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  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
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    Zach McKinstry tripled and scored the game’s lone run as the Tigers eked out a 1-0 victory over the Royals in Kansas City on Sunday afternoon.
    McKinstry hustled out a leadoff triple off of Kris Bubic to open the third inning. He then made a quick decision and scampered home on a wild pitch to give the Tigers a 1-0 lead. That would wind up being the only tally for either team in the game. The versatile 30-year-old finished the day 1-for-3 and is now hitting .267/.358/.420 with three homers, 19 RBI and four stolen bases on the season.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zack McKinstry hit a two-run homer off left-hander Logan Allen and walked in Sunday’s game against the Guardians.
    The homer was just his second in 202 career plate appearances against lefties. McKinstry was a .205 hitter versus southpaws coming into the season, but he’s at .361 (17-for-47) right now. Righties, on the other hand, have been a problem for him lately; he came into the day with a .214/.263/.315 line overall in his previous 20 games and 76 plate appearances.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry went 1-for-3 and swatted a solo home run on Friday night as the Tigers eked out a one-run victory over the Blue Jays.
    McKinstry victimized Blue Jays’ right-hander Bowden Francis for his 349-foot (98.9 mph EV) solo shot in the fourth inning that increased the Tigers’ lead to 2-0. The versatile 30-year-old also worked a walk in the contest, reaching base safely in two of his four plate appearances. He has done a terrific job for the Tigers so far this season, slashing .286/.374/.429 with a pair of homers and 17 RBI.
  • DET 3rd Baseman #17
    Tigers optioned INF Jace Jung to Triple-A Toledo.
    Jung just didn’t have it in his limited time with Detroit, as the 24-year-old went just 5-for-45 before the Tigers had seen enough. With the infielder now in Toledo, Zach McKinstry and Andy Ibanez will likely split time at the hot corner. Neither is worthy of a fantasy addition.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry went 0-for-3 with a strikeout in a loss to the Rangers on Sunday.
    After a hot stretch at the end of April, McKinstry is now 4-for-31 (.129) with 13 strikeouts and just four walks in nine games to start May. He doesn’t need to be held in shallower formats.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry is at shortstop and batting sixth on Sunday against the Rangers.
    McKinstry has split time between the outfield corners for Detroit over the first six-plus weeks of the regular season, so it’s notable that he’s back at shortstop, not newly-minted starting center fielder Javier Báez, for Sunday’s showdown with Trey Sweeney getting a rare day off. It certainly appears that Báez is going to stick in center field until further notice, even when Sweeney is out of the lineup.
  • DET Center Fielder #31
    Riley Greene is not in the lineup for the first game of a doubleheader against the Rockies on Thursday.
    Greene will get a break and likely return to the lineup for the second game of the twin-billing. Zach McKinstry will get the start in left field while Greene rests.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 with a triple, a double and a walk to lead the Tigers to a 6-4 win over the Padres on Monday.
    The Tigers probably would have non-tendered McKinstry over the winter had he not agreed to a deal before the deadline. They’re awfully glad he did now, as he’s come through with a .314/.424/.471 line while getting a whole lot more time than expected in the early going. We’re not at all optimistic that he’ll keep it up, but it’s been a fun time thus far.
  • DET 2nd Baseman #39
    Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 with two RBI against the Royals on Sunday.
    Batting in the third spot in the lineup once again, McKinstry came through with three hits for the Tigers Sunday. The 29-year-old utility man tied the game with a two-out RBI single in the fifth inning and put the Tigers in front with an RBI single in the seventh inning. McKinstry is hitting .288 with an .809 OPS and 11 RBI this year. He’ll continue to be a fixture in the Tigers lineup until he cools off at the plate or Matt Vierling and Parker Meadows return from the injured list.
  • DET Right Fielder #30
    Kerry Carpenter is not in the starting lineup for the Tigers on Wednesday against the Brewers.
    With the Brewers starting left-hander Jose Quintana, Carpenter will head to the bench, as will Colt Keith and Zach McKinstry. Carpenter had played against the last lefty the Tigers faced, so he’s not in a strict platoon, but they will still limit him sometimes against left-handed pitching. Ryan Kreidler will enter the starting lineup in center field and bat ninth, while Justyn-Henry Malloy hits leadoff and plays right field and Andy Ibanez hits third and plays second base.