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<\/p>\nPITTSBURGH (AP) \u2014 Kevin McGonigle hit a two-run homer, and the Detroit Tigers held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-5 on Monday night and moved into a three-way tie for the final AL wild-card spot.<\/p>\n
Brett Callahan and Hao-Yu Lee also drove in two runs as the Tigers built an 8-1 lead before Pittsburgh scored four times in the sixth.<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Nick Yorke hits a double off Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez, driving in three runs, during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jake Mangum (28) scores the third of three runs on a bases loaded double by Nick Yorke off Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
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Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch (14) waits for relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan after taking the ball from starter Framber Valdez during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
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Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) celebrates with catcher Dillon Dingler, left, after getting the final out of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n
Zach McKinstry and both hit RBI singles in the first, and McGonigle’s two-run shot in the second, his 13th of the season, made it 4-0.<\/p>\n
McGonigle singled and advanced to second on a wild pitch in the sixth. Pirates reliever Yohan Ramirez walked the next three batters, resulting in McGonigle scoring before Callahan hit a two-run single to make it 8-1.<\/p>\n
Framber Valdez (8-8) pitched 5 2\/3 innings, allowing four runs and five hits with five strikeouts and four walks. Kenley Jansen struck out two in the final inning for his 15th save of the year.<\/p>\n
The Pirates scored their first run after Jake Mangum scored on a throwing error by Lee, then strung together a four-run inning in the sixth after Nick Gonzales doubled, Rafael Flores Jr. was walked and Mangum walked to load the bases. Nick Yorke cleared the bases with a double and Henry Davis hit an RBI single to make it 8-5.<\/p>\n
Starter Carmen Mlodzinski pitched three innings and gave up eight hits and four earned runs. He struck out three and walked one.<\/p>\n
With the Baltimore Orioles\u2019 7-6 loss on Monday to Tampa Bay, the Tigers tied Baltimore and Texas for the final AL wild card.<\/p>\n
RHP Keider Montero (9-7, 3.22 ERA) will start on the mound for the Tigers on Tuesday against the Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (12-5, 3.88).<\/p>\n
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Pittsburgh Pirates’ Nick Yorke hits a double off Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez, driving in three runs, during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Pittsburgh Pirates’ Jake Mangum (28) scores the third of three runs on a bases loaded double by Nick Yorke off Detroit Tigers pitcher Framber Valdez during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch (14) waits for relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan after taking the ball from starter Framber Valdez during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Detroit Tigers pitcher Kenley Jansen (74) celebrates with catcher Dillon Dingler, left, after getting the final out of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Monday, Aug. 17, 2026. (AP Photo\/Gene J. Puskar)<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n MANILA, Philippines (AP) \u2014 A high school student carrying two firearms shot to death a fellow student before killing himself Tuesday in a high school in a university campus in the southern Philippines, an official and police said.<\/p>\n Zamboanga city Mayor Khymer Adan Olaso said the suspect apparently wore a body camera to livestream the attack at the high school on the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in his city. Two other people were injured, he said.<\/p>\n The suspect initially fired at a teacher but it was not clear if the teacher was hit. He then shot a fellow student, who died, before shooting himself, Olaso told DZBB radio network.<\/p>\n The shooting in the Philippines occurred less than two weeks after a school shooting in Thailand.<\/p>\n Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul took steps to restrict guns in the Southeast Asian country after a 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents, five school staff members and a 12-year-old girl in Nonthaburi province outside Bangkok.<\/p>\n Thailand\u2019s high rate of gun ownership is second only to Pakistan in Asia, and far surpasses its Southeast Asian neighbors.<\/p>\n
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