0	0	0	2	.267
K. McGonigle 3B-SS	3	1	0	0	2	0	.286
H. Lee 2B	3	1	1	0	0	0	.268
C. Keith PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.265
S. Torkelson 1B	3	0	1	2	1	2	.229
B. Malgeri LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.255
Z. McKinstry PH-LF	2	0	1	0	0	0	.223
M. Clark CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.289
J. Báez SS-2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	.283
C. Julks RF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Outman PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	.172
Totals		4	7		3	11

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
F. Valdez L	5.2	6	4	4	5	3	102
T. Madden	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	17
E. De Jesús	1.0	3	1	1	0	1	20
T. Rainey	1.2	0	0	0	2	1	24