Pittsburgh Pirates' Alexander Canario hits a two-run single against the Detroit Tigers in the third inning during a baseball game, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

DETROIT — Javier Baez hit two of the Detroit Tigers’ four home runs in a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

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

Casey Mize (7-2) got the win, allowing three runs — two earned — on five hits in six innings. He struck out four without walking a batter.

Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead in the second when Spencer Horwitz singled and scored on Adam Frazier’s groundout, but the Tigers scored twice in the bottom of the inning on Perez’s homer.

Alexander Canario’s two-run single put the Pirates back in front 3-2 in the third, but Baez tied the game with a homer in the fifth.

Perez gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with an RBI triple in the sixth and Baez 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.

Key moment

After Perez’s third-inning homer, the Tigers put runners on the corners with one out, but Bailey Falter got Parker Meadows to pop out before striking out Gleyber Torres to end the inning.

Key stat

Baez reached his 10-year milestone in career game 1,284. He is hitting .253 with 190 homers, 663 RBIs and 111 stolen bases.

Dad’s on the way

Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds left Tuesday night’s game against the Tigers in the second inning when his wife went into labor.

Reynolds struck out to end the top of the first and didn’t make a play in the field in the bottom of the inning. He was replaced by Canario in right field and is expected to be added to the paternity list after the game.

The 30-year-old Reynolds, a two-time All-Star, is hitting .222 with eight homers, 39 RBIs and 81 strikeouts in 71 games.

Pirates manager Don Kelly said he expected Reynolds to rejoin the team for this weekend’s home series against the Texas Rangers.

“That’s what I would think, given the timing,” Kelly said.

Up next

The teams are scheduled to play the second of three games tonight, with Detroit ace Tarik Skubal (7-2, 1.99 ERA) facing LHP Andrew Heaney (3-5, 3.33).