DETROIT — Normally, Jerry Sands is just another light-hitting utilityman who spends a lot of time riding buses in Triple-A.
Something changes when he plays the Detroit Tigers, though.
Sands homered, tripled and scored twice as his Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers 8-1 on Friday night. He's hitting .463 against the Tigers this season, with four extra-base hits in 13 at-bats, and just .198 against the rest of the major leagues.
"I don't do anything differently against them than anyone else," he said. "It is just one of those things that you can't explain."
Sands' day could have been even better.