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Tigers release Nido, add Perez to Toledo Tigers release veteran catcher Tomas Nido from Triple-A Toledo; sign Carlos Perez to a minor-league deal.
On Wednesday, Detroit Tigers infielder Hao-Yu Lee had the game-breaking, three-run home run.
On Thursday, it was Lee again with the go-ahead run, with some help from another right-handed slugger.
The Tigers (49-54) beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, on Thursday, July 23, in the first of a four-game series at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Catcher Dillon Dingler recorded the go-ahead, two-out RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning off Kansas City reliever Steven Cruz, scoring Lee from second base.
Lee, who entered the game as a pinch hitter in the sixth inning, reached with one out in the eighth on a clutch single up the middle to give Detroit the go-ahead opportunity.
And it wasnt the first comeback Detroits offense had to make on Thursday night.
Consecutive singles from Dingler and right fielder Kerry Carpenter to begin the seventh inning put the tying run on base with no one out, but it looked like the the bottom of the Tigers lineup would fail to capitalize, with first baseman Spencer Torkelson striking out and left fielder Zach McKinstry lining out weakly to shortstop Andrew Velazquez.
But center fielder James Outman flipped the lead on a 2-2 fastball, sending a high shot over the wall in right-field for the go-ahead home run.
It was Outmans fourth home run of the season.
Tigers starter Troy Melton pitched five scoreless innings before allowing a two-run home run to left fielder Isaac Collins in the sixth inning, giving the Royals a 2-0 lead.
Melton was otherwise effective while pitching out of trouble, walking a season-high four batters but benefitting from solid infield defense to keep the game scoreless early.
Relievers Tyler Holton and Jacob Waguespack got the Tigers through the sixth and seventh innings before righty Drew Anderson allowed the tying run on a Josh Rojas RBI single in the eighth, scoring pinch runner Tyler Tolbert from third base.
Reliever Kyle Finnegan got the save on a game-ending double play.
On the mound Melton has struggled in the first inning of his outings, and Thursday was no exception.
Melton loaded the bases with one out in the top of the first, with two of those runners reaching via a walk, quickly putting the second-year pitcher into trouble.
However, Melton struck out second baseman Michael Massey to bring up left fielder Isaac Collins, whose dropped-third strikeout led to a play at the plate with catcher Carter Jensen attempting to score on the play.
Dingler then recovered the ball and tossed it to Melton, who made an acrobatic leap to step on home plate while avoiding Jensen for the third out of the inning.
Melton has a 3.60 ERA in the first inning of his 10 starts this season and an ERA of 2.00 or below in every other inning.
By comparison, the only Tigers starter who entered Thursday with a higher first-inning ERA was Framber Valdez (7.32), with Casey Mize (0.00) and Keider Montero (0.56) sporting the teams lowest first-inning ERAs.
Two more impressive defensive plays in the second inning, both from Torkelson, allowed Melton to escape a scoreless inning after giving up a leadoff double to third baseman Rojas.
His first 1-2-3 inning came in the third, which finished with a strikeout of Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez, while Melton struck out two more batters in a scoreless fourth to bring his total up to five.
With 84 pitches after five, Melton was sent out in the sixth inning with the bottom half of the Royals order in step.
But the big fly from Collins was the final action from Melton, who allowed five hits and two runs through five innings, walking four and striking out five.
Lefty Drew Sommers got his first save opportunity of the season in the ninth, and after striking out Jensen to begin the frame, he allowed a walk to Thomas and a single to first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino before exiting the game.
But two pitches into his outing, Finnegan finished off the win for Detroit.
At the plate After reaching on a fielders choice with two outs in the first inning, Tigers third baseman Colt Keith advanced to third base on a two-out single from designated hitter Riley Greene, failing to score after a fielders choice groundout from Dingler ended the inning.
Keith was the last Tiger in scoring position for several frames.
From the second through sixth innings, the Tigers only managed two hits, both on singles from McKinstry.
With Lee on first base following a two-out walk, designated hitter Riley Greene came within a few feet of tying the game in the sixth inning, but his 408-foot blast landed in Royals center fielder Lane Thomas glove on the warning track in center field.
According to Statcast, it would have been a home run in 18 MLB ballparks.
The next two Tigers hits came in consecutive plate appearances to begin the seventh inning, with Dingler and Carpenter each singling to give the Tigers a chance to go ahead.
And after Torkelson and McKinstry failed to bring Dingler in from third base, Outman brought everyone home with his three-run home run.
Next up The Tigers continue their four-game series with the Royals on Friday, July 24, with Tigers ace Tarik Skubal taking the mound against a Royals pitcher yet to be determined.
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CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich.
A Detroit man who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and felony firearm charges for the accidental shooting death of his 13-year-old sister was sentenced this week to two years in prison.
