Detroit Tigers, Game 15: One thing I loved, one thing I didn't

The News' Andrew Graham gives his quick takes on the Tigers' 6-1 victory over the Marlins on Saturday: One thing I loved Finally, at last, after much consternation: Riley Greene has homered. And along with a collective exhale as one of Detroit’s most important hitters gets off the schneid, it helped blow the game open on Saturday. Greene’s 408-foot blast to right field in the bottom of the third inning put Detroit up 5-0 and proved to more or less be the decider on the day.

To boot, Greene, who the Tigers need to be producing offensively to get where they want to go, finished his day with two hits, four RBI and a run scored. Maybe A. J.

Hinch hit the Montgomery Burns a la Darryl Strawberry — ”OK, skip! ” — and Greene obliged. But after that bomb out to right field, Greene surely won’t need to shave his sideburns to make the team.

And for all his struggles, Greene had been smacking the ball around of late, so this was really just a matter of time. Managing to do it with two runners on base is a nice sweetener. anyone care for another angle?