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Chris McCosky

Riley Greene reaches base four times in debut as Tigers' offense finally breaks out

Riley Greene Tigers Javier Báez Spencer Torkelson Eric Haase Kody Clemens Adolis Garcia Miguel Cabrera Robbie Grossman Rony Garcia

DETROIT — You can call it the Riley Greene effect if you want, the Tigers don’t really care. This was just long overdue.

After a long string of zeros, the Tigers finally put some crooked numbers on the scoreboard, a lot of them. They scored a season-high 14 runs and snapped a six-game losing streak, beating the Texas Rangers, 14-7, on Saturday before an announced crowd of 28,179 at Comerica Park.

Greene, the Tigers’ top prospect, made his MLB debut and dumped an opposite-field single to shallow left field in his first at-bat. He ended up reaching base four times — two opposite-field singles (both off left-handed pitchers) and two walks. He also scored twice.

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