{
  "id": 9055783,
  "title": "River Ryan makes strong debut and Tigers hit 3 home runs in 9-2 win over Nationals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/river-ryan-makes-strong-debut-and-tigers-hit-3-home-runs-in-9-2-win-9055783",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-22T01:24:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/river-ryan-makes-strong-debut-012431644.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Detroit Tigers' River Ryan made an impressive debut, pitching three scoreless innings in the team's 9-2 victory over the Washington Nationals on Monday night. Ryan, acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the Tarik Skubal trade, allowed only two hits and a walk, with two strikeouts to his credit. Keider Montero pitched four scoreless innings in relief of Ryan.\n\nThe Tigers took an early lead in the first inning, with Gleyber Torres walking, advancing to second on a wild pitch, and scoring on a ground-rule double from Hao-Yu Lee. Eduardo Valencia added to the Tigers' lead in the fourth inning, hitting a single to left field and scoring when James Wood made an error on a ground ball play. Javier Báez then drove in four runs in the fourth inning, hitting his third homer of the season over the Tigers' bullpen in left to bring in Dillon Dingler. The Tigers added five more runs in the fifth inning, with Ben Malgeri's fourth homer and two home runs by Spencer Torkelson.\n\nThe Nationals managed to score two runs in the eighth inning, with Yohandy Morales hitting a two-run homer. Despite this, the Tigers maintained their lead and went on to win the game 9-2. The Tigers announced before the game that Comerica Park will be renamed Fifth Third Park starting in 2027, the same name as the stadium for Detroit's Triple-A team, the Toledo Mud Hens. The teams will continue their three-game series on Tuesday, with Detroit's Drew Anderson facing Jackson Kent.",
  "summary": "River Ryan was outstanding in his Detroit debut and the Tigers hit three home runs to rout the Washington Nationals 9-2 on Monday night, one day after being eliminated from the American League playoff race. Ryan is expected to start again in the season finale Sunday — the day after Justin Verlander is scheduled to make his final major league start.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "River Ryan makes strong debut and Tigers hit 3 home runs in 9-2 win over Nationals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/river-ryan-makes-strong-debut-and-tigers-hit-3-home-runs-in-9-2-win",
        "published": "2026-09-22T01:25:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}