DETROIT (AP) — Eduardo Valencia homered twice and drove in four runs, Gleyber Torres had a home run and five RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers scored in every inning they went to the plate in a 14-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday night.
The Tigers became the 22nd team in major league history to score in every inning they came to bat during a game and the second this month. The Kansas City Royals did it in a 15-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on July 6.
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Josh Walker throws against the Detroit Tigers during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Baltimore Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras catches a Detroit Tigers' Zach McKinstry fly ball during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers pitcher Troy Melton throws against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres reacts to his two-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers' Eduardo Valencia celebrates his home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit also did it in an 11-5 home win against the Colorado Rockies on Aug. 2, 2014.
Troy Melton (6-1) allowed three hits and two walks in seven innings. He struck out five. Melton is 3-1 with a 1.09 ERA in his last seven starts.
Orioles catcher Chadwick Tromp almost prevented history, getting two outs with no one on in the eighth, but Zack McKinstry doubled and Valencia hit a 36 mph pitch over the left-field fence for his second homer.
Kevin McGonigle reached base five times and scored three runs as the Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak.
Baltimore's Taylor Ward went 0-3, snapping his on-base streak at 20 games.
Dean Kremer (1-4) gave up eight runs in four innings.
Colt Keith's two-run triple gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the first, and they added three more runs in the second, including Valencia's first homer.
Valencia drove in Keith with a third-inning single to make it 6-0, and Torres moved the margin to eight with a two-run homer in the fourth.
McGonigle's RBI single made it 9-0 in the fifth and Spencer Torkelson's sacrifice fly gave the Tigers a double-digit lead in the sixth.
Torres drove in his fifth run with a groundout in the seventh and Ben Malgeri added an RBI single.
The teams finish the three-game series on Wednesday with Tigers ace LHP Tarik Skubal (7-5, 2.70 ERA) facing LHP Trevor Rogers (6-7, 4.17).
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Josh Walker throws against the Detroit Tigers during the seventh inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Baltimore Orioles center fielder Leody Taveras catches a Detroit Tigers' Zach McKinstry fly ball during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers pitcher Troy Melton throws against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres reacts to his two-run home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the fourth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Detroit Tigers' Eduardo Valencia celebrates his home run against the Baltimore Orioles during the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate took the first steps toward passage of a sweeping Russian sanctions bill on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Capitol, moving forward on the legislation to penalize countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas and other exports after more than a year of negotiations.
The bipartisan 86-12 procedural vote came hours after a funeral for Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the bill’s chief negotiator. Zelenskyy, who was in Washington to attend the service for Graham, met with senators beforehand and told them Ukraine is making gains in its war with Russia, but still needs more help from the U.S.
Zelenskyy then went to the Senate gallery to watch the vote, waving in support at the senators down below.
At the meeting, Zelenskyy told senators that the sanctions legislation "is important as a moral signal to a country that is weary and tired, though holding its own and then some against Russia," Republican Sen. Todd Young of Indiana said as he left the meeting.
In a post on X, Zelenskyy wrote, “We discussed many issues, first and foremost, anti-ballistic defense.”
“It was an honor to be present as the votes were counted," he said, adding, "This is the first step toward implementing Lindsey’s plans, and certainly a step toward peace.”
Graham and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., announced a deal with the White House on the sanctions legislation on July 10, a day before his sudden death, likely from an aortic tear. Graham had just returned from a trip to Ukraine, where he met with Zelenskyy.
Blumenthal said Graham told him that the deal they had struck was a “big effing deal” in the last conversation they had just before he died.
“It’s a significant part of his legacy,” Blumenthal said.
He said the bill has momentum partly because Ukraine is turning the tide in the war, because the bill was carefully negotiated and “there's feeling about Senator Graham.”
Zelenskyy's presence also helps, Blumenthal said, and “watching his face when he was in the gallery as we were voting was truly a moment of joy.”
In Zelenskyy's latest visit to the Capitol, his message was “positive," Young said, and he talked about how the Ukrainians are making good progress against Russia in different areas of the war.
The bill is a “keystone in that overall effort” to handicap the Russian economy and drive Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, Young said.
Zelenskyy told them that “they are winning the war now," said Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.
“In the first year it was survival. The next three years was getting your feet under you. But now they are winning,” Justice said.
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said Zelenskyy told the senators that “Putin would think a little bit more about trying to negotiate a settlement if the sanctions were in place and actually creating more irritation.”
The bill will “send Putin a bipartisan message in a language he understands,” said New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat. “This is our best opportunity to support Ukraine. We are defending not just their country but the rest of Europe from an increasingly aggressive Russia.”
Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump earlier in the day, and the two discussed ways that the U.S. could help in its war with Russia.
Graham, Blumenthal and other supporters of Ukraine had been working for more than a year to negotiate legislation that would win approval from both the White House and a majority of senators.
The bill allows the president to impose tariffs on the world’s top five purchasers of Russia oil or natural gas — with China and India at the top of that list. It provides exceptions for countries that import less than 15% of their natural gas from Russia and are taking steps to reduce those imports.
The legislation also includes sanctions on Putin, senior Russian political and military leaders, Russian financial institutions and Russian energy projects. It would expand U.S. sanctions to target older, reflagged oil tankers that Russia uses to circumvent existing U.S. sanctions on Russian oil and energy revenues.
The negotiated bill also includes waiver authority for the president, allowing the White House to waive sanctions or restrictions if the president certifies to Congress that the waiver is in the national interest.
Negotiators also added an extension of certain sanctions on Iran after Trump asked the Senate to add Iran to the bill.
While the president's authority was narrowed in the final negotiations, the latest version still met with some skepticism from Democrats who did not want to give Trump additional powers to impose tariffs.
“It is extremely dangerous to give Trump massive new tariff powers, particularly after we’ve seen the disastrous impacts of his corrupt, chaotic, and inflationary tariff spree," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., in a statement with Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass.
Wyden said he plans to offer an amendment to change some of the tariff provisions in the bill as the Senate debates the measure this week.
Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a Democrat, said before the meeting he was still undecided on his final vote because of the tariff issue. He said he would listen to Zelenskyy's appeal and then make “a game-time decision.”
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, is joined by from left: Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala., Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as he arrives at the U.S. Capitol for a meeting of bipartisan leaders of the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
