PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Interstat) — Kevin McGonigle homered and drove in two runs as the Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Monday, Aug. 17, at PNC Park.

Detroit scored two runs in the first and two in the second, then added one in the fifth and three in the sixth. Pittsburgh scored one in the fifth and four in the sixth. The Tigers outhit Pittsburgh 14-6. Zach McKinstry went 3 for 4 with an RBI, and Hao-Yu Lee went 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Nick Yorke had two hits and three RBIs for Pittsburgh.

Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs and five hits over 5 2/3 innings with five strikeouts to earn the win, improving to 8-8. Carmen Mlodzinski took the loss to fall to 6-6. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth for his 16th save, and Drew Sommers threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings with three strikeouts.

Detroit improved to 61-64, while Pittsburgh fell to 61-66. Attendance was 21,956, and the game lasted 3:18.