The Tigers' Gleyber Torres, right, slides safely home to score ahead of the tag by Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Joey Bart in the fourth inning of the opener of a doubleheader played Thursday in Detroit. (AP photo)

DETROIT — Riley Greene drove in four runs for the second time in a week, leading the Detroit Tigers to a 9-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader.

Tigers starter Tarik Skubal (8-2) improved to 8-0 over his last 13 starts, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out six.

Greene, who also had four RBIs in Friday’s 11-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds, is hitting .333 with 15 RBIs in 16 games in June. He also hit one of Detroit’s four sacrifice flies — a total they had only reached once in at least 70 years. They also had four in an 11-inning, 8-7 win against the Baltimore Orioles on June 10, 1985.

Andrew Heaney (3-6) took the loss, giving up seven runs on eight hits and three walks in four innings.

Zach McKinstry had a solo homer in the fifth inning for the Tigers.

Key moment

Pittsburgh had a chance to get to Skubal early, loading the bases with one out in the first on a single and two walks. However, Skubal struck out Ke’Bryan Hayes and retired Isiah Kiner-Falefa on a fly ball to end the inning.

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