Colt Keith hits first MLB HR, Maeda throws 5 scoreless innings and Tigers beat Blue Jays 6-2
![Colt Keith Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith celebrates his home run against the Toronto Blue Jays in the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, May 24, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)](/content/dam/cp24/en/images/2024/5/24/colt-keith-1-6900581-1716601540674.jpg)
DETROIT (AP) — Colt Keith hit his first major league home run and Kenta Maeda threw five scoreless innings in his return to help the Detroit Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-2 on Friday night and snap a season-high, five-game losing streak.
Keith turned on a full-count, two-out pitch off Alek Manoah (1-2) in the second inning and sent it 400 feet to right.
The 22-year-old second baseman flashed some of the promise the Tigers were banking on when they gave him a contract with $28 million guaranteed in January even though he had only minor league experience.
Maeda (2-1) gave up four hits without a walk, coming back strong from an illness that had him on the injured list since May 7.
Beau Brieske had 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and Will Vest retired one batter in the eighth.
The Blue Jays avoided a shutout with two outs in the ninth, scoring on singles from Davis Schneider and Alejandro Kirk off Andrew Chafin.
Tigers manager A.J. Hinch pulled Chafin and put Jason Foley on the mound for the final out and his 11th save. He retired Danny Jansen on a chopper to third to strand two runners.
Manoah gave up six runs — four earned — on five hits and two walks over 4 2/3 innings, coming off consecutive, seven-inning outings in which he didn't allow an earned run.
He didn't get much help defensively in the fourth when center fielder Kevin Kiermaier was charged with an error when he nearly collided with left fielder Daulton Varsho, allowing the first of three runs in the inning.
The 6-foot-6, 285-pound right-hander was relegated to a slow walk toward the dugout when Kerry Carpenter chased him with a two-run homer in the fifth.
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