Justin Verlander's Last Start: Tigers Pitcher Ends Career in Emotional Moment
By Jon Paul HoornstraContributing Sports Writer0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch motioned to the stands, not the bullpen. Justin Verlander's daughter, Genevieve, ran on to the field in the fifth inning to get the ball from her dad.
- ▪By Jon Paul HoornstraContributing Sports Writer0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Detroit Tigers manager A.J.
- ▪Hinch motioned to the stands, not the bullpen.
- ▪Justin Verlander's daughter, Genevieve, ran on to the field in the fifth inning to get the ball from her dad.
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| Publication time | Sat, 26 Sep 2026 15:38:02 -0400 |
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By Jon Paul HoornstraContributing Sports Writer0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch motioned to the stands, not the bullpen. Justin Verlander's daughter, Genevieve, ran on to the field in the fifth inning to get the ball from her dad. A fiery competitor who famously hated giving the ball up for 21 years, Verlander ended his final start Saturday, Sept. 26, hugging his daughter and openly crying before walking off the mound one last time.Read More on MLBView this post on XThe final line to Verlander's 557th final regular season start hardly told the story. Even on paper, it was a good one.
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