CHICAGO (AP) — Parker Meadows had a big smile on his face. He had waited a long time for Monday night.
Meadows sparked the Detroit Tigers in his season debut after being sidelined by a nerve issue in his upper right arm. Playing center field and leading off for Detroit once again, he had two hits, scored three times and made a terrific catch in a 13-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox.
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Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows hits a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows checks his bat during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows runs after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows runs after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows celebrates after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
FILE - Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows attempts to bunt in the fifth inning during Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
“I think I speak for everybody when I say that we missed watching him play baseball, especially for us,” designated hitter Kerry Carpenter said. “He's super special."
The major league-leading Tigers activated Meadows from the 60-day injured list. Infielder/outfielder Justyn-Henry Malloy was optioned to Triple-A Toledo after Sunday’s 1-0 victory at Kansas City, and right-hander Ryan Cusick was designated for assignment.
“I didn't sleep much last night, just thinking about the day,” Meadows said. “Excited to be here.”
Meadows got right to work in his first game back. He robbed Andrew Benintendi of a run-scoring hit with a diving catch for the last out of the first.
Meadows doubled and scored on Gleyber Torres' single in the fourth. He raced around the bases on a leadoff triple in the sixth and scored on Torres’ grounder to shortstop. He also walked and scored in a three-run eighth.
“What he was able to do there at the top of the order and the defense that we know he brings out there and just what he's able to do, it's good to have him back out there,” Tigers pitcher Jack Flaherty said.
Meadows was injured in Detroit’s spring training opener Feb. 22 on a throw from center field. He appeared in eight rehab games in the minors beginning on May 21, batting .259 with a homer and five RBIs.
“He's a glue guy, and the guys love him,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He played at an incredibly high level for us on both sides of the ball, and we have missed him. Our guys have done a really good job of kind of picking up the pieces and being able to adjust to life without him, but we're better with him.”
Meadows, 25, hit .244 with nine homers and 28 RBIs in 82 games for Detroit last season. He also batted .269 (7 for 26) in seven postseason games, helping the Tigers reach the AL Division Series.
The road back to the majors took longer than Meadows expected when he first got hurt.
“It was tough, but just put my head down and worked every day,” he said. “We've got a really good training staff here. Keep a good head on my shoulders and they got me right.”
One of the last steps for Meadows before rejoining Detroit was trying a couple of hard throws during his rehab stint.
“At first it was a little eh,” he said. “But the more throws I made, the better it felt. It feels good now.”
The return of Meadows gives Hinch another option on a versatile Tigers team that is 22-9 in its last 31 games.
Javier Báez, who played an impressive center field while Meadows was out, started at shortstop before moving to second base in the seventh inning of the opener of a four-game series at Chicago. Hinch said Báez is going to move around the diamond.
“I told Javy, 'Don't take the outfield glove (and) throw it away. You're still going to need it,'” Hinch said.
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Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows hits a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows checks his bat during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows runs after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows runs after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows celebrates after hitting a triple during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Chicago, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
FILE - Detroit Tigers' Parker Meadows attempts to bunt in the fifth inning during Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Federal agents carrying out immigration arrests in Minnesota's Twin Cities region already shaken by the fatal shooting of a woman rammed the door of one home Sunday and pushed their way inside, part of what the Department of Homeland Security has called its largest enforcement operation ever.
In a dramatic scene similar to those playing out across Minneapolis, agents captured a man in the home just minutes after pepper spraying protesters outside who had confronted the heavily armed federal agents. Along the residential street, protesters honked car horns, banged on drums and blew whistles in attempts to disrupt the operation.
Video of the clash taken by The Associated Press showed some agents pushing back protesters while a distraught woman later emerged from the house with a document that federal agents presented to arrest the man. Signed by an immigration officer, the document — unlike a warrant signed by a judge — does not authorize forced entry into a private residence. A warrant signed by an immigration officer only authorizes arrest in a public area.
Immigrant advocacy groups have conducted extensive “know-your-rights” campaigns urging people not to open their doors unless agents have a court order signed by a judge.
But within minutes of ramming the door in a neighborhood filled with single-family homes, the handcuffed man was led away.
More than 2,000 immigration arrests have been made in Minnesota since the enforcement operation began at the beginning of December, said Homeland Security spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told Fox News on Sunday that the administration would send additional federal agents to Minnesota to protect immigration officers and continue enforcement.
The Twin Cities — the latest target in President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement campaign — is bracing for what is next after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot and killed by an immigration officer on Wednesday.
“We’re seeing a lot of immigration enforcement across Minneapolis and across the state, federal agents just swarming around our neighborhoods,” said Jason Chavez, a Minneapolis city councilmember. “They’ve definitely been out here.”
Chavez, the son of Mexican immigrants who represents an area with a growing immigrant population, said he is closely monitoring information from chat groups about where residents are seeing agents operating.
People holding whistles positioned themselves in freezing temperatures on street corners Sunday in the neighborhood where Good was killed, watching for any signs of federal agents.
More than 20,000 people have taken part in a variety of trainings to become “observers” of enforcement activities in Minnesota since the 2024 election, said Luis Argueta, a spokesperson for Unidos MN, a local human rights organization .
“It’s a role that people choose to take on voluntarily, because they choose to look out for their neighbors,” Argueta said.
The protests have been largely peaceful, but residents remained anxious. On Monday, Minneapolis public schools will start offering remote learning for the next month in response to concerns that children might feel unsafe venturing out while tensions remain high.
Many schools closed last week after Good’s shooting and the upheaval that followed.
While the enforcement activity continues, two of the state’s leading Democrats said that the investigation into Good's shooting death should not be overseen solely by the federal government.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and U.S. Sen. Tina Smith said in separate interviews Sunday that state authorities should be included in the investigation because the federal government has already made clear what it believes happened.
“How can we trust the federal government to do an objective, unbiased investigation, without prejudice, when at the beginning of that investigation they have already announced exactly what they saw — what they think happened," Smith said on ABC’s "This Week."
The Trump administration has defended the officer who shot Good in her car, saying he was protecting himself and fellow agents and that Good had “weaponized” her vehicle.
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, defended the officer on Fox News Channel’s “The Sunday Briefing.”
"That law enforcement officer had milliseconds, if not short time to make a decision to save his life and his other fellow agents,” he said.
Lyons also said the administration’s enforcement operations in Minnesota wouldn't be needed “if local jurisdictions worked with us to turn over these criminally illegal aliens once they are already considered a public safety threat by the locals.”
The killing of Good by an ICE officer and the shooting of two people by federal agents in Portland, Oregon, led to dozens of protests in cities across the country over the weekend, including New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and Oakland, California.
Contributing were Associated Press journalists Giovanna Dell’Orto in Minneapolis; Thomas Strong in Washington; Bill Barrow in Atlanta; Christopher Weber in Los Angeles; and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio.
A woman gets into an altercation with a federal immigration officer as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A federal immigration officer deploys pepper spray as officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A family member, center, reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Bystanders are treated after being pepper sprayed as federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A family member reacts after federal immigration officers make an arrest Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Federal agents look on after detaining a person during a patrol in Minneapolis, Minn., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)
Bystanders react after a man was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People stand near a memorial at the site where Renee Good was fatally shot by an ICE agent, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
A man looks out of a car window after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents during a traffic stop, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Robbinsdale, Minn. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Border Patrol agents detain a man, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
People shout toward Border Patrol agents making an arrest, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who fatally shot Renee Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey holds a news conference on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jen Golbeck)
Protesters react as they visit a makeshift memorial during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer earlier in the week, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
