Detroit – The Tigers cried Wolfie. And Wolfie called game.
Nick Maton got the green light on 3-0, got the fastball he was looking for, and didn't miss it, launching a two-out, walk-off home run into the warm April night as the Tigers stunned the San Francisco Giants, 7-5, on Friday at Comerica Park.
The Tigers were down to their final out, against a really good, hard-throwing reliever in Giants right-hander Camilo Doval, who had just struck out Jake Rogers and Matt Vierling with overpowering stuff. Then Maton stepped in, got ahead 3-0 − and let it fly for his first walk-off homer as a major-leaguer, his second walk-off hit as a major-leaguer, and by far his biggest moment in his young career as a Tiger.