DETROIT -- Andy Ibanez hit two home runs and Parker Meadows went 2-for-3 with his first career triple as the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago Cubs 8-6 on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.
The Tigers (58-68) and Cubs (65-60) have split the first two games of the three-game series.
Ibanez hit a solo shot in the first and a three-run blast in the fourth for the first two-homer game of his career. They were both no-doubters, landing 423 feet and 402 feet from home plate
Meadows, playing in his second career game, singled and scored in the second and then walked and scored in the fourth. He tripled to deep center field in the fifth and for good measure made a standout play in the outfield two innings later.
Former Tigers infielder Jeimer Candelario hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, part of a four-run outburst by the Cubs against Tigers rookie starter Reese Olson.
Olson struck out seven, but didn’t make it out of the fifth.
Brendan White, Tyler Holton, Jason Foley and Alex Lange combined to finish the game with 4 1/3 scoreless innings.
Former Tiger Drew Smyly started for the Cubs, allowing seven runs on eight hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Up next: The Tigers and Cubs wrap up their three-game series on Wednesday at 1:10 p.m.
Tigers lefty Tarik Skubal (3-2, 3.76 ERA) will face Cubs right-hander Jameson Taillon (7-8, 5.56).
Skubla struck out seven, walked one and allowed just a run on three hits over six innings of work in his last start on Aug. 18 at Cleveland.
Taillon signed a four-year, $68 million deal with the Cubs before this season but has posted a career-high ERA through 22 starts.