LOS ANGELES — Beau Brieske spun around and gazed toward center field.
The second pitch of his second MLB start, a changeup to Los Angeles Dodgers leadoff hitter Mookie Betts, soared over the center-field wall for a solo home run. The Detroit Tigers trailed from the get-go with Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw on the mound.
But Brieske didn't allow another run in his five innings, and the Tigers grabbed the lead in the seventh on Javier Báez's RBI double en route to a 5-1 win over the Dodgers on Saturday at Dodger Stadium.