Torres and McKinstry each get 3 hits, Tigers beat the Padres 6-4 for 4th win in 5 games

By: The Associated Press Posted: 9:27 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 21, 2025

DETROIT (AP) — Gleyber Torres and Zach McKinstry each had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games.

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DETROIT (AP) — Gleyber Torres and Zach McKinstry each had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games.

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DETROIT (AP) — Gleyber Torres and Zach McKinstry each had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games.

Detroit has won seven straight series openers since losing opening day at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Tigers improved to 9-2 at home.

Brenan Hanifee (1-0) allowed one hit and struck out two in two scoreless innings. Keider Montero, making his second start since his recall from Triple-A Toledo, allowed four runs — three earned — five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings.

Detroit Tigers' Jace Jung (17) and Trey Sweeney, right, congratulate each other after they scored on an RBI single by Gleyber Torres during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Will Vest earned his second save.

Randy Vásquez (1-2) gave up six runs, five hits and three walks in two innings, the shortest of his five starts this season.

Making his first big league start, Tirso Ornelas put the Padres ahead when he hit into a run-scoring forceout in the first. The 25-year-old made his debut on Saturday.

McKinstry hit a run-scoring triple in the bottom half and scored on Colt Keith’s bad-hop single past shortstop Jose Iglesias.

Tatis tied the score 2-2 with an RBI grounder in the second, and the Tigers went ahead for good with two runs in the second and two more in the third.

Tomás Nido had an RBI single in the second and scored on Riley Greene’s two-out single. Torres, who is hitting .304, hit a two-run single in the third.

Gavin Sheets had a a solo homer in the fifth.

Key moment

Vest struck out Tatis to end a perfect ninth.

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