Justin Verlander leaves field in tears with daughter after final start of 21-year career
Genevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Detroit. Photograph: Jose Juarez/APView image in fullscreenGenevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Detroit. Genevieve Verlander, wearing a Tigers jersey with her dad’s name and number, sprinted to the mound and hugged her father, who reached down to embrace her and started shaking and sobbing.Hinch joined them about 25 seconds later for another hug, and then Verlander was surrounded by Tigers teammates who came to the mound.
- ▪Genevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Detroit.
- ▪Photograph: Jose Juarez/APView image in fullscreenGenevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Det
- ▪Genevieve Verlander, wearing a Tigers jersey with her dad’s name and number, sprinted to the mound and hugged her father, who reached down to embrace her and started shaking and sobbing.Hinch joined them about 25 seconds later for another h
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Genevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Detroit. Photograph: Jose Juarez/APView image in fullscreenGenevieve Verlander runs to hug her father, Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander, as catcher Dillon Dingler looks on during the sixth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Detroit. Photograph: Jose Juarez/APMLBJustin Verlander leaves field in tears with daughter after final start of 21-year careerDaughter Genevieve surprises 43-year-old on moundThree-time Cy Young winner ends 21-season careerVerlander finishes with 3,560 career strikeoutsAssociated PressSat 26 Sep 2026 18.36 EDTLast modified on Sat 26 Sep 2026 18.44 EDTSharePrefer…
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