Police say that Jay-Veon McKinney, 25, was playing with two handguns at a Canton Township apartment on July 29, 2025, when one of them discharged, striking his sister in the chest.
Emergency personnel arrived within minutes and attempted to save her, police said, but she succumbed to her injuries and died at the scene.
The Wayne County Prosecutors Office charged McKinney with involuntary manslaughter, felony firearm and discharging a firearm causing injury or death, stating that the shooting was a result of gross negligence in handling a loaded firearm.
McKinney pleaded guilty on June 24 to the involuntary manslaughter and felony firearm charges.
The third count for discharging a firearm causing injury or death was dismissed.
In addition to the two-year prison sentence, McKinney was ordered to serve three years of probation and complete 80 hours of community service.
He will also be required to pay nearly $2,000 in court fees.
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A Farmington Hills, Michigan, man accused of illegally dumping animal remains at a Southfield cemetery has been charged.
Court records show that 48-year-old Dwight Respess was arraigned on Wednesday on one count of illegal dumping.
Respess was released on a $600 cash bond.
According to the Southfield Police Department, officers began investigating a series of illegal dumping at the entrance of the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
The department had been receiving reports for several months.
Police say the remains primarily consist of red snapper fish and pigeons.
An investigation that included investigative techniques and advanced technology led police to Respess, who told officers that the animal remains were part of a personal religious practice that he believed would protect him from death, according to police.
The Southfield Police Department recognizes and respects every individuals constitutional right to practice their religion.
This investigation and subsequent criminal charge were based on the unlawful disposal of animal remains and not on the suspects religious beliefs or affiliations, Southfield police said.
Respass is due back in court on Aug.
12 for a pre-trial hearing.
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Three incumbents, multiple former school board members, and several people who have run before are among a crowded field of 35 people running for five open seats on the Detroit school board.
Its the largest number of candidates to run for the board since 2016, the year the Detroit Public Schools Community District was created and more than 60 people vied for seats on the new board.
Incumbent board members Steve Bland, Jr., Bessie Lee Harris, and Iris Taylor are running to reclaim their seats on the seven member board in the Nov.
3 election.
Two other incumbents, board chair LaTrice McClendon and vice chair Corletta Vaughn, were disqualified from the ballot.
McClendon had already decided not to run for reelection, while Vaughn chose not to run on Tuesday.
Two incumbents, Bland and Harris, were appointed to seats in 2025 to fill out the terms of board members who stepped down.
With five open seats and 35 candidates, the November election has the potential to change the direction of the Detroit Public Schools Community District, something Superintendent Nikolai Vitti acknowledged in a statement to Chalkbeat Wednesday.
We all know that the November 2026 election would be a watershed for the District.
We will either move forward with greater progress and momentum or backwards, Vitti said.
Our progress has been built by a strong majority-led School Board that believes and implements the difficult but proven standard that the School Board governs the District and holds a Superintendent accountable to manage and lead the District day to day, Vitti said.
School Board challenges in DPS are well documented prior to the establishment of DPSCD.
The District cannot afford to go backwards.
There are a number of other familiar names on the ballot.
Georgia Lemmons and LaMar Lemmons, who are married, previously served on the DPSCD board.
LaMar Lemmons also served on the board for Detroit Public Schools.
Other former board members include Tawanna Simpson.
Also on the ballot are candidates who have previously run unsuccessfully for the board, including Nicole Conaway, Tabrian Joe, and Aliya Moore.
Heres a full list of candidates, provided by the Detroit clerks office: - LaVonne Bien-Aime - Steve Bland, Jr.
- Michelle Rene Broughton - Katrina Lanise Brown - Cidney Julia-Angela Calloway - Bobby Lee Christian - Nicole Marie Conaway - Vilma Vateria Escamilla-Duran - Daniel Franklin Ferguson, III - Duane Larry Grisby, Jr.
- Bessie Lee Harris - David Dwayne Harris, II - Henrietta Ivey - Christopher Allen Hubbard - Ijazz Johnnay Jackson - Tabrian Chas Joe - Shinese DeCarol Johnson - Theodore Rhett Jones - Georgia Mae Lemmons - LaMar Demetri Lemmons - Clement Ogden Lett - Phillip E.
Lloyd, II - Aliya Rebekah Moore - Darious Lamar Morris - Liana Stern Mulholland - Tyshea Elaine Pope - Danetta Lynese Simpson - Tawanna Simpson - Jameel Montgomery Smith - Calesther J.
Smith-Arnold - Iris Alice Taylor - Shandria Alise Vaughn - Terry Eugene Whitfield - Elizabeth Ann Williams - Theresa Arleen Williams Hannah Dellinger covers Detroit schools for Chalkbeat Detroit.
You can reach her at [email protected].
Lori Higgins is the bureau chief for Chalkbeat Detroit.
You can reach her at [email protected].
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