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A Tigers win in four acts: Moore set the tone, Mercer saved the day and Candy crushed

Toronto — A Tigers victory — 4-3 in 11 innings over the Blue Jays — in four acts.

Act IV

They had taken a couple of solid body shots and had barely escaped the bottom of the 10th inning, but when Jeimer Candelario dunked a single into right field, moving Grayson Greiner to third base, they knew they were in position to pull this one off.

"It was pretty much chuck-and-duck there the rest of the way," manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We needed Candy to swing at pitches in the strike zone .