Tigers' Meadows sparks 9-run inning to blast Yankees, 12-2

Chris McCosky, The Detroit News on Sep 9, 2025

Published in Baseball

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NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres got a hero’s welcome in his return to the Bronx Tuesday.

He got a warm ovation when he was first introduced and between innings, they ran highlights from his seven seasons with the New York Yankees.

And, to show his appreciation, he ripped a double in his first at-bat.

But by the end of the night, fans at Yankee Stadium were much less festive. The Detroit Tigers parlayed a crazy nine-run seventh inning into a 12-2 win.

Eight of those runs crossed before the Yankees recorded an out. Riley Greene, whose double started the rally, grounded out to first for the first out against the third reliever of the inning.

Parker Meadows, who hit a two-run homer in the fifth to tie the game, singled in a run and ended up with two hits in the inning. Trey Sweeney also singled in a run. Kerry Carpenter lashed a two-run triple to plate runs seven and eight.

In between, two runs scored on bases loaded walks, another when Colt Keith was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded and still another on a wild pitch.

Between relievers Fernando Cruz, Mark Leiter, Jr. and Tim Hill, the Tigers drew five walks in the inning.

When the third out was finally recorded, the Tigers sent 14 batters to the plate with the nine runs tying their season-high in an inning.

Sometimes, though, the hinge moment in a game comes without a lot of noise. And that happened a couple of innings before the Tigers’ outburst.

Meadows had just tied the game in the top of the fifth, his two-run shot matching the solo homers hit by Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger.

But the Yankees put the first two runners on against Casey Mize in the bottom of the fifth. A bloop single by Jazz Chisholm, Jr., and a hard-hit ground-ball by Austin Wells that caromed off Torres’ glove.

Anthony Volpe muffed a bunt attempt, softly lining out to third, and Mize punched out Ryan McMahon, getting him to whiff at a couple of splitters.

That brought up Trent Grisham. With Judge on deck and the game freshly tied, it was a massive moment. Especially after Mize fell behind 3-0 and the prospect of Judge batting with the bases loaded loomed.

Except Grisham got greedy. He swung 3-0 and flew out harmlessly to center to end the inning.

Mize (14-5) was impressive.

The only damage was the two solo shots in six innings. Mixing a firm traditional slider (89-93 mph) and splitter off a four-seam fastball that sat at 95.6 mph and hit 97, he got eight strikeouts and mostly soft contact.

The Yankees put 14 balls in play against him with an average exit velocity of 82 mph.

Even on the Judge homer, Mize got ahead 0-2. But Judge worked the count full and Mize left a splitter up just enough for Judge to get the barrel on it. He sent his 44th homer 412 feet over the Yankees’ bullpen in right-center.

It was Judge’s 359th career homer, pushing him past Yogi Berra for fifth on the Yankees’ home run leaderboard. The four ahead of him? Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio.

With the win, the Tigers (81-63) maintain an 8 1/2-game lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the Central Division. The Guardians beat the Royals Tuesday, 2-0.

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