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Eugenio Suarez, Arizona Diamondbacks and HBP
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Riley Greene hit one of Detroit's three homers in a six-run fifth inning, and the Tigers went on to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-2 on Tuesday night.
Greene produced two doubles, his 26th home run and three RBI, sending the Tigers to their third straight win, 12-2, over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Comerica Park.
The Arizona Diamondbacks cannot get out of their own way. On Tuesday, they lost to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 19-2 despite numerous opportunities to take
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Their 6-0 loss to right-hander Paul Skenes on Sunday, July 27, meant the Diamondbacks left town having dropped two of three to a subpar Pittsburgh Pirates team. It also meant they lost a second consecutive game started by a pitcher who could be traded in the coming days.
Thanks to back-to-back wins, the Tigers have managed to keep their distance with the rest of the American League Central, sitting nine games ahead of the Cleveland Guardians heading into Tuesday. Arizona is still fourth in the National League West, seven games back of a Wild Card spot.
When a team is in a batting slump like the Arizona Diamondbacks are right now, it's hard to remember how good they've been and even harder to believe they'll ev