The Detroit Tigers found out on Tuesday night that Zach McKinstry would be headed to Atlanta as the club’s fifth All-Star. Everyone else found out Wednesday evening, when the announcement was made during the first inning of the Tigers’ game at Comerica Park.

A badly placed pitch by Shane Baz in the second inning and a bad baserunning decision by Danny Jansen (paired with a very good throw from Detroit’s Zach McKinstry) left the Rays in an early hole, and they didn’t do much to overcome it, losing 5-1.

Javier Báez hit a two-run home run to reach double digits in homers for the first time since 2022, and Keider Montero returned from Triple-A Toledo to deliver six innings of one-run ball -- helped in