Gio Urshela had three hits — including a two-run single that capped a three-run 11th inning — for the visiting Detroit Tigers, who overcame a three-run deficit to beat the New York Mets 6-3 in the first game of a doubleheader on Thursday.
The games between the teams Tuesday and Wednesday were postponed due to heavy rains.
Colt Keith snapped a 3-3 tie with a one-out run-scoring double for the Tigers, who trailed 3-0 before earning their fifth straight win — the longest season-opening winning streak for Detroit since it opened 6-0 in 2016.
Andy Ibanez delivered a sacrifice fly to get the Tigers on the board in the sixth inning, and Riley Greene hit a game-tying homer in the eighth for the Tigers. Urshela scored Detroit’s second run on a wild pitch.
Francisco Alvarez (two-run double) and Brett Baty (single) had RBI hits for the Mets, who are 0-5 for the first time since 2005.
Tigers starter Casey Mize allowed three runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four over 4 1/3 innings in his first big league appearance since April 14, 2022. Mize missed last season while recovering from Tommy John surgery as well as back surgery.
Mets starter Adrian Houser gave up one run on three hits and three walks while striking out three over five-plus innings.
The Mets, who entered Thursday with just eight runs in four games, took the lead with a two-out rally in the third. Francisco Lindor was hit by a pitch and Pete Alonso singled before both scored on Alvarez’s double down the third-base line.
Alonso singled with one out in the fifth, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Baty’s two-out single.
Houser carried a shutout into the sixth, when he exited after walking leadoff batter Parker Meadows and surrendering a single to Spencer Torkelson. Ibanez, pinch-hitting for Kerry Carpenter, followed with a sacrifice fly against Brooks Raley.
The Tigers inched closer in the seventh, when Urshela singled with two outs and Zach McKinstry walked before the runners advanced a base apiece on a passed ball charged to Alvarez and a wild pitch by Jake Diekman.
Greene tied the score with a one-out homer in the eighth against Adam Ottavino.
–Field Level Media
