Pérez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Báez made it a two-run game with a leadoff homer in the seventh. Greene hit a 436-foot home run to right later in the inning, making it 7-3. Carmen Mlodzinski (1-5) allowed four runs in two innings of relief.

With a win to get the team back on track, the Tigers extend their lead atop the American League Central to 9.5 games over the Cleveland Guardians. The Pirates are still at the bottom of the NL Central, 11 games back of a Wild Card spot. Time: 6:40 p.m. ET

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Báez launched two homers to push the Tigers past the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 at Comerica Park.

Javier Baez hit a pair of solo home runs as the host Detroit Tigers downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday.

Báez hit solo homers in the fifth and seventh innings on the day he reached 10 years of major league service. Wenceel Pérez and Riley Greene also homered for Detroit.