Riley Greene’s two homers lift Detroit Tigers past Cleveland Guardians

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Interstat) — Riley Greene homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 6-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday at Progressive Field.

Greene finished 4-for-5 with a solo homer in the first, another in the sixth and an RBI double in the seventh. Ben Malgeri added three hits and an RBI, and John Peck had two hits for Detroit, which collected 11 hits total.

Framber Valdez (9-10) earned the win, allowing three hits and no earned runs over seven innings with three strikeouts. Beau Brieske and Kyle Finnegan each pitched a scoreless inning to complete the shutout.

Parker Messick (11-9) took the loss despite striking out 12 in six innings, allowing seven hits and three earned runs. Cleveland managed just three hits and grounded into two double plays.

Detroit scored single runs in the first, third and sixth innings before breaking through with three in the seventh. The Tigers improved to 65-77, while the Guardians fell to 72-71. Attendance was 30,862, and the game lasted 2:24.