{"id":677328,"date":"2026-04-17T02:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677328\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T02:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T02:03:33","slug":"an-inside-peek-at-how-tigers-elite-pitching-powered-6-0-homestand-sweep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/677328\/","title":{"rendered":"An Inside Peek at How Tigers Elite Pitching Powered 6\u20130 Homestand Sweep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">The Detroit Tigers are riding their longest winning streak of the season straight into Boston this weekend, and it can be credited to the pitching staff. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">The Tigers held the Marlins to just three runs over their three-game sweep last weekend, then the Royals to two runs through the first two games before winning a back-and-forth high-scoring game three. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Detroit allowed just one run per game over the first five games of the homestand, and it happened at the perfect time. To kick it all off, Keider Montero allowed just two hits and one walk over six shutout innings last Friday night. The bullpen followed it up with three no-hit innings, something that became common over the weekend. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">The next two starts were nearly as dominant. Casey Mize allowed just one run over 5.2 innings on Saturday, and Drew Anderson gave the Tigers bullpen 3.1 more innings of scoreless baseball. Tarik Skubal did his thing on Sunday, and Detroit&#8217;s bullpen finally faltered and allowed its first run of the weekend, but the Tigers pulled off the win anyway. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">None of that mattered since the Tigers scored seven runs off Sandy Alcantara in the series finale. <\/p>\n<p>Framber Valdez, Tarik Skubal Lead Detroit&#8217;s Elite Pitching Staff<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01kpcdkkm87dhzfx6kma.jpg\" alt=\"Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez (59) looks on from the dugout during the first inning against Kansas City Royals at Com\" title=\"Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez (59) looks on from the dugout during the first inning against Kansas City Royals at Com\" width=\"5244\" height=\"2949\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"77\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Junfu Han \/ USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7b\">The first two games of the Royals series ended in 2-1 fashion. Framber Valdez and Jack Flaherty allowed two runs on five hits over 13 combined innings, and once again, Detroit&#8217;s bullpen pitched scoreless frames. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7e\">&#8220;Jack was incredible, he was locked in early,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VNmcTa4Clmk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Hinch said<\/a> in his postgame press conference.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7h\">The Royals&#8217; nine-run series finale ruins the fun of this saga, but it didn&#8217;t ruin the Tigers&#8217; win streak. A three-run ninth inning capped by Colt Keith&#8217;s walk-off single gave Detroit the win. The past week has shown how good the Tigers&#8217; pitching staff can be at its peak. Detroit has allowed two or fewer runs in nine games this season, and is 8-1 in those games. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7k\">The Tigers have the third-best team ERA in the American League at 3.66, and have allowed the second-fewest homers in the majors this season. The<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/tigers\/onsi\/news\/one-massive-advantage-tigers-get-tarik-skubal-framber-valdez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> duo of aces<\/a>, Skubal and Valdez,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/tigers\/onsi\/news\/tarik-skubal-crosses-career-strikeout-milestone-in-latest-tigers-loss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> has pitched well<\/a> this season, but Detroit has gotten help from the entire rotation. Montero has a 3.31 ERA over his first three starts, while Flaherty and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/tigers\/onsi\/news\/tigers-casey-mize-honors-tarik-skubal-heartfelt-message\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Mize have allowed<\/a> one run in two of their three starts each this season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7n\">This weekend won&#8217;t get any easier for the pitching staff. The Tigers visit the Red Sox this weekend and have the fifth-highest batting average in the American League. Last season, the Red Sox had the second-highest batting average in the American League last season. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit Tigers are riding their longest winning streak of the season straight into Boston this weekend, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,147,53,2583,4,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-677328","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-detroittigers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116417593901225319","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}