Valdez, Carpenter lead Tigers to 7‑3 win over Mariners

DETROIT (Interstat) — Framber Valdez allowed one run over five innings and Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer as the Detroit Tigers beat the Seattle Mariners 7-3 on Friday night at Comerica Park. Valdez (3-4) struck out five and gave up five hits. Bryan Woo (5-4) took the loss. Kyle Finnegan recorded two scoreless outs with a strikeout. Drew Anderson tossed two innings of relief, allowing one run. Riley Greene went 2-for-4. Will Vest struck out two in a scoreless inning. Dillon Dingler drove in a run. Seattle scored single runs in the first, seventh and eighth innings. Mitch Garver had an RBI single in the eighth. Rob Refsnyder drove in a run in the first. The Tigers scored three in the third on Carpenter’s homer and a force out, then added two in the seventh on Gleyber Torres’ double and two in the eighth on Spencer Torkelson’s homer. Detroit (26-38) outhit Seattle 12-11. Attendance was 32,591. Game time was 2:45.