Riley Greene’s big day helps AJ Hinch get win No. 400 as Tigers manager
Detroit – AJ Hinch was told before the game that he was one win away from 400 as the manager of the Tigers. “Should’ve got it last week,” he deadpanned. Well, better late than never.
BOX SCORE: Tigers 6, Marlins 1 The Tigers helped their skipper join the Reds’ Terry Francona as the only two active managers to win 400 games with two teams, beating the Miami Marlins Saturday 6-1 before a crowd of 31,414 at Comerica Park. “I appreciate it,” Hinch said of the milestone. “I just know however many wins you get as a manager, you always feel you should have a little bit more.
” Hinch, who won 481 games with Houston, is the eighth Tigers manager to reach 400 wins. “I have an incredible job in an incredible city,” he said. “I do respect how long it takes to pile up a number of things like that.
But it’s not about me. It’s about the staff around me and the group that we get to go to battle with. I’m very fortunate to be in this position.
” Hinch will need to save an extra large piece of his victory cake for Riley Greene. Greene knocked in a run with a single in the first inning, extending his on-base streak to all 15 games, the longest since Brandon Inge reached in the first 24 games of 2009. Then in the third inning he impressively won a 10-pitch battle with Marlins starter Janson Junk by launching a 408-foot, three-run home run deep into the right-field seats to put the Tigers’ up 5-0.