Gerrit Cole shut down baseball’s top-hitting team, allowing just one run in six-plus innings on Monday, as the host Pittsburgh Pirates handed the Detroit Tigers their first loss of the season, 5-4.
The Tigers were trying to match the 7-0 start by the 1984 club that went on to win the World Series.
Cole struck out eight and walked two while giving up three hits, helping the Pirates win their second straight home opener.
Josh Harrison, Pedro Alvarez and Corey Hart each homered for Pittsburgh. The Pirates have won three of four after being swept by Cincinnati to open the season.