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'One of the best swings I've ever seen': Greene hits 471 ft. grand slam

WEST SACRAMENTO — After a long home run to right field earlier this season in Detroit, Tigers slugger Kerry Carpenter engaged in a debate with outfielder Riley Greene and other teammates.

The question: Did Carpenter think he had a chance at reaching the distant second deck at Comerica Park?

Greene got a chance to show off his prodigious power in Tuesday’s 7-6, 10-inning loss to the Athletics. He put the Tigers on the board in a big way in the third inning, crushing his first career grand slam OVER the center-field batter’s eye.

The dinger — Greene’s 32nd of the season — was projected at 471 feet, good for all sorts of Statcast superlatives. It was the Tigers’ longest home run under Statcast tracking (since 2015) and tied for the fourth-longest homer in MLB this season. Among grand slams specifically, only one — a 473-foot blast from Kyle Schwarber in 2019 — has been longer than Greene’s.

Sloppy series vs. A's doesn't define Detroit Tigers, but one concern stands out

WEST SACRAMENTO, CA — The Detroit Tigers deserved to get swept by the Athletics. Subpar defense, shaky pitching and a stagnant offense put them on the wrong side of the three-game series against an inferior opponent.

The Tigers looked like a minor league team in a minor league ballpark, with the Las Vegas-bound Athletics temporarily playing at Sutter Health Park — home of the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants.

"We had a really (expletive)-y series," manager A.J. Hinch said. "We didn't play well. We got beat on all facets of the game. So that's what I call this series. When you get outplayed on offense, defense, pitching, across the board, it's painful to watch sometimes and painful to experience as a team."

'Painful to watch': Tigers swept by A's as Mize struggles, offense held to two hits

West Sacramento, Calif. — Maybe it’s best to edit this entire series out of the Tigers’ year-end review. Just delete the footage. Flush the memory. Forget any of this ever happened.

They ran into a young, enthusiastic and talented Athletics team playing its best baseball of the season and countered with three subpar performances rife with physical and mental misplays.

Predictably, the Tigers were swept out of Sacramento, losing the finale to the Athletics Wednesday, 7-0, at Sutter Health Park.

"We had a really (expletive) series," manager AJ Hinch said. "We didn't play well. We got beat in all facets. … When you get outplayed on offense, defense, pitching, across the board, it's painful to watch and it's painful to experience as a team.

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