Soto earned the save after striking out one and walking one during the ninth inning of Thursday's 4-2 win in Kansas City.
Soto pitched around a walk to record his second save of the season. The 2021 All-Star became the Tigers' closer mid-season last year and is 2-for-2 in save opportunities to open 2022. While the 27-year-old only has two strikeouts in four innings this season, he averaged better than 10 K/9 in each of the last two campaigns and should begin to pile up more punchouts as the year progresses.