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Tigers snap losing streak, beat Pirates 5-4
By: Mike Stiles - Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Brandon Dixon drives in the game winning run during this at bat for Detroit (photo courtesy of Charles LeClaire/USA Today Sports)

(PITTSBURGH) – Christin Stewart sped his thinking up and slowed down his feet, helping the Detroit Tigers to a 5-4 win over Pittsburgh, snapping their four game losing streak. Stewart was on first with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning of a tie game on Tuesday night when Brandon Dixon hit a sharp grounder to Pittsburgh second baseman Adam Frazier. Rather than keep on sprinting to second, Stewart hesitated as he neared Frazier. Frazier tried futilely to tag Stewart before throwing to first. Nicholas Castellanos scored from third on the play to give Detroit the lead it would hold on to, winning for just fourth time this month. Buck Farmer (4-4) earned the win despite giving up a tying RBI triple in the seventh. Joe Jimenez survived a bases-loaded jam in the eighth. Shane Greene earned his American League-leading 21st save by getting Josh Bell to hit into a game-ending double play as the Tigers snapped a four-game losing streak. Daniel Norris put together his best start in nearly a month, giving up only Bell's home run to center in the second and Jung Ho Kang's RBI triple in the sixth. Norris struck out four and walked one and was in line to pick up his first victory since May 12. Pittsburgh committed three errors, a number that didn't include Frazier's indecisiveness in the eighth. The Pirates also left nine men on base and went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

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