Detroit – All Parker Meadows wanted to do was go out and see his mother. As reporters circled his locker, he was texting her.
"They showed your mother crying on television," Meadows was told.
"I know, she's still crying," Meadows said. "I need to get out and try to comfort here."
Not to worry, Staci Meadows' tears were joyful.
She'd just watched her youngest son, in his fourth big-league game, hit his first career home run − a dramatic, three-run, walk-off home run off closer Ryan Pressly, sending the Tigers to a most improbable 4-1 win over the Houston Astros Friday at Comerica Park.