Colorado Rockies at Detroit Tigers: Final Score & Recap

The Detroit Tigers defeated the Colorado Rockies 11-7 at Comerica Park on September 12, 2026, in a game that entered the eighth inning competitive before Detroit pulled away decisively. The DiamondIQ model opened with a 63% pre-game win probability favoring the home side and closed at 100% following a dominant Tigers rally. Colorado briefly seized momentum in the third inning when Hunter Goodman's home run off Andrew Sears represented the game's second-largest swing, adding 22.4% win probability for the Rockies. The Rockies added two more in the sixth on Jake McCarthy's single off Drew Sommers, which generated a 12.6% swing, keeping Colorado within reach heading into the late innings.

The decisive moment arrived in the bottom of the eighth, where Detroit erupted for seven runs and effectively closed the contest. Riley Greene's single off Jaden Hill stood as the single largest win-probability swing of the game at plus 27.4%, punctuating an inning in which the Tigers turned a competitive deficit into an insurmountable lead. Earlier, Colt Keith's single off Tanner Gordon in the fourth had added 13.7% win probability for Detroit, while a John Peck groundout into a double play in the second had already cost Colorado 14.1% in win probability before the game's outcome was truly in doubt.

Among individual performers measured by DiamondIQ's metrics, Max Clark led all batters with a plus 33.9% WPA and a RE24 of plus 2.7, while Hao-Yu Lee posted plus 29.9% WPA and the game's best RE24 at plus 3.3. Connor Norby contributed plus 19.6% WPA. On the pitching side, Brennan Bernardino was the most impactful arm by a wide margin, generating plus 30.3% WPA, with Tyler Kinley and Kenley Jansen adding modest contributions. Detroit's final line of 11 runs on 18 hits reflected a balanced offensive effort that overwhelmed a Colorado pitching staff unable to contain the damage.