Javier Baez hit a pair of solo home runs and the host Detroit Tigers downed the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 on Tuesday.Baez’s power display made a winner of Casey Mize, who allowed three runs (two earned) and five hits in six innings. Chase Lee, Tommy Kahnle and Brenan Hanifee each pitched a scoreless inning of relief for Detroit, which had lost its last two games.Riley Greene and Wenceel Perez blasted two-run homers and Perez also supplied a run-scoring triple.Alexander Canario had a two-run single for Pittsburgh. Canario replaced Bryan Reynolds, who left the game in the second inning when his wife went into labor.Starter Bailey Falter gave up three runs and five hits in five innings. Pittsburgh has lost four of its last five games.The Pirates scored an unearned run in the second. Spencer Horwitz led off with a single and moved to third on an error by shortstop Baez. Adam Frazier’s groundout brought him in.Detroit scored in the bottom of the inning. Spencer Torkelson led off with a double and Perez followed with his two-run homer, lofting a Falter fastball over the left field wall.
