Detroit Tigers, Game 21: One thing I loved, one thing I didn't

The News' Tony Paul gives his quick takes on the Tigers' 4-1 victory over the Red Sox on Saturday: One thing I loved Kevin McGonigle had two more hits Saturday, giving him the fifth multi-hit game of his young career. He's played in all 21 games this season , including 20 starts. He's reached base safely in 19 of those starts, including 17 straight.

McGonigle, who led off the game with a single and scored the Tigers' first run (ending their skid of not holding a single lead in 56 consecutive innings in road games), already has 24 hits as a major-leaguer. So, I figured I would look up how that hit haul compares to a handful of other folks through their first 21 major-league games. These are the first five names that came to my mind: Shohei Ohtani, 25 hits through 21 major-league games Juan Soto, 23 Alex Bregman, 17 Mike Trout, 16 Aaron Judge, 12 Note: For Ohtani, that hit total includes his first 21 major-league games in which he had at least one at-bat.

His rookie season, when he pitched, he often wasn't in the lineup. To quote Red Sox fans after every seventh inning at Fenway Park, "So good! So good!

So good! " The Tigers' $150-million man also had an RBI single in the three-run fourth inning, as the Tigers ended their nine-game road losing streak, and clawed back over . 500 at 11-10.