Yastrzemski’s bat, glove help Giants hold off Tigers 4-3

Doval got Javier Báez to ground into a game-ending double play, with the call at first base upheld after a replay review.

Cabrera got the Tigers on the board with an RBI single in the sixth.

Evan Longoria hit a two-run single in the first as the Giants quickly got to starter Tarik Skubal (5-6). The lefty was done after 4 2/3 innings and hasn’t gone more than five innings in four straight outings. A native of the East Bay suburb Hayward, Skubal yielded three runs and four hits and lost his fourth consecutive start.

This marks the Tigers’ first trip to San Francisco since being swept by the Giants in the 2012 World Series, and their first visit for a regular-season series since 2008.

HOMECOMING

Tigers rookie Spencer Torkelson remembers being in the stands cheering when San Francisco clinched the NL Championship Series in 2012 on the way to its second World Series crown in three years. Marco Scutaro secured a popup to end it and smiled as the rain poured down when the Giants eliminated St. Louis.

“It was just a really cool atmosphere,” Torkelson said. “I went to a lot of Giants games but that was one of the more memorable ones.”

The 22-year-old Torkelson grew up in the wine country North Bay city of Petaluma, where his preschool teacher painted a mural of then-Pac Bell Park on his bedroom wall. He expected some 500 supporters to be in the stands cheering him in his homecoming — including immediate family like his parents, brother, grandma and uncle.

The top pick in the 2020 amateur draft out of Arizona State, he already had a homecoming in Phoenix over the weekend when Detroit played the Diamondbacks.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: RHP Miguel Pineda, working back from a broken middle finger on his pitching hand that has sidelined him since May 15, will throw a bullpen at Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday and could be in line to start for the Tigers as soon as Friday at home against Kansas City. … OF Austin Meadows returned from COVID-19 but is still dealing with strains in both Achilles tendons the Tigers hope won’t last long. “Now we wait for him to heal,” manager A.J. Hinch said.

Giants: Manager Gabe Kapler is confident SS Brandon Crawford — placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday with left knee inflammation — will be in far better health for the stretch run after this stretch of time off to get his body right. “Every day’s going to be a little bit better. We have a game plan now to get him back to full health and full explosiveness and with a clear head,” Kapler said. “We’re excited about what he can bring when he gets back to the club.”

UP NEXT

RHP Rony García (2-2, 4.57 ERA) pitches the afternoon series finale Wednesday for Detroit opposite LHP Alex Wood (5-6, 5.05).

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Janie Mccauley, The Associated Press

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Yastrzemski’s bat, glove help Giants hold off Tigers 4-3

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