Torres and McKinstry each get 3 hits, Tigers beat the Padres 6-4 for 4th win in 5 games

DETROIT (AP) — Gleyber Torres and Zach McKinstry each had three hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the San Diego Padres 6-4 on Monday night for their fourth win in five games.

Detroit has won seven straight series openers since losing opening day at Los Angeles Dodgers. The Tigers improved to 9-2 at home.

Brenan Hanifee (1-0) allowed one hit and struck out two in two scoreless innings. Keider Montero, making his second start since his recall from Triple-A Toledo, allowed four runs — three earned — five hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings.

Will Vest earned his second save.

Randy Vásquez (1-2) gave up six runs, five hits and three walks in two innings, the shortest of his five starts this season.

Detroit Tigers’ Trey Sweeney, right, races home on an RBI single by Gleyber Torres as San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado, left, looks on during the third inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Making his first big league start, Tirso Ornelas put the Padres ahead when he hit into a run-scoring forceout in the first. The 25-year-old made his debut on Saturday.

McKinstry hit a run-scoring triple in the bottom half and scored on Colt Keith’s bad-hop single past shortstop Jose Iglesias.

Tatis tied the score 2-2 with an RBI grounder in the second, and the Tigers went ahead for good with two runs in the second and two more in the third.

Tomás Nido had an RBI single in the second and scored on Riley Greene’s two-out single. Torres, who is hitting .304, hit a two-run single in the third.

Gavin Sheets had a a solo homer in the fifth.

Detroit Tigers’ Zach McKinstry hits an RBI triple off San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vásquez during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Key moment

Vest struck out Tatis to end a perfect ninth.

Key stat

Detroit has won nine of its first 11 home games for the first time since 1984.

Up next

San Diego Padres’ Xander Bogaerts watches his single off Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Keider Montero during the first inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Detroit RHP Jack Flaherty (1-0, 0.82 ERA) faces San Diego RHP Nick Pivetta (0-1, 9.00 ERA) on Tuesday, part of an 11-day, 10-game homestand.

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Will Vest, left, and catcher Tomás Nido, right, hug following a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
San Diego Padres starting pitcher Randy Vásquez throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, left, takes the ball from relief pitcher Logan Gillaspie during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
San Diego Padres’ Gavin Sheets, right, is congratulated by third base coach Tim Leiper, left, after hitting a home run during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
San Diego Padres designated hitter Oscar Gonzalez hits an RBI single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres, left, throws to first base after forcing out San Diego Padres’ Xander Bogaerts (2) at second during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)
San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado, left, tags out Detroit Tigers’ Gleyber Torres, right, at third during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Monday, April 21, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

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