Spencer Torkelson walks off Blue Jays for Tigers win

It was always going to be a bullpen game, but Friday’s Detroit Tigers game featured a lot more of the bullpen than many expected. And after the bullpen did its job, Spencer Torkelson walked it off with an RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to give the Tigers a 3-2 win over the Blue Jays at Comerica Park in Detroit on Friday, May 15. Torkelson's game-winning RBI came after center fielder Matt Vierling walked and stole second base with two outs.

It was Torkelson's only hit of the game and the most important knock for a Tigers team that had lost five out of its last six games. Righty Drew Anderson pitched a season-high four scoreless innings, and closer Kenley Jansen had his fourth straight scoreless outing to keep the game tied at 2-2 in the late innings. Jansen finished with the win after Torkelson's RBI knock.

ANOTHER ONE DOWN: Tigers pitcher Ty Madden leaves game after line drive to arm Greene ties it up in the sixth Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a double and, after advancing to third on a Colt Keith groundout, scored the tying run on a Riley Greene double down the right field line. Riley ties it up pic. twitter.

com/h1MadYh1N2 — Detroit Tigers (@tigers) May 16, 2026 It was Greene’s 23rd RBI of the season, second on the team behind Dingler (28), with the double also extending his hitting streak to nine games, the longest active streak in the majors. The hit also extended Greene’s on-base streak to 25 games, lengthening his career high and marking the second-longest active streak in MLB. Baserunning wins and blunders After a one-out walk to shortstop Kevin McGonigle in the bottom of the third inning, Dingler singled to advance McGonigle to second base.