DETROIT (AP) \u2014 Javier B\u00e1ez hit two of the Detroit Tigers’ four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
B\u00e1ez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel P\u00e9rez and Riley Greene also homered for Detroit.<\/p>\n
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Casey Mize (7-2) got the win, allowing three runs \u2014 two earned \u2014 on five hits in six innings. He struck out four without walking a batter.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the second when Spencer Horwitz singled and scored on Adam Frazier’s groundout, but the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the inning on P\u00e9rez’s homer.<\/p>\n
Alexander Canario’s two-run single put the Pirates back in front 3-2 in the third, but B\u00e1ez tied the game with a homer in the fifth. Canario replaced Bryan Reynolds in right field in the second inning after his wife went into labor.<\/p>\n
P\u00e9rez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and B\u00e1ez made it a two-run game with a leadoff homer in the seventh. Greene hit a 436-foot home run to right later in the inning, making it 7-3.<\/p>\n
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Carmen Mlodzinski (1-5) allowed four runs in two innings of relief.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/p>\n
After P\u00e9rez\u2019s third-inning homer, the Tigers put runners on the corners with one out, but Bailey Falter got Parker Meadows to pop out before striking out Gleyber Torres to end the inning.<\/p>\n
Key stat<\/p>\n
B\u00e1ez reached his 10-year milestone in career game 1,284. He is hitting .253 with 190 homers, 663 RBIs and 111 stolen bases.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
The teams are scheduled to play the second of three games on Wednesday night, with Detroit ace Tarik Skubal (7-2, 1.99 ERA) facing LHP Andrew Heaney (3-5, 3.33).<\/p>\n
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